Reading symptons makes you worse

[mike6923]

My anxiety was sort of undercontrol until I came across a couple of anxiety message boards and now I appear to have brought my anxiety back in full force. Anyone got a cure for this?

[trac67]

Hi,

Try reading the more positive posts and by thinking positivly it really does help.

Take care

Trac xx

'Live your life with arms wide open, today is where your book begins, the rest is still unwritten'

[katyfitz]

what sort of symptoms are u experiencing, we might be able to help more if you tell us

[mike6923]

Its the derealisation feeling, I can't seem to shift it no matter what I do to distract myself. I've read to just go with it and it'll go away but it's not. Panic attacks etc I can cope with, I mean they only last a short while, but its the derealisatoin feeling that is the most scary. I'm also very adjitated. I find it hard to sit down incase my mind starts to wonder.

[Meg]

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Meg
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Your anxiety is the human representation of the pictures that you paint using your many vivid colours of revolving and reoccurring thoughts.
How big is your gallery ?

[katyfitz]

is it like a lightheaded feeling and gets worse when u tend to be around people i know this feeling

[Robertc160882]

Hi Mike,

I think what you are saying is kind a true but with the nature of anxiety as a condition we tend to read more in to things than we should. It is like me when I got my med I made myself believe that every side effect on the list was one I had experienced. I probably did experience some of them but other I probably brought on myself. What I tend to do is try to look at the positive posts on this site as that reminds me that you can concur anxiety. Once I touch that attitude I even found reasons to put some post on there myself after a few days.

Hope this helps a little.

Robert

[Karen]

Hi Mike

The power of suggestion is a big issue at times, which is why reading about anxiety and the symptoms of others is not always helpful.

I agree with Trac, perhaps read some of the success stories to reaffirm to yourself that it is possible to overcome the anxiety.

Karen



Happiness is not a state to arrive at but a manner of travelling.

You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough ~ Christine Cagney, Cagney & Lacey

[mike6923]

I went for a nap, And I woke up and feel absolutley brilliant, I think when your tired your mind tends to wonder more

[darkangel]

Hi MIke

I tend to agree with you, sometimes if I read about symptoms it can make you feel worse, but that surely that is an indication that it is our thoughts that trigger the anxiety and not some awful illness we may think we have. I find it a reassurance as I know if i read something positive my anxiety symptoms will reduce. This reaffirms that it is only our irrational THOUGHTS.

This may help

Darkangel

........life is for living not just for surviving

[Jason37]

Mike,
I don't know what it is about sleep. Last weekend I felt the anxiety rising fast, heart starting to speed up and the feelings climbing. I made sure the kids were in good hands and got into bed, made myself do the diaphragm breathing stuff I learned about on here, and slept for about an hour and a half. When I woke up the anxiety had almost all dissipated, certainly to a much lower level. It was a small but helpful success in a stressful weekend.
I guess the way your body repairs and regenerates itself physically when you sleep, your mind must try something similar? Maybe processing and evaluating the stuff you're currently thinking about. And working through some of it while you sleep. I don't really know.
I'm glad it worked for you too though.
Best of luck Mike.

[Ma Larkin]

Hi Mike, there are so many different symptoms that come with anxiety. There's one good thing that comes out of reading about symptoms & that's when you get a new one! You can look it up & its guaranteed it'll be there on the list somewhere, so it tends to make you feel a bit better. You can relate to other people's anxiety topics, its a reassurance when you are feeling pretty low & panicky that there are other people feeling the same way, but reading the success stories help you feel that there is light at the end of the tunnel & people can overcome this. My only cures have been positive thinking & busying myself to try & take my mind off my symptoms. I can't say meds have helped me, I think its mind over matter. You can get meds that take the edge off your panic, but deep down we all know that nothing serious is going to happen & this isn't going to kill us, it just debilitates us so we HAVE to change those negative thoughts to positive. I just take each day at a time now. I still have moments when I think i'm going to die through this, especially with the heart symptoms, but I cope.

Hope your anxiety lessens for you mate.

Les