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Hi everyone I am having a bad day today with my aniexty. It's so bad that I have just been watching emmerdale the whole marlon and Donna story line were she has a rare lung cancer and watching on tonight ep if anyone didn't want it my anxiety just kicked in even more I was sat there think omg that's going to be me and i started crying. My chest was going tight and I was struggling to breath a bit... I have managed to calm myself down a bit now by sorting my 2 year old boy out and putting him to bed but now am just sat here I keep taking deep breaths to try and relax myself and it's hurting my chest a bit when I take massive deep breaths does anyone else suffer with this or should I get booked in at doctors????
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AnonymousWoman rebecca2504
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Just sounds like anxiety to me. Sounds like you are doing the right things to cope. Perhaps try breathing in for 4, hold for 2 and out for 6, it might be easier than the deep breaths. Or do in for 1, out for 1, in for 2, out for 2 etc. up 'till 5.
Also, mindfulness is very good. Try to bring yourself back to the present moment. Even just say, "I'm here. I'm OK. I'm here.". I found it helped me in moments of peak anxiety anyways.
I made a list of tips for anxiety and depression. You may find that these help you: https://patient.info/forums/discuss/-golden-list-of-tips-for-depression-anxiety-270877
Maybe you could see a doctor/therapist about this anxiety too?
All the best,
Agirl xx
JJ360 rebecca2504
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well done for calming down and asking for advice. Don't suffer in silence. Keeping yourself distracted is a great way of combating anxiety. Playing with your child is fantastic, as it puts you in the here and now. Anxiety is a tremendous worry about the what if, it will happen to me which is not in the now. Have you tried doing logical things during an attack? I.e. Times tables, describe what's in the room? The reason is that the brain cannot be anxious and logical at the same time, no more than a muscle can contract and relax at the same time. Your heart pounding is normal to the flight or fight response which is triggered by the anxiety. Your body is flooding you with adrenaline in order to run away and it diverts blood flow from non essential organs and areas. The problem with it is that we don't use up these hormones as we haven't run anywhere. We then build them up and up every time we are anxious and they make us feel rubbish. That's why excercise is so good for anxiety, as it flushes out this excess adrelanine. Of course I will stress, that if you experience chest pains then maybe a quick check with your GP maybe wise. Keep talking to people and allow your emotions to surface, try not to bury them. I hope it helps
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