Worked Up & Set Off

[MysticSoul9]

I have a friend who has had several years of very bad anxiety who called last night. She had had a very severe day and was frantic - but I could see her working herself up into a meltdown.

Every thing was negative: nothing I do works - I have been sick too long to recover - no one is as bad as I am - I wont sleep again tonight and so on.

I tried to talk her down and could not - she called again this morning. Up all night pacing and driving her car around and she was a total mess this morning.

As I watched her I know I have probably done this and wondered how many of us can fan our flames into a meltdown with our words and thoughts. I am trying to learn from what I saw her doing.

Anyone else aware that they have taken themselves down like this ????

[Sagitarius88]

I 100% agree with u edgyboy

[edgyboy]

yes  all the time. i can think of a future event that i would be participating in and work myself up into a frenzy over all that could happen going, being and coming home from there.

This morning, I was working around the house and was distracted from my thoughts. As soon as I stopped working, I began to think about anxiey and how i could get an attack sometime today. i began to feel very anxious and fidgety thinking i would have an attack.

i am trying to turn this thought process around to thinking positive. But while in the "A" mode, it is very difficult to imagine anything positive.