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    Do breathing exercises help you manage your anxiety?

    What I often hear, especially when it comes to managing anxiety or panic attacks, is "just breathe" or "calm down." It’s not always helpful, especially when anxiety can send your nervous system into a tailspin. But this is also true: knowing exactly how to breathe can be a helpful coping mechanism especially if practiced regularly, not just in the spur-of-the-moment.

    I have found that taking deep, long, and intentional breaths every morning as soon as I get out of bed and right before I turn off my lights to go to sleep to be really helpful in teaching myself how to calm my body when feeling anxious.

    Do you find breathing exercises helpful in managing your anxiety? If so, are there any techniques you would suggest anyone else try?

    #Anxiety #ObsessiveCompulsiveDisorder #Agoraphobia #SocialAnxiety #PanicDisorder #PanicAttacks #PTSD #ComplexPosttraumaticStressDisorder #GeneralizedAnxietyDisorder #MentalHealth #BipolarDisorder #Depression #BorderlinePersonalityDisorder #CheckInWithMe

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    Fighting off a panic attack

    I’m out of words. I’m so tired of feeling like this and no one caring.

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    I’m new here!

    Hi, my name is LauraGADandHSP. I'm here because I struggle a lot I’m a super emotional and sensitive person but I’m kind and empathetic. I have my ups and downs but want to help support one another. thanks for having me here, and creating this wonderful app and community for us all!

    #MightyTogether #Anxiety #Depression #PTSD #PanicAttack #PanicDisorder #SocialAnxiety #GeneralizedAnxietyDisorder #polycysticovarysyndrome(PCOS)

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    I’m new here!

    Hi, my name is LauraGADandHSP. I'm here because I struggle a lot I’m a super emotional and sensitive person but I’m kind and empathetic. I have my ups and downs but want to help support one another. thanks for having me here, and creating this wonderful app and community for us all!

    #MightyTogether #Anxiety #Depression #PTSD #PanicAttack #PanicDisorder #SocialAnxiety #GeneralizedAnxietyDisorder #polycysticovarysyndrome(PCOS)

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    I’m new here!

    Hi, my name is LauraGADandHSP. I'm here because I struggle a lot I’m a super emotional and sensitive person but I’m kind and empathetic. I have my ups and downs but want to help support one another. thanks for having me here, and creating this wonderful app and community for us all!

    #MightyTogether #Anxiety #Depression #PTSD #PanicAttack #PanicDisorder #SocialAnxiety #GeneralizedAnxietyDisorder #polycysticovarysyndrome(PCOS)

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    I’m new here!

    Hi, my name is LauraGADandHSP. I'm here because I struggle a lot I’m a super emotional and sensitive person but I’m kind and empathetic. I have my ups and downs but want to help support one another. thanks for having me here, and creating this wonderful app and community for us all!

    #MightyTogether #Anxiety #Depression #PTSD #PanicAttack #PanicDisorder #SocialAnxiety #GeneralizedAnxietyDisorder #polycysticovarysyndrome(PCOS)

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    Treatment for panic disorder

    #PanicAttacks #PanicDisorder

    Treatment aims to reduce the number of panic attacks you have and ease your symptoms.

    Psychological therapies

    You can refer yourself directly to a psychological therapies service for treatment based on cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT).

    If you prefer, you can see a GP and they can refer you.

    Your therapist may discuss with you how you react when you have a panic attack and what you think about.

    They can teach you ways of changing your behavior to help you keep calm during an attack.

    You may need to see your GP regularly while you're having CBT so they can assess your progress.

    Medicine

    If you and your doctor think it might be helpful, you may be prescribed:

    -a type of antidepressant called a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) or, if SSRIs are not suitable, a tricyclic antidepressant (usually imipramine or clomipramine)

    -an anti-epilepsy medicine such as pregabalin or, if your anxiety is severe, clonazepam (these medicines are also beneficial for treating anxiety)

    Antidepressants can take 2 to 4 weeks before they start to work, and up to 8 weeks to work fully.

    Keep taking your medicines, even if you feel they're not working, and only stop taking them if your GP advises you to do so.

    Referral to a specialist

    If your symptoms do not improve after CBT, medicine and connecting with a support group, your GP may refer you to a mental health specialist such as a psychiatrist or clinical psychologist.

    The specialist will carry out an assessment and devise a treatment plan to help you manage your symptoms.

    You can refer to this:

    resiliens.com/resilify/program/cbt-for-panic-disorder

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    Just tired

    Another denial on the books..I just don’t know how long I can keep this up. My therapist that I was absolutely so happy with quit as well..it’s just left me feeling so numb. It’s all too much to take in and I feel like im spiraling. #PTSD #MajorDepressiveDisorder #Agoraphobia #PanicAttacks #Anxiety #Depression

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    Trying to keep going

    Things have been super rough.

    As a caregiver of someone with PTSD, GAD, disordered eating, and compulsive behaviors, it's been a huge challenge to help myself and them get through each day. They were already eating less since last December because panic attacks started happening during the day. Then the lack of sleep from noisy neighbors made it harder to manage. Then two weeks ago we had a terrible, unsupportive conversation with their parents. The icing on the cake was when they were triggered by the worst thing possible last week, causing trauma flashbacks.

    It's been chaotic. I almost can't do anything without triggering something. I can't even leave home. Friends ignore me. I'm working with a therapist and doing everything I can to manage. I'm trying to keep going.

    #checkinwithme #generalizedanxietydisorder #ptsd #conqueryourmind

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    Invalidating in my dreams

    So I dreamed that I tried to get my brother who is my abuser confessed to #SexualAbuse but of course he denied it. I told his friends and they didn’t believe me. No one in my dream believed me. I even got my knife out and tried to harm him he still denied it. So I woke up. #MajorDepressiveDisorder #PTSD #GeneralizedAnxietyDisorde #PanicAttacks

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