do any of you struggle with anxiety? what do you do about it?

Answer 1

i take medicine and i also keep busy and stay away from people that upsets me

Answer 2

I've asked this question before. Apparently taking back control helps. That means if it's a test, you study for it so you can have control of the outcome. If it's a speech, you practice it so you'll be able to control it as it happens and do well. If it's childbirth, you hope and pray to the best of your ability and have an event with all of your friends and relatives there to support you. It's all meant to destroy any doubt you have in your mind that you're not in control of the situation. And usually the best way to know for sure that you have the power, is to let your muscle show once in a while. Exercise a few rights that you have. Voice your concerns to whatever party is governing the event. Whether that be a manager or a higher power. A lesser form of this would be to skip whatever event you're nervous about so you'll know that you have the choice to be there or not, yourself. When you realize that it's in your best interest to be there, if it is, then you'll naturally want to go and you'll feel it a choice rather than an obligation. When you choose to do something you naturally feel less obligation and anxiety than if you're forced to do something against your will. I'm sure you'll have the power from this knowledge to do awesome in whatever you're nervous about, and it'll be good.

Answer 3

I've suffered from anxiety for about 2 years now. And I'm only 18. So yes I definitely know about anxiety. Before, I would just down a few xanax and be on my way. But unfortunately that's not healthy and I can't do that anymore. When I get anxiety now I try to breathe deeply and take lots of slow deep breaths. Try to get a wet washcloth (cold water) and put it on the back of your neck. Close your eyes and sometimes if you develop into a panic attack put your head in between your knees. That way if you start to hyperventilate the oxygen is getting to your brain. Just try to get through it. it can be hard, I know. I've been having to deal with my anxiety without medication now and it's hard but possible. Just remember to BREATHE!

Answer 4

yes, panic attacks are common enough. Learn to recognize the symptoms and use a method that calms you down. I use counting backwards and breathing deeply. this just preoccupies my mind entirely. So then I approach the situation or my thoughts differently or not at all. ten nine eight sevens, I call my method. It works. It is all in the mind. Cyclic negative thinking is what it is. Good Luck

Answer 5

"anxiety" its a wierd word, sometimes people feel disgusting sometimes they feel okay, sometimes they feel great, giving it a name really does not the make it any more or less serious. you just wait till it passes i guess, i know thats pathetic advise, but im feeling kind of pathetic right now i guess you could say im suffering from anxiety, but i just call it feeling kind of sad, i decided (all by my lonesome self, no medical help, but lots of help from watching TV) that i have a chemical imbalance, low levels of serotonin in my brain, so its a chemical problem that i cant fix because i am genetically predisposed to it, so im screwed, i hope ure not

Answer 6

I start a million projects and then spend the rest of the week worrying about how I will finish them before the weekend, then I start over.

Answer 7

yes. first of all I went to my doctor...just telling someone helped a great deal...then he gave me some drugs effexor xr to try out....what a difference they made! Wow it was like someone turned on the light switch...I feel so much better.

Answer 8

Sometimes, I think I do just because I get nervous at different times. But, I control it I guess.

Answer 9

I take Zoloft. It works for me.
My husband smokes and drinks. It works for him, but not the rest of us.

Answer 10

struggle ...hell its just gobbled me up!!!!! and no one seems to get it or care enough in this selfish world..well maybe a few answer givers