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Hi
Does worrying all the time about a particular symptom of anxiety keep that symptom going. I probably already know the answer to this but just want some reassurance. At the moment i am worrying about my symptoms from the minute i get up to the minute i go to bed which can't be good. Can you bring a symptom on just by getting in worked up thinking about it and if your terrified will it keep it going. Sometimes i feel awful for hours. I think in the end your body just wears itself out and the panic just stops because it can't keep it up any longer. Sometimes its like flicking a switch and everthing just calms down. Anyone else like this ?
Love Rosebudxxx
It's rather a double edged sword ths one - does the thought or anxiety bring on the symptom or does the symptom cause the thought and anxiety?
I think it is a mixture of both. A stressed body will eventually start to manifest aches and pains quite naturally - aching arms, legs, tight chest, headaches - you name it. However, with me the manifestation of the symptom causes me to start fretting and then the resultant anxiety exacerbates the physical symptoms.
When I get like this, I try and practice cognitive thinking - working out rationally why I have the physical symptom (i.e. my arms and chest are painful today - probably due to all that lifting / typing I did earlier; that headache could be due to the fact that I sat bent over a desk reading for hours on end, resulting in stiff shoulders and neck which caused the headache).
Admittedly when I was first diagnosed I used to completely freak out over every little physical niggle. Nowadays I am not so quick to panick.
Read some of Claire Weekes' books (Self Help for Your Nerves- very good explanations of the physical symptoms caused by anxiety). Try not to get too anxious about every ache and pain.
Hi
Thanks for your thoughts dorabella.
Love Rosebudxxx
i find the more i worry about a symptom the worse the symptoms get then i'm in a vicious circle
i've tried distraction but doesnt always work
netty
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Hi Netty
I know exactly what you mean. Sometimes i can distract myself other times i can't. I think it depends what mood i'me in. If i'me having a fairly good day i can just shake it off. Other times i just go to pieces.
Love rosebudxxx
Hi Rosebud
I think you're right about distraction. I do this and sometimes it works, if I get it early enough and I've slept ok really helps. Other times though it keeps reminding me its there. I'll be occupied for a while at work and forget about it, then I get sign of the symptom again. I can sometimes tell myself then "see, its not really there, only when u think about it. If it was real it would be there all the time".
Its frustrating though isnt it.
Lisa.
Rosebud,
You are totally right. Yes, you can bring it on and dwelling on symptoms keeps it current.
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