Do you have anxiety, if so what does yours feel like?

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What triggers your anxiety?
Specifically, what does your anxiety feel like?
What are some of your most successful copping mechanisms?

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Mine just comes on whenever it wants to. I could be just driving or out with the family having a good time or even in the middle of my sleep and it sucks. The only thing that I have found that has worked for me is to step outside for a few and focus on the things in the sky or listing to birds and some deep breaths, or my fiance will rub my head and back. I have learned when they come on u have to try to redirect ur focus to something else. Sorry can't be more help

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I get them sometimes where my heart races and I feel like I'm losing it. I get really scared!
Before I knew how to handle them I would go for hours without being able to stop it.
Once I figured out what was wrong with me, I reduced them to a minute or two.
What helps me most is deeeep breaths over and over. Not thinking about anything else. Just think: I'm breathing in....I'm breathing out.....' and so on until I feel better.

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My anxiety feels like my body is shutting down. My heart starts racing, I get clammy, sometimes I shake. A lot of things can trigger it. Like my PTSD triggers, or if I have to talk to someone I dont really know

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I get the urge to cry for no reason, light headed, dizzy feeling. I stopped drinking alcohol and using any type of medication or stimulant, and no caffeine. If I feel anattack coming on I Lay in bed with the lights off or take a hot shower with the lights off and tell my self to relax, and that I am in control. anything in the dark I mostly feel better.

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I feel like I have a cinder block on my chest. It almost feels like I forget to breathe deep I just breathe really shallow. My skin starts to crawl, I get hot and my adrenaline starts pumping. The bottom of my stomach starts to burn. I've never had a full blown panic attack but I really think I have multiple small ones throughout the day.

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I found Celexa extremely helpful.

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My chest gets heavy. I get heart palpitations. My palms get sweaty. In some cases I get dizzy. Have shortness of breath.

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I used to have it a lot! It feels like I am being buried alive in a coffin. I get all claustrophobic and antzy...no fun. I have tamed down a bit though.

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Mine is triggered by so many things, but I have a lot of symptoms. So the base symptoms are nausea, over heated, side hurts normally, my spleen will swell too, my lymph nodes swell, I sometimes can't get up, normally can't leave the house. That's really the base problems. Personally I try to keep myself quiet and focused on my hands, so I got these Chinese stress balls that you spin in your hand and that's really helpful and distracting. Other than that I use a breathing method, breathe in for 4 seconds hold, hold for 4 and breath out for 6 it's so nice!

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Everything. I always have my anxiety and depression, I hardly ever get a break from it.

Mine feels either like all the air is getting sucked out of my lungs, I'm drowning or like there's and elephant sitting on my chest and I want to call out for help but nothing comes out.

Do you have anxiety, if so what does yours feel like?

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