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I don't know

I hate feeling like something's seriously wrong and I just can't figure out what it is. I'm not panicking. I just can't get my thoughts clear because my anxiety or my panic disorder makes me feel like somethings not right. I know it's my anxiety, but I have this like what if worry. Like what if something is wrong and I just haven't figured it out. I don't even know. Only posting this in case someone can relate.
I wish I could help, but don't know if I can.

I don't suffer from serious anxiety, though I do sometimes stress about reaching my standards and goals when a deadline looms.

What I'll share comes from Buddhist meditation - an awareness practise which requires no belief.
Try sitting in a quiet place with your back straight and supporting its own weight. Take a few deep breaths and observe the feel of the air as your breath comes in and goes out. Eyes closed.
Begin to scan the body systematically, noting whatever sensations you feel. Start with the scalp, forehead, eyes, eyelids, cheeks, mouth, jaw, joint between cheekbone and jaw, tongue, throat and neck. Take a moment to consciously allow each of these to relax. Scan them again, just observing.
Continue like this down your back, and the front of your body, down each arm, elbows, wrists, the hands, fingers, down each leg, thighs, knees, calves, shins, ankles, feet, heels, arches, toes, soles. Note where there are tensions in the muscles and let them relax. Scan again to feel and observe.
Now see if you can go inside the body. Do you feel the chest and stomach expanding and contracting as you breathe?
Is it slight and shallow, fast or slow, deep and slow, or is it variable. Does it change as you watch?
If thoughts arise, note that they are there, but return the attention to scanning the body and observing it.
Try to maintain this for twenty minutes if possible.
At the end, make a note of what you have observed. Put a time and date on it.
If you like the process, try it every day.

Another thing to try. Breathe into a paper bag for a minute or so. The carbon dioxide will have a calming effect.

There are ways of exploring the causes of anxiety. These can help to understand it, which can help to make it far less uncomfortable - but it's not a cure.

There are CBT (cognitive behavioural training) techniques for reducing and eventually eliminating anxiety in the long term. These are well proven and reliable.
People can work with a specialist psychologist, therapist or counsellor with training in the technique.
But it is also possible to just learn the theory and then develop a specific way of applying it your needs. You can do this for yourself for free.

Message me if you'd like to know more.
EhhRin · 26-30, F
@hartfire Thank you. I'll try some. I am doing a lot better then I was before I got on medication. I just get it every now and then. It's Especially worse around my monthly/pms
@EhhRin Hmm.
I remember having premenstrual tension (PMT) - it was a nightmare of up and down cycles of moods.
The Pill helped me stabilise it until I hit menopause when my emotions evened out.

I'm glad things are better for you now. :)
EhhRin · 26-30, F
@hartfire I'm already on the pill but yeah thank you! 🙂
CestManan · 46-50, F
I heard somewhere that 95% of the things we worry about never even happen.

Sometimes just an uncomfortable thought can be mistaken for reality. I think because the subconscious doesn't know the difference between our thoughts and what is really happening. I could be wrong on that, if someone wants to chime in about the facts.
EhhRin · 26-30, F
@CestManan when I was younger I thought they were always tigger but as I've got older they can happen out of no where. I litterally just get hit with a wave of panic for no reason. I've woken up in the middle of having one
CestManan · 46-50, F
@EhhRin I have had panic attacks but nothing I could not control
EhhRin · 26-30, F
@CestManan hmm idk everyone's differen. I've had ones where I thought I was dying and once went to the emergency room.
masterofyou · 70-79, M
I go through it alot... I understand... Be calm..
MURD3RM0NK3Y · 26-30, M
Yeah I just let it eat me alive there's nothing I can do about it anymore
EhhRin · 26-30, F
@MURD3RM0NK3Y I think I'm just trying to make sense of a feeling that doesn't make sense. ( If that makes sense 😂)
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EhhRin · 26-30, F
@MURD3RM0NK3Y yeah that would help. Sucks not being able to trust your own feelings
SW-User
I often feel this way too.

 
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