damianjmcgrath
06-07-15, 16:46
As I've mentioned on here before, I get chest pains daily, often changing between a heavy indigestion feeling or sharp stabbing muscle type pains, to tight aches, to a feeling that someone is sitting on my chest. It's extremely difficult to ignore, and my focus is always on it.
I find it helps to relax at home, lie in my sofa, watch some TV I find fun, be by myself, listen to podcasts etc. I then normally then calm myself down, and although the pains don't ever go completely, I can normally stop my reactions to them, i.e., fast heart beats, the feeling of fear etc.
However I really struggle to calm myself down when I'm in a situation that I can't escape from, such as a social one like a party, or when people are over my house, or if I'm at a football event. Oddly, it doesn't happen at work, but sometimes, I'm in a situation that I can't leave. Looking after my young daughter on my own has the same reaction as well sometimes.
Does anyone have any tips for how to calm down and control the anxiety when you can't do your normal relaxing activities?
I find it helps to relax at home, lie in my sofa, watch some TV I find fun, be by myself, listen to podcasts etc. I then normally then calm myself down, and although the pains don't ever go completely, I can normally stop my reactions to them, i.e., fast heart beats, the feeling of fear etc.
However I really struggle to calm myself down when I'm in a situation that I can't escape from, such as a social one like a party, or when people are over my house, or if I'm at a football event. Oddly, it doesn't happen at work, but sometimes, I'm in a situation that I can't leave. Looking after my young daughter on my own has the same reaction as well sometimes.
Does anyone have any tips for how to calm down and control the anxiety when you can't do your normal relaxing activities?