All, Im fed up with being anxious. i sometimes post on here about my symptoms, my concerns, in hope that someone can offer me the advice i need or tell me that they have the exact same health symptoms that turned out to be nothing. ive just read a post by a lady that has similar feelings and symptoms to me and i immediately felt her struggles in the way in which she wrote. it got me thinking and got me mad!!! im fed up with anxiety and i want this post of mine to be a little moment of fighting back against this burden thst so many of us carry so here goes.... anxiety! go and f&ck off!!! id love for people reading this to take a little advice in my sincere hope thst it helps... 1. Tell your own anxiety to f&ck off, if its only for a little while you give your mind a break 2. drink plenty of water. being dehydrated doesnt help with your aches and pains and can lead to other real issues (trust me, i triggered a kidney stone episode by letting my anxiety get the better of me where i wasnt drinking much water) 3. eat healthy, just for a little while. i know how hard it is, and that fatty fast foods can make you feel better for maybe just a little while but they are no good in the long run and even in the short term they cause fstigue, headaches, aches and pains for various factual reasons. lay off the junk food, if even for a little while 4. go and eat something extra healthy. have some nuts, add some tumeric to your meals for a few days (its an anti-inflammatory and could help with BP). eat some berries - it all helps! 5. take some mild pain meds if you need to, you might just have some muscle tension as a result of the anxiety but everything compounds when you get to the point where things are on top of you 6. get some exercise. i know you are probably in the mindset of hearing this over and over but im not talking about going to the gym, or going swimming or running etc. simply get up and go for a little walk. get some fresh air and try to relax 7. stretch a little. is that chest pain thst radiates yo your back really your heart??? it might be, but it might also be muscular. you are probably tense or at least some of what you are feeling is tension. consider this... you would be special if you didnt have some tension as a result of being anxious or even just feeling run down. so stretch those areas that are causing you pain and see if it helps a little... hopefully it will 8. finally, and im repeating this one because its important and its what i want to be able to be abke to say.... "anxiety, listen to me... just f&ck off!!!! leave us alone to get better if only for a little while" i hope this helps somebody, if even just one person, and if it does... i hope you can come back to it again and try to beat this horrible thing. love to you all... you deserve to be able live and enjoy your life x
Stephen your awesome. Just told mine to & off. Thanks for caring <3
Thank you so much. I really needed to read this just now. Thanks x
thanks stephen great advice!! its such a burden to carry and so good to tell it where to go. I hsve really been struggling these last few weeks x
i hear you on this one for sure. i would also suggest getting a good massage. it can put you in a parasympathetic state and give your mind a break. i also believe after years of research that breathing only in and out of your nose really helps. there is a whole science behind it if you want to look into it (buteyko method). and yes i really think that we do have some control over our anxiety and getting sick of it and telling it to f off can really help. ih and watch a comedy or hang out with funny friends. id love to hear how everyone dies after some of the posters advice:)
I absolutely agree
Thank you so much for sharing this with us ite absolutely amazing and so beautiful and true so I just wrote it all down on a piece of paper š and put it on my fridge so when I'm having a really hard time I can read it and say "fuck off anxiety"
I'm going to start doing a lot of these things that you just shared on here because they make a lot of sense for me. Have a great weekend and much love to you xoxo
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im so so pleased to see that you all like my post. it helps me more than youll know to see that others can feel the same way.
some great extra advice in the replies like getting a massage and putting the list on the fridge door. im going to do both.
be good to yourself for a little whille, and be nasty to your anxiety, and see how it feels!
I've tried this and wish it would work.. km on day 26 of citalopram and feel anxious and stomach is feeling weird like butterflies.. tell me this gets easier.. have a good evening xx
Hi Laura
Although i suffer with anxieties i have never taken medication. its just a personal choice and i sometimes feel like i should reconsider.
as for my earlier post, ive had a pretty rubbish day and my mind has wondered a lot.
i spent my day and evening with my little girl and its been fun but now im in bed i regret how much of the day i spent worrying about my health.
i really dont want my anxieties to impact my little girl nor do i want to ignore symptoms that might need addressing.
but... this forum is helping me...
as i realise one huge thing... in that there are other people who feel what they believe are real symptoms, the feel anxious about one thing after another or fixate on something... like me...
and my rationale tells me that we cant all have these major health issues thst we believe we have... not all of us...
so anxiety is doing this.... its making us feel the way we feel...
our minds are us... and its hard telling yourself that you might be wrong. we generally think that what we do is right, as thats how weve programmed ourselves... but you might be wrong... you might have anxiety and nothing else... in fact... that is more likely than us all having the ailments we think we have...
so.... try to flip your mind... try to believe the opposite for a little while... be brave, be positive and know thst you are absolutely not alone in this...
and ill try to stay strong and abide by my own words myself... which is just as hard for me... but here, together, we csn do it... because here you are not alone... people around you might not understand, might thik you are crazy, overthinking and dwelling but right here we know that its simply down to one thing... anxiety...
believe you have it... believe that its making you feel and act the way you do and then deal with the anxiety as best you can, instead of trying to deal with any ailments. x
im sorry if i am not on the right lines for you personally as i didnt have much info. but if i am on the mark, then thats even more reason to believe that you are similar to lots of people here xxx
yeah definitely but it's so hard..I'm 35 and suffered health anxiety from I was 13. been through alot of stuff marriage broke up because of DV.. now a single parent.. I thought I was managing ok felt a little down so started sertraline something happened I was like a zombie.. had to stop..was given duloxetine and made it 100 times worse.. I thought life was over..never have I felt as bad.. went back to the dr and he started me on citalopram that was 26 days ago..I do feel slightly better but past few days the intrusive thoughts have resurfaced..and the anxiety and on edge . I feel like am losing control. im so scared. we will beat this together and thank u for ur reply xx
Thank you for this!!I also had a kidney stone that had to be removed surgically because I wasn't taking care of myself. I told my anxiety where to go and will continue to do so!! This helped so much!!