Ser9er
07-26-2012, 12:13 PM
I'm still new to this forum but it has been such a huge help and I wanted to share a revelation I had today for everyone to think on and always remember when dealing with their anxiety.
I don't have anxiety as bad as a lot of you on here but I know that the same thought process to overcome it still applies. Dealing with your anxiety is a journey. The landscape is always changing. You'll find that when one small piece of your anxiety has been dealt with, another will pop up. This can be very aggravating, scary and detrimental to your confidence and resolve. So expect the unexpected. I'm still dealing with unexpected thoughts and feelings now even though I'm doing better. There is no epiphany that will all of a sudden shut your anxiety off. It's a slow process but staying strong through every bit of it is important. You can conquer the anxiety completely, not just cope with it.
The biggest thing to realize is that anxiety is a bluff. Perhaps the biggest bluff of all. When overcome, you feel hopeless. Your fear can be unimaginable and cut right to your core. This is scary as hell of course and only perpetuates your anxiety. If you've ever had a day or time of day where you've felt perfectly fine for a short period of time you know how quickly anxiety can subside. This is the evidence to show how weak and fragile it really is. So always remember that no matter how bad it may seem, it's nothing but a bluff. Dare it to come at you because I know without a doubt that you're stronger than it. Toy with it, laugh at it. Your brain will be wired to worry about it so expect that. But now you know there's nothing to worry about, so instead of "running" from the thought, recognize it as a worry that you expected to have and move on. When you feel anxious just say, "alright hey I have a little anxiety happening but it means nothing and go about your day." Let it come with you and it WILL subside. Over time it gets less and less.
I know a lot of you have heard this before on anxiety websites and the like, but I felt like it would be good to hear it from a regular sufferer like you and that it does work. Don't be scared and always keep your confidence and hope. You all have helped me so much in a very short amount of time and for that I thank you.
I don't have anxiety as bad as a lot of you on here but I know that the same thought process to overcome it still applies. Dealing with your anxiety is a journey. The landscape is always changing. You'll find that when one small piece of your anxiety has been dealt with, another will pop up. This can be very aggravating, scary and detrimental to your confidence and resolve. So expect the unexpected. I'm still dealing with unexpected thoughts and feelings now even though I'm doing better. There is no epiphany that will all of a sudden shut your anxiety off. It's a slow process but staying strong through every bit of it is important. You can conquer the anxiety completely, not just cope with it.
The biggest thing to realize is that anxiety is a bluff. Perhaps the biggest bluff of all. When overcome, you feel hopeless. Your fear can be unimaginable and cut right to your core. This is scary as hell of course and only perpetuates your anxiety. If you've ever had a day or time of day where you've felt perfectly fine for a short period of time you know how quickly anxiety can subside. This is the evidence to show how weak and fragile it really is. So always remember that no matter how bad it may seem, it's nothing but a bluff. Dare it to come at you because I know without a doubt that you're stronger than it. Toy with it, laugh at it. Your brain will be wired to worry about it so expect that. But now you know there's nothing to worry about, so instead of "running" from the thought, recognize it as a worry that you expected to have and move on. When you feel anxious just say, "alright hey I have a little anxiety happening but it means nothing and go about your day." Let it come with you and it WILL subside. Over time it gets less and less.
I know a lot of you have heard this before on anxiety websites and the like, but I felt like it would be good to hear it from a regular sufferer like you and that it does work. Don't be scared and always keep your confidence and hope. You all have helped me so much in a very short amount of time and for that I thank you.