Resting or Keeping Busy

[frasier2018]

From everyone's experience, what do you find to be better for your anxiety. To keep busy and keep moving or to rest. I find that keeping busy helps my mind not get so obsessed but my blood pressure tends to go up. On the other hand, when I rest my blood pressure is more normal but I have more time for negative thoughts to enter my mind. What is your experience? Would love to hear from you guys.

 

[scharley1973]

hello...i can relate to this. actually ive been having problems with my blood pressure for several months. its either very high or hitting the bottom of the floor. i thought it really was a serious heart condition, i had all the tests ran and NOTHING of course...like every other tests, they came back normal. its so frustrating! SO NOW they are telling me my mind can control my blood pressure too??? whats next? I CAN WALK ON WATER becuz my mind is telling my body to do it????!!!!! im getting very irritated and frustrated. i dont understand.... HELP!

 

[He Man]

From everyone's experience, what do you find to be better for your anxiety. To keep busy and keep moving or to rest ?..

Staying busy..

I find it's critical to be engaged in work, exercise, positive pastimes & chores, etc. They all help me ward off ruminating, counterproductive stressing, etc..
Rest is also a lot more rewarding, after a busy day.

 

[Kelculator]

For me sometimes it's not that possible to stay busy because my anxiety causes me to have low productivity. And it is possible to "crash" once the busy period is over. Although, taking it easy allows a lot of dark thoughts and scary hypothesis to come into mind, I suggest staying a bit busy, but in the company of people-- that usually helps me.

 

[Kelculator]

hello...i can relate to this. actually ive been having problems with my blood pressure for several months. its either very high or hitting the bottom of the floor. i thought it really was a serious heart condition, i had all the tests ran and NOTHING of course...like every other tests, they came back normal. its so frustrating! SO NOW they are telling me my mind can control my blood pressure too??? whats next? I CAN WALK ON WATER becuz my mind is telling my body to do it????!!!!! im getting very irritated and frustrated. i dont understand.... HELP!

I know I know, sometimes you find "it's because of anxiety" statements ridiculous, and in fact anxiety DOES cause a lot of issues that I once thought were impossible. If you're frustrated, you can ask about why the doctors have come to this conclusion instead of other possible reasons. Meanwhile, just focus more on the "nah, I'll live" aspect. Eeek.

 

[frasier2018]

hello...i can relate to this. actually ive been having problems with my blood pressure for several months. its either very high or hitting the bottom of the floor. i thought it really was a serious heart condition, i had all the tests ran and NOTHING of course...like every other tests, they came back normal. its so frustrating! SO NOW they are telling me my mind can control my blood pressure too??? whats next? I CAN WALK ON WATER becuz my mind is telling my body to do it????!!!!! im getting very irritated and frustrated. i dont understand.... HELP!

That does sound very frustrating. Doctors can't work with anything that doesn't fit into their paradigm making it difficult for them to help you out when you really need them. I still have a hard time getting my numbers down even with medication. Any health issues are always frustrating to anxiety sufferers. It's like we already have enough to trigger us without worrying about high blood pressure and crap like that.

 

[frasier2018]

Staying busy..

I find it's critical to be engaged in work, exercise, positive pastimes & chores, etc. They all help me ward off ruminating, counterproductive stressing, etc..
Rest is also a lot more rewarding, after a busy day.

That is a good point. I find that work triggers me a lot though. What do you do when an activity triggers you? Do you push through or just give up the activity?

 

[He Man]

That is a good point. I find that work triggers me a lot though. What do you do when an activity triggers you? Do you push through or just give up the activity?

Frasier, I get it.. Chronic anxiety makes normal work stressors harder to handle. I get dizzy when work gets hectic. But I have a family to help take care of (my wife also works).. Knowing I have people counting on me uplifts me.. keeps me motivated. Sometimes after work I'll hop on my bike and work out residual tension.
It's a struggle, but focusing on things u want, people who count on u, are proud of u, etc can be comforting & inspiring during obstacles (?) And I believe, the more (anxiety) triggers we survive, the more confident we become.