well, hello everyone.
all of you are luckier I guess. Am from Kenya-afr. and I know I have an anxiety disorder but people around me don't get that this disorder actually exists and is not by choice. of late am having sort of a 'running throat' and with all other symptoms as everyone else. I normally come online in order to check and see other people's thoughts and feelings. Am 19. my parents bring me medicine for all sorts of assumed diseases and sometimes I just want to make them see that am not actually sick but .... anyway. it really destroys my day to day life. I believe it's caused by lack of activities. I stay home loads of time. when I have a panic attack I normally go write my journal in my room. or at times put on ear phones with a bit loud pop music. that help me ..my saviour...otherwise ...in short, I just hate it how people are blinded and can't really understand me. it hurts especially when it comes from a family member. but all in all ...if you normally post anything in here then you are great and know that you do help someone somewhere. don't worry people.... Am strong...I'll handle these probs as they come. .... Hopefully it will go away someday ..
..if you have any tips...help out!!!
happy-sad Chelly!
Hi there. I know this must be very difficult for you because you need people to understand how your feeling and what your experiencing. Don't worry your not alone, thousands of people have the problems as yourself and thry get through it with time. I've had terrible panic attacks, anxiety over the years, especially at your age. When I was in busy environments or under pressure. But over the years I've found ways to cope with it and fight it, I wasn't going to let it take control if my life any longer. I firstly say and write things that I thought made me have these attacks, I then wrote about things I wanted to achieve and ways I could change how I felt. I I channeled my energy into doing things I liked, things I was good at. I found that meeting new people helped me so I could over come this fear and anxiety.
I threw myself into the deep end so to speak. As my confidence improved and I found that I no longer cared what people thought of me and all the fears inside me went a way, as an adult I've found doing meditation has helped also with relaxation, focusing my mind on other things helped. Breathing technics and channeling my energy into another source if they makes sense. If you do try this give it a chance because it takes a little time, but it most definitely works. You'll feel a lot more positive with training your mind and meditation definitely does that. If you need to chat pls feel free. Also speaking about how you feel is very good with getting over problems you have in life. Don't feel ashamed because many people have these feelings and suffering alone isn't the answer. Be brave and try to be strong, it will get better.
thank you so much hanna53 for your reply. I'll try to write down what causes it and do meditations. Thanks for taking your time to help out. and I will be strong and courageous...don't you worry. and it I will not let it take over my day to day life...Will be the one to rule it :D . thanks again ... thanxxxx