Hi, i'm having a very hard time with rehearsing conversations (not wanting to rehearse just my brain

Hiya Edwina hope you feeling okay x how are stopping your racing unwanted thoughts ? I cant feel fully happy , cause they are always in my head and when I think about them I get extremly anxious and it puts me down. From yesterday im trying to simply not to think about them and everytime they come , I try to think about something else... it works a little bit but im always scared that I wont be able to stop them and I will stop thinking racionally and they overtake my life.😯 whats your secret and tips ? Hugs xx

HI Aga, racing thoughts still bother me, something I think will always be there but I can go from constant' washing machine head' to not noticing as much if I keep myself busy, I often have conversations and worries going round and round but I tell myself it's normal with anxiety just so fraustrating, I sometimes find it keeping in and try to relax or ring someone etc to concentrate on something else. There is a lady here who posts and has great tips on rumination, mind racing with negative thoughts and seared by something called ' mindfulness' . Try and google ' how to get rid of negative unwanted thoughts, rumination, hope this helps , it's so frustrating can really get you down, it's always such negative thoughts or worrying what if. Wish it was stuff like what I'll spend my money on when I win lottery.😊??

Forgot to say cbt or hypnotherapy can help. I paid for few hypnotherapy sessions , can work, but I found thoughts keep the back after a while , but many people find it helpful?❤️

Thank you 😘my therapist told me about mindfulness and they doing free courses for nhs , but when I messaged them to ask if they doing any in my area they never replied 😐I really wanted to do it , I see it as the only way of helping me to ease everything . I have a meeting with my therapist tomorrow and I will ask her if she can make a phone call for me and see what she finds out 😍how are you feeling today anyway ? Xxx

Great today thanks, had good sleep , I tend to stay up late. Had funeral last week and my anxiety was super bad,but understandable, leading up to it was theworst, head going, worrying about who would be there, if they would notice me shaking. I had to tell myself everyone's upset, focusing on the family, crack on , its couple of hours to get through. Have made so many excuses over years and missed out on things, feel sorry for hubby. Usually manage to bluff my way through things and always have an excuse ready if super anxious. Usually it's the thought of it is worse than doing it. Anyway keep up the good work. Definitely push to get as much help as you can. Try everything available, you sound more positive today, great👍🏻??

Im glad you feeling good😊 I tend to avoid places that can make my anxiety worse but my therapist said its the worst thing to do to avoid , I put sick note for week at work cause Im scared Im going to feel anxious over there cause once I had massive panic attack at work and they had to ring ambulance as I was going on and on and on . But cant avoid work forever can i grrrrrr I try to stay positive even when feeling bad , but we all get fed up. Im just trying to find a way to live with this 😘

the big problem at the moment isn't not being able to swicth off and enjoy stuff particularly Films and tv. my head just keeps checking to see if i'm "into it" "am i relaxing" etc

Driving me crazy

I've been trying meditation for 6 weeks are so doing a "Body Scan" it helps but again i'm not fully switching off and "being in the moment"

Yeah. Sounds like anxiety related, heard people describe this before, very similar, like your minds preoccupied and can't concentrate on what's going on, should discuss this with doctor, may help or sujjest therapy. Therapy probably similar to the ( negative thinking ) stuff. Did you look for tips about rumination and a thing called 'mindfulness '. People here find it helpful with negative racing thoughts,may help, ??