[Jack.]

Originally Posted by rubymoo

I've suffered with anxiety for years, and the things i've found that work for me is meditation, reducing caffeine intake, eating healthily, and walking, deep breathing exercises are also excellent as anxiety and hyperventilation go hand in hand, i suffered health anxiety, medication anxiety and death anxiety, the only way i've managed to come to terms with my anxiety is accepting that one day i will die and there's nothing i can do to stop that so it's better to live life than to dread death, also i'm the same as everyone else, no-one is better than me and i'm no better than anyone else, we all burp, fart, **** and pee, we are all the same so to accept that is who you are, to accept that some things we cannot change. And to not take things too seriously (i'm naturally a deep thinker and therefore quite serious) so to be able to laugh at yourself, and to see the funny side of things, i'm 40 and it's taken me this long to get here and i've still got quite a way to go.

I feel your pain, my anxiety is my state of mind, my lack of confidence and self esteem, a lack of trust in myself and my abilities, i still go red with embarrassment when i'm in an uncomfortable position, but i've learnt to accept that and i try to find out why i felt uncomfortable and to then try again, and i've found that 9 times out of 10 it's because i feel an idiot and inferior but then why do i feel an idiot and inferior? For me it's past situations that have led me to be anxious both as a child and as an adult so i'm trying to combat those feelings. I guess some people are better in social situations than others, try to look at yourself as an outsider looking in and you may get some answers.

Sending you a hug

Thank you