I Remember

Mental health
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When I was in the throws of anxiety, when I was working, I was fine, but when I drove my mind started to wander, and the anticipation of panic, created the panic.

My question, doesn't concentrating on a work assignment, or any assignment cancel out the anxiety. Does the anxiety come after the concentration of other duties?

I get responses such as, "what works for me, may not work for others". Well, why not? For example when I train, I have no time to feel anxious, I'm concentrating on the routine/exercise, my concentration over rides any other pretend thoughts, which BTW I haven't had for years.

My point being, when I thought I had every disease known to man, I was a hypochondriac, I grew out of that. When I would panic in cars, driving, I grew out of that.

Now that I'm retired I keep my self busy, I know how to relax, I watch lots of TV, all kinds of shows, I concentrate on what I'm watching, as I do the same when I'm doing anything else.

Concentration on pleasurable things as opposed to the habit of concentrating on the negative can be overcome, it's all about how bad you want it, like a fight that you want to win, or a job your competing to get. All depends on your strengths, we all have them, it's up to us to use them at the right time.

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I think your right there, it's all part of the recovery and rehabilitation process. There is no silver bullet or one size fits all approach, we use the guidance and advise given and through trial and error tailor it to what works better for us as individuals in the same way different doses of meds needs to be "tinkered" with. 

On the whole the same overall approach is what has been tried and tested we have to embrace it and then tailor it to work for you.

 

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Recovery takes time...Why don't you concentrate on playning games..Which would help you of these....I think!!!

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i believe concentrating on other thing can neglect anxiety, for that's what i do most of times when i'm under attack.