A little OT - looking for help for anxiety

[Guest guest]

Hi all,

Does anyone here have maybe a link to a good online list, or a good

website, that deals with chronic anxiety? I thought I was doing so

much better, but it just came back with a vengeance. It's funny how

you can know why you are the way you are, and yet still have such a

hard time changing it...

I figured this was the best place to start, since I know some others

on this list have similar struggles.

Thanks,

[Guest guest]

sherby2k wrote:

> Hi all,

>

> Does anyone here have maybe a link to a good online list, or a good

> website, that deals with chronic anxiety?

> I figured this was the best place to start, since I know some others

> on this list have similar struggles.

Hi ,

One place to look might be Dr Grohol's Psych Central at:

http://psychcentral.com/resources/

- Edith

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

Thanks for the thoughts. Meditation usually works for me but nothing

seems to be working right now - it's like my brain is sabotaging all

of the stuff that used to work. I've been staying away from

medication because I don't want to be on something like that long-

term... but I hadn't thought about taking something short-term. Isn't

most of that stuff hard to get off of, once you're on it?

> Hi ,

>

> There are lots of meds for anxiety and sometimes when the anxiety

> builds to a high level they are good at breaking the intensity,

even

> if taken for a short period. One thing that helped me when I was

> highly stressed is deep breathing. The key is breathing deeply from

> the abdomen, not the shallow breathing from the chest. I would lie

on

> the bed (with some aromatherapy candles, and relaxing music) and

take

> slow deep breaths (to make sure you are brething from your abdomen,

> place one hand on your chest and one hand on your abdomen and make

> sure the hand on your abdomen is moving up and down as you breath

in)

> Sometimes I would envision the breaths filling every cell in my

body,

> replinishing me with calm and strength. There are a lot of good

> meditations out there that incorporate visualizations. Sending you

> lots of calming thoughts......

[Guest guest]

Thanks Edith! Just the kind of website I was looking for.

>

> > Hi all,

> >

> > Does anyone here have maybe a link to a good online list, or a

good

> > website, that deals with chronic anxiety?

> > I figured this was the best place to start, since I know some

others

> > on this list have similar struggles.

>

>

> Hi ,

>

> One place to look might be Dr Grohol's Psych Central at:

> http://psychcentral.com/resources/

>

> - Edith

[Guest guest]

I have a suggestion that helped me with chronic anxiety. I see a therapist

who does EMDR which has been very successful for me. I highly reccommend it if

you are able.