anxiety
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Topic: anxiety
Posted By: lizzle
Subject: anxiety
Date Posted: 30 October 2007 at 7:43pm
| Okay, i don' think i'm under a particular amount of stress- no more than usual, or no more than everyone else, but every so often (maybe once a month for the past three months) i have felt really anxious. like now. i got an assignment back and felt a bit nervous about the result. opened it - passed and now am feeling realy butterfly in the tummy. I don't feel like this is something i need medicaiton for or anything, but i'd love some suggestions how to relieve the feeling - and don't say baths cause i feel worse. |
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 30 October 2007 at 7:45pm
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A glass of wine that does it for me. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 30 October 2007 at 7:56pm
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Fresh air? Going out on your own for 1/2 hour walk to think straight and relive tension? -------------  |
Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 30 October 2007 at 7:57pm
| not sure about a "glass" becks...maybe a bottle... |
Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 30 October 2007 at 8:02pm
ROFL!!  ------------- |
lizzle wrote:Posted By: Peace
Date Posted: 30 October 2007 at 8:28pm
Lots of teas like St Johns Wart or Bach flower tea have anxiety relief properties to them. Even some rescue remedy if you wanted to get some from your health shop. Busymum is on the right track with the walk but I would say get a little sun, sun makes your brain produce Seratonin which makes you  . As John Kirwin says, know your triggers and know to ask for help  ------------- DD1 May 2006 DD2 March 2011 DD3 August 2012 |
Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 30 October 2007 at 8:30pm
| not sure about triggers - as i said, not a particulary stressful day - I do have lots of things to remember so maybe thats it./ i am writing a list at the mo of things to do. |
Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 30 October 2007 at 8:32pm
| well, am also singing loudly - seems to work a tad. |
Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 30 October 2007 at 10:15pm
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I say glass but its usually the bottle in this house too ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 31 October 2007 at 7:52am
| okay, well, maybe I wasn't as anxious as I thought. started feeling really nauseous through OF last night and threw up a couple of times - think my anxiety was something i ate. feeling like a dick now! |
Posted By: my2angels
Date Posted: 31 October 2007 at 7:56am
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or your anxiety is making you sick, which does happen.
Breathing is a huge thing with anxiety, breath thru your nose and in for 3 seconds and out for 4 seconds. HOpe your not getting a tummy bug or something |
Posted By: Glow
Date Posted: 31 October 2007 at 8:22am
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breathing, relaxation & meditation techniques ------------- Mummy of Two Boys B: 2004 K: 2007 |
Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 31 October 2007 at 9:13am
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My counceller said to make sure you breathe properly as well..have your hand on your stomach and your chest..make sure you are breathing from your stomach not your chest as you don't get enough that way..it really has stopped panic attacks for me..:) ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: Bobbie
Date Posted: 31 October 2007 at 10:57am
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Yeah I feel like that sometimes for no reason (I can find) and taking some deep breaths is an amazing remedy. Sounds dumb but it really does work for me. -------------  
 
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Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 31 October 2007 at 10:59am
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its not dumb:) apparently its scientific... if you breathe thru your chest and not stomach you arent getting enough oxygen(well to be more precise you are getting too much CO2) and that can start off the panicky feelings and by then its too late to stop the attack..just breathing can help things back to normal:) ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |