Fear of Anxiety
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i am starting to feel i will never get well ,i have realised that my anxiety is getting worse because i have a terrible fear of my anxiety ,i actually have anxiety of anxiety , my mind is constantly checking my anxiety ,i am not a good sleeper caused by myanxiety ,last i had been asleep for a couple of hours and my i woke and my mind was full of thoughts , i was lying on my side and as i rolled over on to my back the thoughts were allabout my dizziness which is my worst physical symptom and the one i am most scared of ,and of course all though i was lying down i went very dizzy which bought on a panic , i spent the rest of the night awake with my head in a fixed position ,i know it is anxiety but i cannot get through it i have felt awful all day and terrified to even lye down ,is anyone else feeling this way
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jan34534 marilyn98768
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and you probably know that the fear of anxiety will increase the anxiety and the fear. Keep in mind that any anxiety symptoms cannot hurt you even though they feel weird and scary. I had that dizziness also but in order to reduce the symptoms, you must calm down your mind!
anxiety cannot physically hurt you. I know you’re probably fearful of the symptoms of anxiety. The symptoms even though they feel uncomfortable are not the problem. The problem is unmanaged anxiety that causes the symptoms. So you need to get to the root of what is causing anxiety in your life. That is where a good counselor comes in.
when you start to feel anxiety and panic coming on, you need support. There are excellent meditations on YouTube for this. search YouTube for “stop panic attacks now“, then scroll down to find “don’t panic“ in black letters. She guides you through it and it really works! I listen to that as well as other great meditations for anxiety, sleep, etc. I can’t fall asleep without them.
dont let fear and anxiety run your life. You can manage it just like I did. My brain was racing constantly and thoughts were whirling around driving me crazy. It does not have to be that way! One day when you’re lying in bed listen to a meditation called detachment from overthinking.
take it one day at a time. You may have good days and not so good days but that’s OK in the beginning. But I do highly suggest speaking with a counselor.
when I get a thought that is negative I stop it in its tracks and immediately do something else or think of something happy and positive. I hope you feel better soon
marilyn98768 jan34534
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Thank you Jan for your words of encouragement ,yes i do know that i am making my anxiety worse ,and like a lot of us have had many periods of suffering the horrible symptoms of anxiety ,and then periods of coping better i had thought i would deal with it better but am really struggling , i realise that i must have a very deep rooted reason for my anxiety because even when i am coping better ,i think i am better but i realise i am always checking everything i do and could never do or go anywhere spontainiously everything has to be checked , so i take on board what you have said about a good counseller ,i have seen one in the past but perhaps not the right one will keep trying
guadalupe_32458 marilyn98768
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i understand perfectly what you are saying ... im terrified of my anxiety and that causes more anxiety ... anxiety its my fear !!:(
i hope we can get over this
Tammy83279 marilyn98768
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Absolutely!
I cant say more now as im in a bad place crying, going through exactly what you describe.
laying in bed. trying to sleep before work.
I hope we can get better.
hugs and best wishes.
Tammy
marilyn98768
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i am sorry that you are both suffering this ,we will get through it ,perhaps we could encourage each other
ro77360 marilyn98768
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Its ironic that anxiety can make even going to bed a source of intense anxiety as there are no distractions - just us lying there and our thoughts.
One thing I do is go to bed with a little radio with earphones. I listen to the BBC or local radio. In addition I take some herbal sleeping pills. Very mlld but they help me fall asleep when I wake up.
I have many other tricks I do - count to 500, count backward, play word games in my head, listen to sleep inducing tapes.
One new thing I do is to tell myself to "melt" then keep going lower and lower into the melting process - keep going further down until I'm as relaxed as I can be - that has been working for me.
Last ditch effort is I pick a word and just keep saying it over and over and over.