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What was a life changing quote or tip that helped you with your anxiety?

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stella2
stella2

Hello everyone,

I'm Stella, one of the Patient team. We would love to hear about your most life changing tip or quote that really helped you with your anxiety. 

It could be what someone told you when you were diagnosed or what you have learnt through experience. Anything you think would help someone else in a similar situation.

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Thank you so much for getting involved,

All the best

Stella - Patient

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  • Sunlover7
    Sunlover7 stella2

    Posted

    Hi Stella

               If you read my reply to Gem1971 I am sure some people will benefit from its content. It was a life saver for me when I was at my lowest.

  • hanne25024
    hanne25024 stella2

    Posted

    What Chris Evans (Captain America) said about anxiety actually helped me.

    "Shhh"

    I was starting to have a panic attack, then his words entered my brain, and I was repeating it: "Shhh. It's just the noise your brain makes." And I felt better. It was very suprising.

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  • PanicPuppy
    PanicPuppy stella2

    Posted

    I was told by my therapist to "accept uncertainty" and to embrace it.

    Anonymous

  • jennifer01947
    jennifer01947 stella2

    Posted

    I have been suffering for the pass two years with anxiety and depression. About 5 months now its gotten worst i feel s stress i can't sleep during the day or night i keep getting the worst of feelings like im going to die i can't breath my head get so heavy the back of my head and eyes pain so much my body get so weak and lifeless everyday i try to push myself to do my daily chores i keep getting this doom feelings like something going to happen to me when I'm doing my chores my muscle get so weary I'm afraid to walk anywhere alone or even be in crowd i stay all the time at home what can i do to get raid of this i feel so unhappy i have my family i have a 3 and 2 years old sons i need to be here for them i was on amitriptyline for 2 years but it never help me all it did was make me sleep at night next morning I'm tired cant come out of bed my doctor take me off of all medication and put me on sleeping pill and when i use it i can't sleep still sometimes my body feel stiff and heavy my nose gets heavy and starting pulling most of all my left side brain feel like nothing is like what ever im doing my mind not acknowledge it my eye get weird even blur at times my mind torments me i get alot of negative thinking and always getting feeling of death i wake up trimbling out of my bed at 2 in the morning i stop getting the panic attack i learn to control it but just my head bothers me alot the weird feelings i get in my head I'm only 29 years i need help i need to have my life back i was hapoy joyous and out going individuals. How can i get my mind to stop worry about all the weird feelings i get in my body and mind does anxiety do all these things to you.

  • ace67511
    ace67511 stella2

    Posted

    Sometimes it helps me to think "eh, the worst already happened, at this point nothing really matters".  It might sound pessimistic, but once you let go of all expectations, you get a room to breathe.  

     

  • lucy04121
    lucy04121 stella2

    Posted

    this is great! i so believe i this i am going through a little dperessed the past 6 days ad self talk and keep doing your routine that you always have been and it will get better i think. i went through depression 13 years ago was on 6 medications gained lots of weight finally one day i woke up went to doctors told him i am all set with medications made me gain lots of weight which dont get me wrong im not saying medications is bad to each is own some people it works wonders! but i went through it before after that i started working out taking care of myself bought new clothes got a new job etc.... and the sadness slowly went away. 
  • nina06170
    nina06170 stella2

    Posted

    Hi Stella,

    I have panic and anxiety disorder I guess from my childhood it comes it goes. I was always afraid of it what is going on and afraid to read about or to deal with I was always running. etc. I didn't have any panic attacks or anxiety attacks for over 10 years. But it came back and it hit me pretty hard. I was lost and helpless etc. This time it was different I was not running I decided to fight back.

    This is what helped me

    -          I read lot of about anxiety and panic attacks – articles, books, forums – it helped me to understand what is happening and why my body is responding to anxiety/panic like that

    -          Learn really good tactics from books

    -          Accepting anxiety – deal with it – listening to myself what is wrong not running anymore

    -          CBT Therapy

    -          Writing down my moods, thoughts

    -          Doing things which make me happy

    -          Take time off to relax

    -          No medication it always make it worse  

    -          Meditation/ breathing

     

    • Humanity17013
      Humanity17013 nina06170

      Posted

      I m taking my medicine indral 40 mg tri cardian 250 mg saradep 5 mg and prothadan 25 mg. I m in pakistan. Here dr give 5 mint to one patients. I m afraid of angio graphy. Dr giving me that.medicine i write over. When i walk i heart tired i feel its not getting oxygen. Very werid feeling. I feel my heart will stop. Some times my ecg comes wrong but cardialogist says its ok. My cardialogist is one of the best cardialogist in pakistan. Please tell me its heart problem or anexity.
    • carole66077
      carole66077 Humanity17013

      Posted

      If the heart expert says it is anxiety BELIEVE HIM.     Tell yourself it is just thoughts in your head not reality.   Take charge of your thoughts and ban each one as it comes into your head.   Replace with positive thoughts and when and anxious thought about your heart comes into your mind say STOP.
    • researcherx
      researcherx Humanity17013

      Posted

      Hi there Humanity-your medications sound scary. what is cardian?cardizam?.I had effexor (tryciclate antidepressant)1 night as dr was trying other meds for sleep besides xanax or ambien which work well for me,Well-I had this reving motorfeeling in my chest--it was awful--I did not go to ER but took my ambien and it all went away and I slept,How scary.Then  a few months later,after being told nothing is wrong with me my whole life-EKGs etc I had severe panic and went to ER where they caught an electrical prob with the heart called svt.it was very severe.it may be all connected to this panic stress in  neck I get because they said the pounding pulse in my neck is from my heart(during my attack)but you see-that had been getting to be a daily thing --in which my drs for 2 yrs  would not comment on.I did get an mra of the blood vessels and they all looked good,soI think it's all kinda wack.There is more to this then drs know about,and even 1 dr admitted it.

      I would go over the meds with the dr  because it could be making you feel bad---heart block (heart stopping) can happen with some meds(i.e. inderal) so dont just ignore this.I would be afraid of angiography too.I hope your dr has answers!!!

  • carole66077
    carole66077 stella2

    Posted

    Try to remember it is just thoughts, it is not reality.  Just words in your head and you can take charge of them.  Dont let the thoughts rule you, you rule them and every time they arise get rid of them and replace them with positive ones x

     

  • daniel90335
    daniel90335 stella2

    Posted

    I think the question is: from these quotes, which is your favorite?
  • george66957
    george66957 stella2

    Posted

    “You step into the Road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there is no telling where you might be swept off to.”
  • andalina1982
    andalina1982 stella2

    Posted

    I just think to myself that "I am fine, I am healthy, nothing is wrong" and it goes away in a few seconds to a few minutes...

    Also, walking has helped me a lot..I feel more refreshed, more happy etc and usually I don't get any anxiety disorders on that same day..

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