Anxiety, can't get profesional help atm, coping mechanisms?
I've been having trouble with anxiety for a while now, but it's getting to a point where everytime I think about going out I don't want to because I know I'm going to feel paniced and horrible when I'm out, so just wondering if anyone has found something that helps them do it? Like thinking of something or doing something while walking.
Thankies :)
Putting back together my life, one peice of magic sticky-tape at a time
I can totally understand- for me, I always have some music on when I'm out by myself - concentrate on the lyrics and the melody and nothing else. I also find it useful to stick to set routes, and to have a set routine before I leave the house, and certain things I like to have to feel safe. Mobile. Emergency Money.
Other than that? Just keep thinking: One foot in front of the other, and it'll all be fine. Really: it's hard, but if you choose not to go out- go to college, or work, or wherever, one day because you feel scared, it's twice as hard to leave the house the next day.
Just hang in there hun. x
i agree with sunshineinthecity i do that i plug my ear phones in or walk with a friend and chat so much i forget about it
i felt scared going to college so my social workeres have to drive me there
young girl its alright your tears will soon dry your soon be free to fly
she's falling from grace , she's all over the place..............
Awww,thanks. Yeah it has been harder to think about going out since I stopped really wanting to do it, but I'll try hard to keep on doing it, and try and find some music that I finds helps. I really wanna find a way over this before it becomes a big problem, because I want to go out and do bigger things, but theres no point making those plans real yet if I'm not able to go to the places I would need to be. If I can walk with a friend that helps me too, but they don't walk that often.
Putting back together my life, one peice of magic sticky-tape at a time
Im not quite sure, Ive never really liked people or going out, but now I'm always worried I will meet a person and even though I know they will most probably won't even notice me, I'm scared that something will happen. And I end up not being able to breathe. It probably stems from alway having people look at me weirdly or be general horrible to me, and I know that I will be fine, but I don't even want to be near anyone even trustworthy looking people.
Putting back together my life, one peice of magic sticky-tape at a time
Have you spoken to a therapist about this at all? The occupational side of psychotherapy often looks at anxiety and how it affects one in their day to day life - They may be able to help.
I am due to start a course on anxiety in the new year, which is to look at coping mechanisms in a group situation, as my specific problem is social anxiety.
I hope you do manage to get out, even if just outside your door to start with as I have learnt from people in the past that the longer you wait, the harder it can feel.
Music, taking your time and trusting yourself I think are the best things. There is no set amount that has to be done at any one time.
If the Human brain were so simple that we could understand it, we would be so simple that we wouldn't.
Thanks for all the help : ) I have to go out tomorrow, and I feel more confident about doing it already thinking about having a way to help. I tried talking to a therapist, but they just said it's probably just 'a phase' and that I'm making it worse by thinking about it, so they didn't want to do anything :/ silly people
Putting back together my life, one peice of magic sticky-tape at a time
