Craig80
12-10-06, 09:24
Morning folks. Iv not been on here for a few months for one reason or another.
I started suffering from anxiety around May time, after a night out....the next morning, I woke up having my first panic attack, and it scared the crap out of me. Since then I had been suffering Anxiety, first health anxiety, i was paranoid i was having serious health probs, heart probs, brain probs, organ probs, etc, then just general anxiety for no reason at all! just constantly feeling anxious inside. It was effecting my life, a lot!
After the doc said i was healthy, and gave me some tablets to calm my heart down if i needed, I went off in search of how to deal with this in my own head. after all its in there where all this comes from in the first place! I only had 2 of the tablets over a few months, as I didnt want to take them unless I really needed to.
Anyway to cut a long story short, iv now learned how to not feel anxious, both from info from this site, from reading 'self help for your nerves' (great book) and also making a few significant changes in my life.
- I sorted my finances out (big big releaf of stress)
- I've stopped spending so much time on a computer
- I've got out of a relationship which wasnt working
- I've started seeing another girl who i really like
- I've started spending more time with friends
- I've stopped eating chocolate, sweets, caffeen, other than on the odd special occasion.
- I've started on a very healthy diet, including taking vits and fish oils
- I've started back at the gym on a regular basis, and have a strict routine planned out.
- I've got back into a hobby of cars which iv always loved.
As well as all this lot, iv come to accept in my own mind, that the feelings I had inside where all created by myself, and that it was completely stupid of me to let this happen.
If i get a strange pain, or ache from anything, i dont automatically get that instant feeling of fear like before, i just let it pass, and am completely calm, and as if by magic, it dissapears!
then once the confidence builds up inside, the calmness comes, and i can honestly say that after feeling anxious 24/7 the feeling of complete calmness inside is the best feeling in the world!
I will say that im not 100% over it just yet, I still feel the odd thing lingering in the background, particularly after a night out, or if im feeling crap and tired, but it never comes through fully. its kind of just hovering around, and im subconciously fighting it away. im confident that this will also stop soon enough!
Luckily this whole experience only lasted a few months, and I know a lot of people suffer for years, but i can guarantee anyone can get through this, you just need the right frame of mind, and the confidence inside that you can get through it, so the best of luck to anyone trying, and please believe me that it can be done!
I started suffering from anxiety around May time, after a night out....the next morning, I woke up having my first panic attack, and it scared the crap out of me. Since then I had been suffering Anxiety, first health anxiety, i was paranoid i was having serious health probs, heart probs, brain probs, organ probs, etc, then just general anxiety for no reason at all! just constantly feeling anxious inside. It was effecting my life, a lot!
After the doc said i was healthy, and gave me some tablets to calm my heart down if i needed, I went off in search of how to deal with this in my own head. after all its in there where all this comes from in the first place! I only had 2 of the tablets over a few months, as I didnt want to take them unless I really needed to.
Anyway to cut a long story short, iv now learned how to not feel anxious, both from info from this site, from reading 'self help for your nerves' (great book) and also making a few significant changes in my life.
- I sorted my finances out (big big releaf of stress)
- I've stopped spending so much time on a computer
- I've got out of a relationship which wasnt working
- I've started seeing another girl who i really like
- I've started spending more time with friends
- I've stopped eating chocolate, sweets, caffeen, other than on the odd special occasion.
- I've started on a very healthy diet, including taking vits and fish oils
- I've started back at the gym on a regular basis, and have a strict routine planned out.
- I've got back into a hobby of cars which iv always loved.
As well as all this lot, iv come to accept in my own mind, that the feelings I had inside where all created by myself, and that it was completely stupid of me to let this happen.
If i get a strange pain, or ache from anything, i dont automatically get that instant feeling of fear like before, i just let it pass, and am completely calm, and as if by magic, it dissapears!
then once the confidence builds up inside, the calmness comes, and i can honestly say that after feeling anxious 24/7 the feeling of complete calmness inside is the best feeling in the world!
I will say that im not 100% over it just yet, I still feel the odd thing lingering in the background, particularly after a night out, or if im feeling crap and tired, but it never comes through fully. its kind of just hovering around, and im subconciously fighting it away. im confident that this will also stop soon enough!
Luckily this whole experience only lasted a few months, and I know a lot of people suffer for years, but i can guarantee anyone can get through this, you just need the right frame of mind, and the confidence inside that you can get through it, so the best of luck to anyone trying, and please believe me that it can be done!