Snoodlester
16-04-13, 19:26
I've been up and down these last few days, and I'm pleased that today is a good day. I've been implementing the CBT techniques with my travel fear, and and I'm starting to feel comfortable with it. I was driven through rush hour traffic - lots of people waiting on bus stops, traffic queues, etc, something that would normally make me feel terrified.
I could feel my palms sweating, nervous knots in my stomach, my heart racing and all the other symptoms I would attribute to anxiety - which is what I kept telling myself, it's just anxiety, you'll get through this - and I did. I'm now over-anylising and wondering what happens if something happens and we put it down to just anxiety? Are we less likely to get a heart attack, and if we do have one, how will we know it's a heart attack and not anxiety? I'm worried about crying wolf, but equally, it's those vital minutes that make all the difference when something serious happens. Is this the problem all anxiety sufferers now face??
Sue x
I could feel my palms sweating, nervous knots in my stomach, my heart racing and all the other symptoms I would attribute to anxiety - which is what I kept telling myself, it's just anxiety, you'll get through this - and I did. I'm now over-anylising and wondering what happens if something happens and we put it down to just anxiety? Are we less likely to get a heart attack, and if we do have one, how will we know it's a heart attack and not anxiety? I'm worried about crying wolf, but equally, it's those vital minutes that make all the difference when something serious happens. Is this the problem all anxiety sufferers now face??
Sue x