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Dealing with anxiety

Cinnabar_wing

How do people cope with being anxious?

Sometimes it just gets too much and I crumple. But only on the inside, I'm quite capable of not showing it at all and getting on with life, it's just an extra thing to carry quietly.

Music does help me feel calmer at least for a while.

Anyway, apologies.

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  • I just tried to ignore it and pushed on. Where it was too much I avoided the situation if at all possible. I just thought having a knot in your stomach, sweating and feeling nauseous when you went out was normal. 

    Planning ahead, thinking of contingency plans, scripting as much as possible, helped. Trying to breathe normally also helped.

    The more times you do something the easier it gets. The first few are the hardest then you learn you can do it and you can cope. The problem is always doing something the first time, even just going to a new shop. It is the fear of the unknown, turned up too high.

    You can't really think your way out of it as it is a nervous system response. Only confidence gets rid of it, which is just knowing what to expect (and feeling safe).

    Having someone accompany you always helps.

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  • I just tried to ignore it and pushed on. Where it was too much I avoided the situation if at all possible. I just thought having a knot in your stomach, sweating and feeling nauseous when you went out was normal. 

    Planning ahead, thinking of contingency plans, scripting as much as possible, helped. Trying to breathe normally also helped.

    The more times you do something the easier it gets. The first few are the hardest then you learn you can do it and you can cope. The problem is always doing something the first time, even just going to a new shop. It is the fear of the unknown, turned up too high.

    You can't really think your way out of it as it is a nervous system response. Only confidence gets rid of it, which is just knowing what to expect (and feeling safe).

    Having someone accompany you always helps.

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