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I think of anxiety as a fear reaction that has gotten stuck. Ordinarily, something might frighten you, and then you'd get over it.Got it at the moment. I'm listening to upbeat music, trying to be a bit silly. Moving around a lot.
Telling myself it won't always feel like this.
Thinking of solutions and not problems.
What about you?
The reason why doctors are so hesitant with benzodiazepines for anxiety and panic attacks is that those medications provide intense relief very quickly, so naturally patients grow to love them and rely on their effect (which is completely understandable - give me something that'll make this awful feeling go away right now and I'll take it). That's the perfect base for addiction. And that's even without physical dependence.Medications that neutralize the physical effects, like Valium, make overcoming anxiety much easier. (With all the adrenaline and cortisol in your system, you cannot think straight, you can't sleep, and your body is taking a beating.) But Valium and the like have the potential for abuse, and doctors may hesitate to give them out.
Personally, I don't have generalized anxiety, but rather situational. Fear-based behaviors are "primitive brain" responses that can be appropriate in life-and-death scenarios, but when they creep into day-to-day situations, it is irrational and then the logic centers must take over. Perhaps my alexithymia dampens down the emotional components. Perhaps my deep connection to my logic centers allows for risk analysis without emotional influence. Perhaps I have physically and mentally challenged myself and overcome obstacles and have developed a high degree of self-confidence.Got it at the moment. I'm listening to upbeat music, trying to be a bit silly. Moving around a lot.
Telling myself it won't always feel like this.
Thinking of solutions and not problems.
What about you?
Yeah. Musicians and presenters use beta blockers to block adrenaline -- it lowers your heart rate (for a musician, their hands do not tremble). They are usually not prescribed for anxiety. But for some reason, they do work for me. My best guess is because I have a weird issue naming emotions and separating mental from physical issues. Even though I'm fully aware of it, every single time I have a cold or a reaction to a vaccine, I think there is something wrong with my life. So one way to clam myself is to calm my body. Beta blockers work like magic for me, and they are very safe and non-addictive.@marc Beta blockers? I use small dose diazepam but I don't like the hangover. I am too, wary with my addictive personality type. Been there done that with alcohol and I'm not doing it again.
Interesting. Would you mind explaining a bit more? I think I do the same. How do you notice it? How does anxiety feel at the beginning? How does your mind work in those situations?I wish I could tell when anxiety was starting to hit me, but I have a hard time identifying my own emotions so I often don't notice it until it's already high enough to be a problem. Once it's up there, though, I like to do one of these things: