Help with Anxiety

[zhentz]

I don't really know how to explain this, but for about 2 months now, I've experienced a dizziness / unreal like things. Ever since it has happened once, everytime I think about it outside of my home, I feel it. You know when you get up to fast and you feel kind of rushed and dizzy? Thats exactly how I will start feeling. But I also begin to feel unreal, as if I am looking out of my eyes, but I am just watching. Its not me moving my body, or anything, and I am just a spectator in an unrealistic world. I feel as if that I don't sit down and snap back into reality, I'm going to have a panic attack. I thought it was from not eating much, so now everytime before I leave, I'll eat a nice meal. But it still happens even then. Then I'll even buy a candy bar or something sweet because I was thinking maybe I just needed some sugar in my body or something. But then, I have a feeling its all in my head, which is what I am really thinking. Because the second I think about it, it hits me, and if I am not thinking about it (which is hard not to once I already have) I feel normal, and myself. Any suggestions to techniques or anything?

[zhentz]

Those are things that definitely helped. I am the same way. One day I can be the happiest there is, the next, I'm depressed and just want to be left alone.
Though last weekend, I was at a party. I was having tons of fun, and then it hit me.. It was a bad one that I was not prepared for. Though I fought through it, and told myself that I'm here, at a party, having one of the best nights of my life, and it clicked and I was fine almost instantly after that. The thought of unrealization was gone. I felt very accomplished that night :)

[mandapanda928]

Yeah sometimes breathing can work but other times it's just talking to yourself or taking a minute to realize that everything is going to be OK. There are good days and there are bad days , there are days you can deal with it better than others and days you feel hopeless, but just remember through ups and downs there's always ups, so you can always get through anything just for those up moments and happy times. Like today i feel really ****** and depressed but tomorrow i might be fine and feel normal who knows. I hope you are doing good let me know how it's going. And how you like the book if you get it.

[zhentz]

We sure are :D Today I had some what of a stronger feeling than normal. I was sitting in class, then without even thinking about it I felt very rushed. I felt everything I usually do, but stronger. I could actually feel my heart beating quite a bit faster than normal, and I felt scared in a way. I found that a breathing technique calms it down temporarily to let me get focused, though it would come and go in waves.

[mandapanda928]

Yeah were all the same ! Anything can happen to anyone at any given moment. But you will always come out on top & be much stronger than you were going in  ! You can get through anything you put your mind too! Wish you all the best <3

[loveymom3]

I felt the same exact way during my first two months of experiencing excessive anxiety and frequent panic attacks. I also thought that I was not eating enough and so I would carry around snacks. It got worse, because all I did all day long, 7 days a week, was think about my anxiety and panic. In one month I went downhill so much to the point that I could not leave my house. My point is, it will get better. Try not to think about your anxiety or symptoms. I agree with mandapanda528, push through your daily activites. You will soon realize that you have gone hours, then days without anxiety and panic. Keep us posted.

[zhentz]

Ya man message me and let me know how you like it. I'll be ordering it tomorrow probably. Glad to know there are other people out there like me!

[hockeyxshawn]

My therapist suggested "Get out of your mind, and into your life."  It's in the mail as I speak, and I can't wait to get it!  Good luck with everything, Zhentz, I know how you're feeling.

[zhentz]

Thank you for the fast response. There's the perfect word I was looking for, detached. There are also days like you experience where its 24 hour detachment. I hate it!

I will forsure check out those 2 books. I've been looking for something that will help the feelings I have when I am in that state of mind, so thank you so much for the senses techniques! I will be trying those as well as others :).