Anxiety stomach pain becoming a major issue
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I have never had anxiety in the past but In the past half year I have had it pretty bad. In its current state, my anxiety usually consists of me worrying about getting stomach pain, thus causing stomach pain to come. I usually worry when i am relaxing or having fun, which is really annoying. This all started last year, my gf and I nearly had a major breakup and one of my friends made me extremely mad. The whole next day, my stomach was in extreme pain. This probably instilled a fear of this pain in my brain. After this happened, I have experienced somewhat of an anxiety pattern. Something bad happens, my anxiety starts and spurs out of control for a few weeks, and then I decide “this is dumb I want to live and have fun”. That stage lasts about a week until something bad happens. This time however, I’m trying a different approach, because if I do what I have been doing it will come back inevitably. I’m trying to accept the anxiety and not fight it. It is working somewhat, but while my anxiety is not as bad when I don’t fight it, this method doesn’t really seem to reduce the amount of times I’m worried. I will say I feel a lot more free and calm after accepting it, but it is really hard to not fight it when it is so uncomfortable. Also, sometimes when I don’t fight it it just lingers and I hate it. Thanks in advance for any help.
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jan34534 evan06553
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I know exactly what you’re talking about. The worst thing you can do is try and fight it off. but you can learn some anxiety management techniques. It’s better to be relaxed about it even if it lingers. Just don’t give it any power by worrying and freaking out about it. You give it power when you feel the fear build up. I have had anxiety linger for quite a while but I’ve learned to somewhat control it with a change in my thinking. I now take a nonchalant attitude about it and about any physical sensations I get. Because first of all I know they cannot hurt me. and secondly, it helps to make the sensations diminish or go away.
if you acquired anxiety through heredity, realized that it may not go away 100% although you can have spans where it is gone for a very long time. I have just accepted that it’s like any other chronic condition and whenever it pops up I am relaxed about it. Sometimes I even laugh at it or talk to it. I will say something like "oh there you are again anxiety. Stay as long as you like but I’m busy and I need to do something else right
now. "“ that way I’m not giving it power. there are many great relaxing meditations for anxiety on YouTube. I listen to them when they lay down to sleep and I never make it through the whole meditation because I fall asleep. Hang in there. Take one day at a time. Remember that worry keeps you busy like a rocking chair but it gets you nowhere and won’t change anything. Take care. Stay positive.