Originally Posted by
luv2horseride
Hi thanks for getting back, it is nice to know that I’m not alone! Exactly the same as you, when I stop obsessing about it so much, it passes! Every morning I found myself checking how I felt, if I felt normal yet etc and that just brought it on- such a viscous cycle haha! I’m glad to say that over the last few weeks I have felt back to “normal” most days.
One of the things that helped me a lot was reading this book called “At Last A Life” by Paul David. It’s such a helpful book for anxiety and dp/dr so if you want to I would definitely try to get a copy but basically he says that the odd feelings are from mental exhaustion and always monitoring how you feel, and the fear of what you’re feeling which makes it so much worse.
I’ve just been trying to accept it and say “okay, I feel weird but this is just a symptom and I know it isn’t anything sinister, so I will just carry on with my day regardless.” So I’m not trying to run from the feeling but I’m accepting how I feel and carrying on anyway, not obsessing about it and touch wood, it has faded so much these past few weeks.
I know it’s not easy but if you keep at it, hopefully you will feel better too. If you ever want to talk, get in touch and please let me know how you are! Anxiety is such a miserable thing to live with but like you said, we’re not alone xx