Anxiety and Self Control
Posted on May 31, 2009
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I have panic attacks, and they’re no fun at all. I feel them coming on and the more I think about it, the quicker it happens. The first attacks I had, I really thought I was having a heart attack. My heart was pounding and I started sweating profusely. Then I couldn’t concentrate on anything around me. It scared me very badly. Of course, I started doing a lot of reading about panic attacks and was relieved to discover they aren’t physically harmful to my health. It wasn’t a heart attack making my heart race – it was the chemicals the brain releases when anxiety attacks.
There are ways to deal with panic attacks and general anxiety. The best thing to try first is learning self-control. Yes, you can learn to change the way you think so anxiety is relieved and panic attacks are less likely. Anxiety is a symptom of something else in your life yet to be identified. In my case, I discovered I had suppressed feelings about my marriage and it was causing excessive stress in my life.
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The Earlier the Better
Posted on May 31, 2009
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One of the interesting things about phobias and anxiety is they don’t go away on their own. Anxiety is not a sickness that heals itself. For a long time I thought if I just ignored my fear of expressway driving, it would eventually get better. But what happened is I started planning my driving so I didn’t have to get on the expressway. Then one day there was no way to avoid it, and I had a dangerous panic attack while driving.
My advice is that if you suspect you have anxiety, you should either try one of the self help tapes and books or even see a doctor. There are all kinds of way to deal with situational anxiety which is what my driving phobia really is labeled. I started working with a program that taught me how to gradually deal with my anxiety. I’m now at the point where I still feel anxiety, but at least I can drive on the expressway. What I have learned so far is how to prevent the attack from becoming full blown.
It Might Not Be Hyperactivity
Posted on May 30, 2009
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Sometimes children get fidgety, jittery and don’t want to be away from mom and dad. Some of that is normal, of course, and part of growing up. But excessive anxiety is not normal and needs to be addressed. Kids are unfortunately frequently diagnosed as having something else like hyperactivity or ADD. That’s because they have trouble concentrating in school, talk rapidly and have trouble socializing. These are the same symptoms of anxiety.
The point of telling you this is so when you talk to the school counselor or teacher, you want to do a lot of investigating. Anxiety has causes even if they may be complicated. Your child’s anxiety may be due to a problem with another student and he or she doesn’t want to tell anyone. Or it could be they’re having emotional problems about school or home. It’s too easy to label a child with ADD today. When that happens the real problem is not solved.
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Creating My Own Panic
Posted on May 30, 2009
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I learned recently that you can actually create your own panic attack. You can do this in several ways. One of the most frequent ways is by anticipating something too much. The old expression “all worked up” probably described someone creating their own panic attack. There are plenty of reasons why someone gets anxious. A lot of times it goes right back to the what-if syndrome. What if something bad happens? What if I lose control? What if no one likes me? The what-ifs can be endless.
The problem gets worse when your body starts to react to all this negative thinking. During a panic attack, blood pressure can rise, you may start sweating and then everything gets confusing. Panic attacks can cause excessive adrenaline to be produced too. That makes everything escalate. So when you realize you’re worrying about something that might never happen, then you should try to break the process before it becomes a full fledged attack.
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I’ll Do It Myself
Posted on May 30, 2009
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It’s nice to be able to choose the perfect therapy for anxiety, but not everyone can afford to pay for counseling sessions and doctors. In many cases of anxiety, you can help yourself which can be very effective. But this only works if you are determined to accept responsibility for your healing. Too often people are disappointed in the results of their formal therapy sessions and blame everyone except themselves. They blame the doctor or the therapist or the people in group sessions or heredity or anything else they can find. It’s the blame game. The reality is that when you recognize you have anxiety, it means you can recognize that the quickest route to improvement is accepting responsibility.
Of course, that doesn’t mean you have to undergo therapy all alone. Even if you choose to see a licensed professional, you still have to be willing to work towards improvement. You also need to let your family and friends help you however possible. Anxiety can be very isolating which means you have a tendency to push people away. Having a good support system is important when you’re trying to overcome anxiety.
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I Really Am Obsessive and Compulsive
Posted on May 30, 2009
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I had a friend who cleaned her house to the point I was afraid to sit anywhere. She had all her furniture covered with clear plastic covers and would continually dust and sweep even when it didn’t need it. I finally convinced her to talk to a therapist, and she has obsessive-compulsive disorder. With this disorder, a person will have compulsions to do something over and over again. But apparently the compulsive acts are really attempts to stop anxiety.
Some people diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder only have obsessions. These are thoughts and feelings that happen over and over again. They may be really unpleasant thoughts too. This disorder often goes hand-in-hand with depression. No one really knows why this disorder exists though. There are ways to treat it which is good. This disorder can be really life disrupting because you spend so much time doing the same thing over and over again.
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