How I look at the solution for anxiety

Hi, I had a chat with someone, who asked me what was up with me. As I talked to him, I actually typed out the solution for my anxious 'being'. Just applying it seems much harder. This is actually what the Linden Method says about diversion I think.

MSN_Someone 8-3-2005 23:56: you have gotten distant these last few days, anything happend?
Peter 8-3-2005 23:57: dunno
Peter 8-3-2005 23:57: i just don't feel too well is one thing
MSN_Someone 8-3-2005 23:58: mentaly or physicaly?
Peter 8-3-2005 23:58: that's a hard question
Peter 8-3-2005 23:58: probably both
MSN_Someone 8-3-2005 23:58: k
Peter 9-3-2005 0:01: i'm fed up with my anxiety thing and i want to feel relaxed and happy again.
Peter 9-3-2005 0:01: is basically it
MSN_Someone 9-3-2005 0:02: tried to go see a therapyst?
Peter 9-3-2005 0:05: no and i will not
MSN_Someone 9-3-2005 0:05: oki
Peter 9-3-2005 0:05: i mean I did a few times in the past but really this is not gonna help me
Peter 9-3-2005 0:06: it's about self-confidence and self-esteem and about breaking a cycle of my own thinking
Peter 9-3-2005 0:06: tehre is nothing wrong with me and I'm perfectly capable, just I seem to block off my own capacities by creating this anxiety and perpetuating/maintaining it.
MSN_Someone 9-3-2005 0:06: you know anything that might help?
Peter 9-3-2005 0:06: yes, forgetting about thinking so mucha bout what I thinkthe problem is
Peter 9-3-2005 0:07: in fact if I forget about being anxious the problem is gone.
MSN_Ruthberg 9-3-2005 0:08: hmm
Peter 9-3-2005 0:10: it's true, it's only worry and some odd thoughts that create the anxiety
Peter 9-3-2005 0:10: if u forget about thinking about it, or worrying, the problem is gone
MSN_Someone 9-3-2005 0:10: so you kinda need a hobby or something that you can keep your thoughts to?
Peter 9-3-2005 0:11: that could help yes probably
Peter 9-3-2005 0:11: just not the puter at home...

i've been thinking exactly the same thing over the past couple of days.

I've been worrying about things in the future, how i'll cope if my loved ones die and stuff like that. I've ben worrying that with panic attcks i wont be able to keep a job, trave, and do all the things i want to do. I've been thinkin i 'should' do this and i 'should' do that...so i can never fully relax. With all this anxiety going on in the background, it heightens my sensitivity to things, and so i feel ultra senstive...almost like a sponge soaking up all the awful things in the world. Surrounded by all this negativity it's no wonder that i feel on edge and ready for an attack at any moment!
You see it's ME thats perpetuating the cycle...it's not an outside force....it's taken me ages to accept that.

I'm looking into meditation and ways of focusing the mind...so that when that 'fight/flight' sensation comes....i can logically work myself out of it.

I'm still scared of them, don't get me wrong, and it's not as if i instantly feel able to cope, but i think it's progress.

Wish me luck...... i've a feeling the journey has only just begun.

Good luck JJ and keep us posted!

Anxiety is habit... when you stop concentrating on it, the habit disolves. It's that simple really!

Charles