JustBeHappyG
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Thought I would share in case it helps someone.
This is what panic and anxiety feels like to me:
-hot tingling in face, hands, down legs, hot!
-nauseous
-sooo tired
-crying/depressed
-heart racing
-short of breath
-feeling of dread
I’m trying to cope by doing CBT. I read a book called “The Happiness Trap” that’s been superhelpful in coping techniques. I also take bupropion, propranolol, and escitalopram.
Part of CBT is retraining your brain in reacting to anxiety. When I start to feel it I close my eyes and let it roll through me imagining a wave. It helps me realize it’s just a feeling, and it can’t hurt me.
The other part is understanding what the point is. Anxiety has no purpose except to help you react in life threatening situations, but having it prolonged for random reasons or times is not what it needs to be doing. So, understanding there’s no need, ive come up with a mantra:
“Anxiety is just a feeling. It doesn’t mean anything. It can’t hurt me. Anxiety isn’t going to change or help the situation, so I can feel it all I want, but it’s not going to change anything.”
Anyone else have any good coping techniques?
This is what panic and anxiety feels like to me:
-hot tingling in face, hands, down legs, hot!
-nauseous
-sooo tired
-crying/depressed
-heart racing
-short of breath
-feeling of dread
I’m trying to cope by doing CBT. I read a book called “The Happiness Trap” that’s been superhelpful in coping techniques. I also take bupropion, propranolol, and escitalopram.
Part of CBT is retraining your brain in reacting to anxiety. When I start to feel it I close my eyes and let it roll through me imagining a wave. It helps me realize it’s just a feeling, and it can’t hurt me.
The other part is understanding what the point is. Anxiety has no purpose except to help you react in life threatening situations, but having it prolonged for random reasons or times is not what it needs to be doing. So, understanding there’s no need, ive come up with a mantra:
“Anxiety is just a feeling. It doesn’t mean anything. It can’t hurt me. Anxiety isn’t going to change or help the situation, so I can feel it all I want, but it’s not going to change anything.”
Anyone else have any good coping techniques?