blondinou
02-03-13, 23:35
Also just wondering what anyone else's triggers are for making anxiety worse / bringing on panic. Mine are:
Being stuck somewhere (e.g. social/formal situation like sitting round a dinner table in a restaurant, knowing you have to go through all the courses and not move whenever you want)
Being confined physically (e.g. in a seat in the middle of the row at the cinema knowing that if you wanted to get out, you'd have to get 10 people to stand up and move out the way, or the worst one, being on a plane 30,000 feet in the air!!)
Being too hot
Being somewhere that is really noisy and busy with loads of people
Underground trains (worrying about breaking down in tunnel, terrorist attacks etc)
After a large meal (uncomfortably full stomach and palpitations!)
Strenuous activity (e.g. climbing stairs making my heart race)
Pretty much any unusual physical sensation (e.g. funny feeling in chest, twitchy muscle in arm, fleeting aches and pains, throat feelings)
Sexual encounters (feeling worried about it not being ruined by anxiety, the pressure of trying to look like you're enjoying yourself not distracted by anxiety!!)
Alcohol (worry it will set off palpitations or make me feel out of control, or that feeling ill with the hangover will make me panicky)
Tense, dark or scary TV programmes or films (I'm pretty much limited to watching rom coms or even just Teletubbies at the moment, no 24 or Prison Break for me!!)
...Ok did not realise that list would get so long :-S Feels good to admit to them though..!
Anyone care to share theirs? So we can all feel less crazy and alone in our hang-ups?!
Being stuck somewhere (e.g. social/formal situation like sitting round a dinner table in a restaurant, knowing you have to go through all the courses and not move whenever you want)
Being confined physically (e.g. in a seat in the middle of the row at the cinema knowing that if you wanted to get out, you'd have to get 10 people to stand up and move out the way, or the worst one, being on a plane 30,000 feet in the air!!)
Being too hot
Being somewhere that is really noisy and busy with loads of people
Underground trains (worrying about breaking down in tunnel, terrorist attacks etc)
After a large meal (uncomfortably full stomach and palpitations!)
Strenuous activity (e.g. climbing stairs making my heart race)
Pretty much any unusual physical sensation (e.g. funny feeling in chest, twitchy muscle in arm, fleeting aches and pains, throat feelings)
Sexual encounters (feeling worried about it not being ruined by anxiety, the pressure of trying to look like you're enjoying yourself not distracted by anxiety!!)
Alcohol (worry it will set off palpitations or make me feel out of control, or that feeling ill with the hangover will make me panicky)
Tense, dark or scary TV programmes or films (I'm pretty much limited to watching rom coms or even just Teletubbies at the moment, no 24 or Prison Break for me!!)
...Ok did not realise that list would get so long :-S Feels good to admit to them though..!
Anyone care to share theirs? So we can all feel less crazy and alone in our hang-ups?!