Help with anxiety..

[karatekid123]

i realize this is supposed to be a question. but i just see the same things posted over and over in this forum and think that it might help some of you if i give you some of the advice i have gotten from therapists/psychiatrists etc. many people out there have problems worrying about disease, just like me. i find that it helps me alot to talk to myself in a positive way, and really disect the thoughts i am having. for example, if my heart is racing and i am afraid im going to have a heart attack.
1. what are the chances of a heart attack? i've gotten tons of tests coming back normal, i am a healthy person and there's no good reason to doubt that
2. i KNOW i have a problem with anxiety and i KNOW that it causes chest pain, dizziness, and so on. so there is no reason to believe im having anything other than an anxiety attack.
and 3. what will worrying get me? i've fealt this way before, and worried about it for hours. and what has happened? maybe i spent hours in a hospital waiting to find out im perfectly healthy, or maybe i went to bed and felt fine in the morning. all worrying will get me is feeling even worse.

now i know it's much easier said than done. but i just thought some people might benefit from the same things that have helped me through all this. sometimes to really face my fears and confront them, and challenge them, really shows me that..in the end theres nothing to be afraid of.

i hope i've helped some of you..please reply with your own techniques to help ease the mind..i'd like to learn some more of these if they help.

hope i helped!

[bagonerves]

I totally agree...thanks for that.

Heres something that helped me look at things from another angle.

The source of everyones problems is their mind which is in turn controlled by your brain.

This link will explain to you in brief basically how your brain works and also explains how to play a game called 'the brain game' which im sure you will find interesting and useful!

Let me know if this helps..

Jason

[bagonerves]

I totally agree...thanks for that.

Heres something that helped me look at things from another angle.

The source of everyones problems is their mind which is in turn controlled by your brain.

This link will explain to you in brief basically how your brain works and also explains how to play a game called 'the brain game' which im sure you will find interesting and useful!

Let me know if this helps..

Jason

http://www.phoenixrisingbooks.com/pb/Articles/brain101_mhall.htm

[karatekid123]

wow thats an interesting website...really makes me think about the directions im giving my brain..it seems as though im making myself anxious, im getting all worked up about things that i shouldnt be obsessing over..

[bagonerves]

Im glad you took something away from it.

Essentially everybody with and without anxiety have a monster in their head which pollutes their mind with all these terrible and ridiculous thoughts.When you start to feel these thoughts affecting you need to tell your monster to f$%k off! You are in control..

[karatekid123]

thats true. i try to picture him in my mind. i picture him exactly like that green devil from the nicorette gum commercials. then when i get anxious, i sit back and laugh as he gets crushed my a giant pack of gum