Same. No clear thought only panic and terrifying thoughts running trough my head.

it all takes practice, the first step in recovery is to accept your anxiety, and your next step is, allowing your symptoms to be there. if you were in a fight and you always got scared but nothing ever happened to you… you should recognize; hey this is obviously very uncomfortable right now and your symptoms are very physiological, however, i know your trick anxiety!! i’m going to allow it to happen and in fact i want it to get worse… anxiety only works if you fear it, but again, it takes time, you must practice patience and trust the process.

I started therapy talking about my anxiety and she told me to realize what's happening to my body when I feel anxious (how I know if I feel anxious). So I started to try to spot out physical symptoms, which is hard to recognize and it's just thoughts sometimes rather than physical symptoms but I realized my heart rate goes up, blushing, tension in neck and shoulders, not breathing properly, etc. When I think about what my body feels and I start to focus on it, the anxiety does go away a bit. Although when I feel extremely anxious it's impossible to bring my attention to my body. And can't even think of focusing on what my body feels cuz I'm way too focused on how I look in front of others. But I hope I'll be able to manage even stronger anxiety later on and I know it will not happen overnight..

@@user-ey2ms7ly5hI’m going through the same thing . How did it go ?

This is so me its debilitating for 11 years now​@user-ey2ms7ly5h

Panic causes panic. 😂 Means you can't think clearly while you're IN the panic. make total sense. What I do when Anxiety comes is ....nothing. I shrug and sit back and read a book. I just let it happen.

Omg same I’m tired and no doctor or anyone understands, I just feel unwell all the time. How are you doing now?

Sensory processing disorder -- I got occupational therapy such as swinging on a crooked swing. It did not help me.

You'll get there....I find people with mortgages owe way too much $$$$ Sell the house. Buy one of those fancy$2600 tents, but cheap land....go off grid . Save some $

don’t fight the symptoms! that keeps it alive. i promise you won’t die from this because if you were, you would’ve by now.. also, this is a good opportunity to repair your relationship with death… sometimes you have to let the inevitable be. but are you really living, if you’re in constant fear of dying?

nobpdy has ever died from a panic attack...how would they?

@@migo4747 The fact that if I pay attention, it will grow scares me at times. I am trying my best but I really don't have much mental capacity to go on anymore with this battle. I just want a rest which I haven't in ages. I am not scared of death, on the contrary I will lovingly embrace it. After my mom who recently passed away, I am not scared of death anymore. I was coping well but I was filled with regrets since our last moments weren't really precious or I was kinda rude and we didn't had best of relation so I thought I will get sick too as a punishment. Then, suddenly my aunt passed away too and I still was coping well. I bottled up. She was someone who used to have numbness in body and panic attacks until she went paralyzed for 6 years and suffered for 11 years. She was just alive, wouldn't be able to talk too. I was still coping well until I extremely got sick and missed my mom and thought mom must have suffered too. I had a huge fight with my dad then who shouted at me because he thought I was doing something bad in a locked room such as talking to a guy. He has gotten scared because of my siblings since brothers are addicts so I gave him my phone to check it etc. Then he said something which ended up giving me panic attack, I was sick so he said mom also used to not care or we didn't paid much attention to her health and pretty much ignored her symptoms. Since after that panic attack, my hands going numb and I am scared. It is a complicated situation, ignoring symptoms when mom literally died because of that and basically everyone telling me to not take the symptoms too lightly so my mind is officially broken.

​@@liztowers2058heart attack

you have to have a pretty weak heart to drop dead from anxiety, or very unhealthy to start with.@@pierrearr

Isn’t that better than always being there, anxiety is a normal part of life

@@GuyLovesAnOnionyes, indeed. Anxiety is always there, but not so intense

@@andrewkarpyn785 I have days it flares up where I’m a bit shaky or everything is just a lot and I’m constantly stressed about losing the plot (mentally) but then I can go weeks where those thoughts barely impact my day to day life. It comes and goes. I think it’s best to try look at it in a positive light because you discover alot about your self.

i know its weird that i want to make myself control being able to feel anxious and not but it is what it is

Just is. ..... It's the body's way of protecting you.

Yea it’s the bodies way of protecting you, let’s say you’re being eaten by an animal your body will turn that on so you’ll feel less pain.

there’s a ton of oxygenated blood being pumped through your body, which can really just be a euphoric/rush sensation. also, who you are is not important when you’re in FOF, survival is!

I been healing 4+5 months now. I slowly see a difference:) I'm better. I no longer flip out when the symptoms come. Which is a Miracle on its own!!!!

​@@liztowers2058 how did u overcome it step by step? do you have Instagram

Recovery is about leaving things alone, don’t be afraid of it, because if you think about it you were not afraid of bodily sensations before , you had them before but now you’re just hyper focused on them that’s why they grow, leave them alone and they will go away on their own.