How do I calm down?

Question

I am stressing over everything. It's causing me to hold my breath and my chest feels tight and heavy. My palms are sweaty and I've been trying to breathe but I can't stop thinking about all kinds of things. I tried drinking water. I'm at work so I can't really do much. I am watching a baby. What can I do???

Answer

I used to have bad anxiety and learning to use my diaphragm to breathe really helped.
If you lay on the floor and put one hand on your chest and one hand on your stomach near your ribs, breathe deeply in and out and concentrate on making the hand on your stomach move instead of the one on your chest.
You can do it standing or sitting but it's a lot easier to move your hands when laying down to start with

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Breathing exercises??

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Breathing exercises should help a ton. Try this one. It's simple and usually helps with my asthma if I don't have an inhaler close by.

Take a slow deep breath
Exhale half of it slowly
Take another slow deep breath
Exhale half slowly.
Repeat this ten times. Remember to breath slow. Focus on your breathing.

If you have trouble doing it ten times, that's fine. Just let it all put, take a few full breaths in and out and try again. Just remember, calm relaxed breathes. I had trouble when I first started doing it. But that may have been because of my asthma. I can do it now though. It's very calming.

You might want to talk to your Dr too. Sometime something simple can cause your anxiety levels to rise. You may need to start taking a certain vitamin or change your diet a little. It's worth a trip to the Dr.

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