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Research interoceptive exposures
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- 6y ago
^yes all that! Have you tried the app called headspace? It’s guided mediations that have helped me :). You could also try splashing a little cold water on your face, or grounding techniques. Lay down and focus on 5 things you can see, then 4 things you can hear (cars outside, your fan on, etc) then 3 things you can smell, 2 things you can touch. My panic attacks got so bad at one point I researched a bunch and these things definitely helped me so I hope they help you too! Stay strong :).
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Look up some breathing exercises - we don’t realize that most of the time we are taking shallow, quick breaths which causes tightness in the chest. If you take time to breath slowly and deeply, you will really feel a difference. I’ve been trying this the past week. I start to feel nauseous when I get stressed and that helps.
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what do they stem from? depends on the thing
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Try to take deep breaths, going outside for walks helps too. Try doing something that relaxes your body and mind.
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- 6y ago
Yeah that can all definitely help too!
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I’ve been practicing accepting the feelings and watching them move in my body. While I’m doing this I feel my feet on the floor and my bum on the seat. I then practice a breathing techniques which is breath in for 4 seconds, hold for 7 seconds and breath out for 8 seconds and then repeat this (4x7x8 is the easy way to remember) until the intense feelings pass. I continue to do these things if the feeling returns. The most important thing for me is not to leave or avoid otherwise they get worse. I have to show myself I can handle it, which then means next time I’m in that situation I know I can get through it and eventually I don’t have panic attacks or it’s just mild anxiety which I can easily handle.
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It’s just all over the place, things like school, places, overcrowded places, feeling trapped. I know the origin I just don’t know how to describe it. It’s mainly remembering my trauma and school. Breathing slowly and focusing on it helps, also putting a cold towel on my forehead also helps
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- 6y ago
Thank you all!
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My mind keeps telling me “something is wrong with you. the weird feeling you are feeling or the weird tingling you are feeling or there is a weird mark on your body. Those are actually a severe symptom and by ignoring it you could die!” Or especially the constant, “go to the emergency room because this impending doom you are feeling, yeah that’s because your gonna die shortly” It doesn’t help whenever people say “well if something was wrong your body would tell you” because my mind keeps telling me that what I’m feeling is proof something is wrong and I need to get it checked out. That I actually am severely sick and that I need to get it checked out as soon as possible, that if I get one more test than I’ll be okay because it will prove nothing is wrong. How do I tell my mind that it’s just anxiety whenever my mind keeps telling me “well if you keep saying that you could be ignoring something more serious.” Or “the doctors are just brushing you off..something is wrong with you” It’s hard to live with my thoughts whenever they are constantly coming up with ways to challenge me and challenge logic. New reasons on why I need to get this checked out because “I’m just being ignored” or “no one is listening to me so I’ll just end up dying” My symptoms range from weak and shaking legs and body to dizzy and unbalanced and dissociated. Recently I’ve been getting this tingling feeling inside my head and on the back of my neck. And my temples have pressure on them. My body keeps coming up with new symptoms I need to worry about, whenever most of them are probably caused by severe and constant anxiety. So severe I can’t even leave the house because I constantly worry about whether this is severe and something will happen if I leave the house. I need immediate ways to start fixing this because it’s especially horrible whenever my period comes around and my anxiety/depression is already higher than usual. I’ve even started considering taking medication (Zoloft, 25mg) which is another trigger for me, I worry about the symptoms I might get from taking it. That’s how you know it’s gotten pretty bad whenever I’ve come to taking something that I’ve been actively avoiding. What are your thoughts? Do I take the medication? What are ways I can deal with my symptoms that seem so severe in the moment but pass by once I’m not anxious? What are ways my thoughts can ease and I stop taking every symptom as something serious, because at the end of the day my anxiety is most likely the reason I have these horrible symptoms. I’ve always been extremely healthy and everytime I go to the doctors they express how healthy I am with all the tests I’ve had.
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- 21w ago
Yall these panic attacks are getting FOUL. please give some good advice. The ocd brain in me be telling me I’m dying and bout to head to the Gates of Heaven. Helpppp
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Does anyone have any experience with this? I wake up early with severe, severe anxiety and nothing seems to help. I try embracing the anxiety, breathing, and exercising. But these things only seem to help a little. Fortunately, I do think the length of the attacks are getting shorter (mainly because I'm still trying my best to live normally in spite of them), but they are still lasting a good 5-6 hours. They are quite debilitating. Does anyone have any advice for dealing with these? I've read much about potential solutions (being okay with the anxiety), but I was looking for some personal antecdotes. Thank you
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