What's your automatic response to feeling anxious?
When I get anxious, I automatically reach for my necklace and rub it. Feeling the texture soothes me and also makes me realize that I am anxious. It's like a secret sign to myself. Does anyone else have something that they unconsciously or consciously do every time they feel anxiety creeping on?
hi KKmb yes i go and get me some beer in!
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Interesting question....
Years ago, I developed a habit after entirely too much research regarding the panic cycle
Moral to my research was that anxious people tend to breathe shallow with their chest. Shallow breathing causes heart palpitations. For me with health anxiety at the time, palpitations made me believe I would be having a heart attack at any moment. Panic would ensue
So what I realized is that when I would start feeling anxious was that if I fixed my breathing, the cycle would be cut short
And this is exactly what happened.
Even today with anxiety somewhat distant to me, my first reaction when an anxious thought pops in my head is to correct my breathing to normal breaths from my stomach versus shallow chest breathing
That automatically allows me to realize that anxiety is trying to creep in and my breathing not only prevents any panic cycle, but it eliminates the irrational thought as well
"Y'all didn't have to shoot me" ~ Harambe
Very interesting. I also do my best to breathe well. Focusing on breathing is one of those things that we know are essential to feeling better, but acting on it in that moment of anxiousness can be so difficult. It takes reaching for my necklace to realize that I am anxious in the first place! But once I realize what is going on, I am able to concentrate on my breathing and stepping back from the situation to understand why I am feeling how I am feeling. What did you do to form the habit of focusing on your breath?Originally Posted by NixonRulz
repetition....repetition.....repetition
I suppose I formed the habit by first remembering to focus on my breath. Then I just formed the habit because Lord knows I was anxious about so much, I had plenty of opportunity to practice
"Y'all didn't have to shoot me" ~ Harambe
hurm... maybe i should take a deep breath before i make a decision which beer to chose! yes the breathing is a good point
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Can or bottle is always my hardest decision
"Y'all didn't have to shoot me" ~ Harambe
dont mind as long as it does wot it says on the packet. today has been dark all day i really wanna hibernate til ground hog day.
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I play with my hair in a very particular way, repeatedly, because I find the feeling soothing. But when I am really anxious, the repetition itself mimics my anxiety and then it is not so good.When I lived at home, my mother would always ask if I had lice. :P
I have to rely on self talk. It helps. I have to "talk myself down" out of the anxious mode.
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