Re: Relapse! Coping, Symptoms and Tips.
Well, that was a sh@t response for your doctor. But typical really, they aren't medically trained to tackle this.
i agree with Pulisa, you are adapting to great change, even from a job you hated. You have time where before you didn't. Find yourself some really absorbing hobbies that will totally occupy you phsically and mentally. Learn an instrument, buy a greenhouse, write a book, grow your own veg, learn a language. If and when your symptoms show up while you're doing it, let them stay, don't get angry with them, just carry on forcusing on the task in hand. Live with them and don't fight them. We have been fighting for ever and really where has it got us.
Everyone feels angry and frustrated with this condition, we would have to be super human not to, but I think anger is a negative emotion that stokes up adrenaline. You're trying to rush the bus through from start to finish, where in reality it has to stop at several points along the way. Be kind to yourself, allow yourself to stop and take stock. The physical symptoms of anxiety are not going to turn themselves off over night. So while I'm not saying wallow in them, park the bus up now and them and allow your body to take as long as it needs.
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