Dealing with Anxiety

gellen · ‎03-14-2010

Good afternoon everyone. I am currently waiting for some possible information to come in the mail. Since this will be very important to my quality of life even thought it is not health related I am, neessarily quite anxious about it. The possibility is that I might not receive this crucial information for a couple of weeks. Do you have any suggestions with dealing with anxiety? I think my family and friends feel I am overreacting but I know the stress is real. Thanks for any relaxation techniques you have!

Ms X · ‎09-13-2012

Keep busy. Exercise, as you don't feel anxious during that period. Remind yourself to just hang on and tough it out when you feel as if you are going to get really upset. Just hang on. You can do it if you try.

Kachina624 · ‎03-10-2010

Distract yourself and find something to occupy your mind. Read a book, do a hobby, take a long walk, go to the movies, meet friends and don't talk about your anxieties...anything.

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GSPgirl · ‎01-03-2012

Yes. Learn to deep breathe. It has saved my life. Go to YouTube and look up Dr. Weil's deep breathing method. It helps to calm your nerves and helps you to sleep. Also there is a free app called Breathe 2 Relax that was made for returning soldiers from Iraq to deal with injuries and stress. I thought it was a joke at first until I started to deep breathe. Dr Weil also has a great cd you can follow along to, so you can learn to breathe. Deep breathing was recommended by my doctor. I deep breathe everywhere, in the line at the grocery store to being held up in traffic. It works. Good luck.

ms traditional · ‎03-09-2010

my approach would be different. i use this in my job where i have to prepare for many different unpredictable outcomes all the time. i take each possible scenario and i figure out what my response will be. i decide on several plans - for the worst possible case, what will i do? for the best possible case; for that something in the middle, etc. that way i have plans - and i stop feeling powerless. when i start worrying again, i remind myself that i have plans in place. i write down my plans, so i can pull them out and re-read them. it doesn't make anxiety go away, but it does help control it. anyway, i hope it all works out for you.

Frosted Cake · ‎02-01-2016

I'm a walking anxiety ridden gal. I worry all the time. I have had some issues in life and I seem to look for the bad in things. I have fears I never had before.

I've tried the deep breathing, but it doesn't remove the anxiety for me, just calms me at the moment.

Sometimes my fears keep me in my house. I go out, but not at night anymore. I'm afraid to drive at night. I am suddenly alone after many years, and it's been hard.

I read a lot of books on anxiety that help, I watch programs where they offer advice. I try to watch funny shows or movies to help me laugh and relax a bit.

I know what you mean about anxiety. I think I'm wired to be worried. I wish I could find peace and harmony again.

Mominohio · ‎08-08-2010

@ms traditional wrote:
my approach would be different. i use this in my job where i have to prepare for many different unpredictable outcomes all the time. i take each possible scenario and i figure out what my response will be. i decide on several plans - for the worst possible case, what will i do? for the best possible case; for that something in the middle, etc. that way i have plans - and i stop feeling powerless. when i start worrying again, i remind myself that i have plans in place. i write down my plans, so i can pull them out and re-read them. it doesn't make anxiety go away, but it does help control it. anyway, i hope it all works out for you.

This is exactly how I approach the unknown. Once all those scenarios are addressed and responses/actions for each thought through, I feel better.

I also have a practice of telling myself that 'it is what it is'.

If this is something that is already a done deal, you just don't have the final information/notification (like the results of a medical test, although I know you said it was not that), it is what it is, and can't be changed. Just embracing that helps me settle down. I tell myself that I can't change the news that is coming, but I can, once I have that news, move on with one of my pre decided plans of action.

In the meantime, I spend a lot of time doing routine things and getting a lot of needed things done, so I don't have to deal with them if the news I'm awaiting takes me away from my ability (or time or place) to do those things.

stargazergal · ‎02-18-2016

I just wanted to say I was sorry to hear that you have been dealing with anxiety

for such a long time..... please consider talking to your doctor about it. It is

no way to go through life on a daily basis. I have been prescibed antidepressant

for anxiety at one time or another when I felt it not going away. It was

so helpful. Please find the courage to make a phone call. Anxiety is real,

and it can be debilitating. Wishing you the very best and I so hope you

know that you do not have to live like this every day.

Take good care and sending you a Hug !

@Frosted Cake wrote:
I'm a walking anxiety ridden gal. I worry all the time. I have had some issues in life and I seem to look for the bad in things. I have fears I never had before.

I've tried the deep breathing, but it doesn't remove the anxiety for me, just calms me at the moment.

Sometimes my fears keep me in my house. I go out, but not at night anymore. I'm afraid to drive at night. I am suddenly alone after many years, and it's been hard.

I read a lot of books on anxiety that help, I watch programs where they offer advice. I try to watch funny shows or movies to help me laugh and relax a bit.

I know what you mean about anxiety. I think I'm wired to be worried. I wish I could find peace and harmony again.

gellen · ‎03-14-2010

Thanks so much for all the excellent advice. I live alone and sometimes you just need good ideas from the great QVC ladies!

qualitygal · ‎10-04-2010

I'm a "certified" (by me) worrywort. It's better now, but I try to think, Give it to God. I was always, taking the problem back and never letting it go really though. Then I read, He can't do anything about it, until you do, totally give it over to Him. And, I prayed a lot!!! It was to help me with areas that were new and unknown to me. The unknown is horrible to live through and then you see it's all you can do. Worry never changes anything, it never improves anything, and it doesn't solve anything.

So, sorry it's so long, but then I took a blank piece of paper. Made pictures of balloons, wrote the worry in each one, and as things came around and happened, I was able to cross it off and let that balloon go. It showed me how senseless my worrying was. How all these things I worried about, never came to pass or turned out as horrible as I imagined it would. It gave me something to do with my anxiety, worry and casting a huge shadow of fear and doubt on things.

That's how I worked through some tough, unknown times. Hope this might help.