Anyone got anxiety

Oh yes I used to have just horrid panic attacks! It's important to know what triggers them, like for me it was when I felt like I couldn't escape a situation.

I don't have them anymore and I'm not sure what causes yours, but instead of letting negative thoughts enter, try replacing them with compliments you've received. Whenever I do that it makes me feel empowered.

 

I have social anxiety. You should try meditation it helped me. It allows you to calm yourself. Don't allow negative thoughts to enter your mind, tell yourself that your awesome and that you get this job. Also you must accept your fear and have the confidence to say to yourself that you can overcome it. The greatest fear is the fear of fear.

P.S. This is your 666 post meaning it's a Satanic thread. lol

 

tremendous anxiety problems here! medication works for some, there are so many varieties & combinations out there, for me, it was more a cognitive/mental/emotional (whatever you want to call it) thing than biological issue (though i guess i was predisposed since depression runs through mum's side of the family, anxiety ties in with that for me).

i too, have work experience approaching. my intention is to pretend there is nothing wrong with me, tell myself - screw it - and just face up to it. exposure helps. on the bright side, the adrenaline rush will probably make you perform better than you think. (*hug*) remember we're here for you!

 

I have panic attacts all the time and I use kalms there natual and you can get them over the counter and they help me alot I know you probly don't want to be takeing tablets but I think there worth a try because there a lot less "hardcore" then perscribed medacation. I don't know what you've been given but I was offard antidepressants and I dident want to take them so I tryed kalms insted and they helped a lot over the last few years when I've needed them.

 

I have generalized anxiety disorder/OCD/asperger's syndrome and right now I'm taking medication for my anxiety--I really do recommend trying it because it really might help. I'm going to second what gibson said and just try not to let all the negative thoughts come in, just try to be confident keep telling yourself that you can get the job and even if you're scared, you can overcome it. I wish you luck on the interview and I know you'll do just fine!^^

 

You could always try counselling? I'm on a combo of meds and counselling at the moment (mainly depression but a bit of anxiety too) and it's really helping me - I'm sure counselling by itself is enormously helpful too.

I can't really add much to what other people have said besides that - definitely take a few minutes out every day to just sit with your thoughts and clear your head, take deep breaths if you feel yourself becoming anxious, and force yourself to think about happy things whenever negative thoughts invade. However, don't do this to the point where you're repressing your emotion - we're allowed to feel bad things just so long as it isn't pathological.

 

If you haven't tried it yet, I would recommend seeing a therapist and just trying out counseling and medication.

I have social anxiety disorder and asperger's, and while I regret that I couldn't afford to keep seeing a councilor, just a couple months of it really helped me organize my thoughts and make efforts to put myself out there in the world.

 

I've had some pretty terrible panic attacks. I was diagnosed with social anxiety years ago, and I'm just now being medicated for it. I took a few different kinds of antidepressants and anti-anxiety meds, but most of them either made me paranoid or made me want to kill people. So I don't blame you for refusing medication.

I will say, though, that one thing that always helped me with the social anxiety is just to remember that in general, people don't care. They're not going to be spending a lot of time thinking or talking about how awkward I am. I'll probably never see them again, and if I do, they will probably have forgotten about it. That's helped me a lot.

 

I've personally never used medication for my anxiety attacks, but I've found a couple tricks that help me out. Keep in mind that these are very temporary tricks and won't help you long term, but they can give you some time to catch your breath and prevent a full blown panic attack.
-Sing. It sounds silly, but sometimes it allows you to focus. It's also good to have a couple songs that you can associate with being calm.
-Do something with your hands. Running a quarter down my fingers works best for me.
-Start laughing. Once again, it's silly, but it can help.

If you're in front of people though and you don't want to get embarrassed, I suggest doing some of this.
-Count. Counting can calm you down.
-Run a song through your head.
-Close your eyes and breath.

These are my temporary fixes. If you are getting nervous before your interview, maybe try some of these out.

 

Severely. I won't even attempt to go to a job interview, I'd rather be broke. I shake at the thought of it.

You should definitely talk to somebody about it, not necessarily a professional, but somebody close to you.

The only real technique I can advise is - breathe. Deep breath in through the nose, hold it and then out for as long as you can. It feels like a weight is lifted from you.

 

My bf has a panic disorder, but he takes medication for it.

In instances of panic attacks he takes Xanax.

But the medication has helped him really control it and he feels a lot better now.

 

As someone who has both PTSD and anxiety, I've been working with a trauma specialist for the last year and it's helped tremendously. I am on meds and that helps a lot. The other thing that really, really helps is learning to stay "in the moment".

For example, one thing that my trauma specialist taught me is called 5-4-3-2-1. What you do is name 5 things you can see, 5 things you can hear, 5 things you can physically feel. Then, name 4 things you can see... I stop when I realize that the symptoms have calmed down.

I also learned (the hard way) that some depression meds can cause anxiety. I was misdiagnosed as depression only for years. Finally, when I got the anxiety/PTSD diagnosis, it helped tremendously.

 

I have social anxiety

 

I would recommend taking meds for something like a job interview.

( All my experiences are with social anxiety, so thats what I've written about here.. it applies to all other though)

You can't become reliant on them because youll end up more anxious than you were to start with, but you need to ease yourself into learning to deal with anxious situations, giving yourself a panic attack sets you back, not brings you forward.

That said, consider whether you will be able to use them sparingly/responsibly. Ie: JUSt for job interviews, or if you have a big presentation, etc.. NOT for things like first dates, parties where you dont know anyone, etc.

Now some people have anxiety so bad they dont have a choice.. but for people who get it bad, but can function in society to at least some small level, they're a setback in the long term.

I self-medicated my anxiety for a long time and I look back on alot of experiences and actually wish I'd experienced them without being dulled.. yes they could have been scary.. I'm sure I would have lost it and times and missed out on some... But on the meds i was basically experiencing life at about 50% intensity. I felt great, but looking back it was a waste of time. (and money, and many other things)

and in the end when it reached a point where it was unsustainable for other reasons... I had to start over with worse anxiety than I had to start with. I'm 90% better now, but that only comes from pushing yourself with things like CBT.

Dont lose heart... Just keep pushing back at the fear and you will get there.
I'm 26 and I'm finally just starting to feel like I can be my true self/exert my opinion confidently/meet with strangers and hold my own. I still get super scared of interviews and meetings, sometimes I'm on the brink of an attack.. If you stumble with your words, or cant catch your thoughts... Stop for a second. Breathe. It's hard to get into the habit of doing this when your mind is racing and you can't think what to do, but just try to take a step back from everything. I like to imagine I'm not 'myself', I'm actually a guy controlling 'myself's' brain from behind some glass panel/screen somewhere else. It helps me remove myself from my fears.

 

I do, it sucks. Can't give advice, I know nothing.

 

I do!
I'm about to start going to group therapy for anxiety(and depression, anger, etc)