Originally Posted by
ankietyjoe
Those symptoms you mentioned as happening before fainting are all common with 'just' anxiety too.
The key here is to focus on the idea that fainting isn't the end of the world. Just accept that it might happen, and if it does it's really not that big a deal. Not pleasant, but just something that might happen, like a migraine etc.
For the record, the fear of fainting was something I dealt with in CBT about 12 years ago. It wasn't a massive fear of mine, but something that came up in therapy. One of the most memorable things my therapist said was 'so what if you faint?'. It made me realise that it might happen, there's nothing I can do about it, and it's not harmful. I then just focused on the here and now (where I'm not fainting) which helped immensely.
You mention that you are doing meditation. This should help a lot if you approach it in the right way. That is to say that meditation is a tool to focus on the present, and to allow yourself the practice of observing all physical and mental sensations without judgement. Over time it helps re-train your brain not to respond to each and every stimulus that you experience.