Since the 7th, i have taken a shower everyday. I know this sounds like a stupid accomplishment but i am really happy and proud of myself. I had developped a real phobia of taking a shower or bath. Now it has been well 7 days if i am counting correctly that i have taken showers everyday. I still get anxious about it but i still do it! I am real happy with myself. Of course i tend to leave my glasses on while in the shower since i find not seeing to make me anxious. Might not be very good for me glasses but i figure i will deal with that one at a later date. Now the importnat part is that for seven days now i have had a shower and that i did fine. Thanks for all your support and encouragements!
-Diva
I really agree with Isabelle here. Having a therapist really is a great asset. It enables you to have impartial and yet caring help in your life. I go to the therapist every week at the moment. I know later it will taper off. It has really helped me to have my therapist around to help me figure everything out. I agree that even people with no anxiety could benefit from a good therapist. But one way or another we are all here for you to listen to you encourage you and understand you :)
-Diva
Had other questions about yoga. What kind of yoga do you do? How many kinds of yogas are there ( if more then one)? Are they all very different? How do i choose one? And where or how is a good way to start?
Thanks again!
-Diva!
Well i think that if this thing is to figure out if your chest pain is due to anxiety or not, i think everytime you get chest pain you should push record and follow procedures. Even if it is complicated. This way they can get an accurate reading of what is going on. It can be a pain in the short term but i think in the long run it is better to be a bit overcautious about what you record so that they get a really accurate reading of the situation but that is just me. I am no professional so take that into consideration when reading my advice but that is what i would do if i were in your shoes. Hope this helps!
-Diva
First of all no need to apologize for length of posts. You are allowed as much space as anyone else! and we all take that time to write long posts here and there lol.
Second, welcome and nice to meet you^^ thanks for sharing with us^^
Thridly, i know the onset of this kinda thing can be really scary and difficult but i assure you there are ways to get better and many people do get better from this. So have faith. This too shall pass!
Again, nice to meet you and welcome!
-Diva
Hiya Kmart5,
You are not alone in this. Sometimes out of the blue i get real hot and my chest hurts and left arm hurts and i am sure i am dying of a heart attack i get all sweaty and tingly and dizzy and my heart beat super fast. And i want to go to hospital just to make sure i am not dying. But then i realise it was just a sudden onset panic attack and work through my fear and my thoughts and i do my breathing exercises and i try to wind down from it. It is normal to feel exhausted when you had a panic attack because it feel like you ran the marathon. You are NOT alone in this. I would think most of us here have gone through this more then once.
If you really are to worried about your health what i suggest is to just take an appointment with your regular doctor and have a full medical evaluation, then you will know for sure that everything is ok. That way next time you have panic attack it will be easier for you to realize that it is just that, a panic attack and that what you are feeling are symptoms of that.
Anyway, you are not alone and you will be ok. We are all here for you. I beleive that you can do this and i truely beleive you have it in you to get better. Take care and keep us posted :)
-Diva
\Wow, reading this post put so many things in perspevtive for me! See my fear of mental illnees is actually depression. I have, in the past suffered from very very deep depressions accompanied by great big feelings of total despair. and going back there scares the you know what out of me. So when i feel blue or sad for any reason i start worrying that i am going back there to the depression. But i can see that is is ok and normal to have sad days. But yeah i guess we all get scared of mental illness when we are anxious.
Also, the depersonnalisation thing. I was wondering why i had so much trouble looking at myself in the mirror in periods where i was very anxious. Kept making me jumpy like i a stranger was staring at me ( i get that from my reflection in the windows sometimes too). Now that i know what it is and why i feel that way i feel a lot better lol. Thanks so much all of you for sharing all this in theese posts . Reading this has helped me understand a lot of things.
-Diva
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