Searching for answers brought me here

[Elmer528e]

Hi there, almost 50, from the Netherlands, Europe. I found this forum today after I checked the Unwind Anxiety app. I've been dealing with anxiety all my life. It runs in the family and being an introvert I don't speak about it. Bad eyesight doesn't help either. Lately I'm having panic attacks while driving. Despite being a gearhead. Been taking Lexapro for years, but now it looks like I need something stronger. Don't know what I want from life. Tried BetterHelp for a bit, did Jungian therapy and CBT. The anxiety is getting too much, it's mostly anticipatory and confrontational when I need to influence others. Jud Brewer of the Unwind Anxiety app says it's a habit (and learned either consiously or unconsiously). But that's too simple for me. The Sam Harris Waking Up meditation is nice. Need more change, but in a doable way, anybody got some ideas?

 

[TruthHurts]

Hi there, almost 50, from the Netherlands, Europe. I found this forum today after I checked the Unwind Anxiety app. I've been dealing with anxiety all my life. It runs in the family and being an introvert I don't speak about it. Bad eyesight doesn't help either. Lately I'm having panic attacks while driving. Despite being a gearhead. Been taking Lexapro for years, but now it looks like I need something stronger. Don't know what I want from life. Tried BetterHelp for a bit, did Jungian therapy and CBT. The anxiety is getting too much, it's mostly anticipatory and confrontational when I need to influence others. Jud Brewer of the Unwind Anxiety app says it's a habit (and learned either consiously or unconsiously). But that's too simple for me. The Sam Harris Waking Up meditation is nice. Need more change, but in a doable way, anybody got some ideas?

Exercise even if it's just going for a relaxing walk and enjoy your surroundings, eat a healthy diet and aromatherapy.

 

[Cuchculan]

Nothing ever works instantly. It all takes time. Sit down and have a good look at what you can change. Exercise was mentioned above. Always a good place to start. Just basic lifestyle changes. It might make a big difference to you. But is something you will have to allow time to work. I am sure there will be hard days. Days when you think ' this is not working '. We have all been there. Those days happen. We simply have to keep on pushing ourselves. I would start a journal. Keeping track of everything you do. How you feel when you are doing it. What you are thinking when you are doing things. So you can look back over a few months down the line and look for patterns in your life. Be they good or bad. Then you can work from there on making even more changes.