hey i've come to a certain conclusion

That i get panic, anxiety attacks because of the fact i worry about the simplest little thing e.g. saying something that a friend might take in the wrong way and fall out with me if i did..

but it's stupid really....so i think i might have my own personal way of sorting this whole struggle out..

i'll let you knpw once i figure it all out

cheers peace \ / T-LAB

i understand how you must feel here, but remember you shouldn't be scared of what isn't there, and you are only fearing a feeling that you are producing yourself! if you want any help feel free to private message one of us

If it is stupid or not, it at least keeps 'us' from living the life we would actually wish for. Us, the group that classifies itself as having a social disorder or anxiety 'problem' (challenge?).

Now there are more people that make dissatisfying compromises to their life, but in 'our' case (sorry to generalize), it seems that we realize that what we do is actually based on a very bent way of looking at 'reality'. In fact we look at the reality of which we THINK it is true, and it even might be true, but best thing is to experience for yourself, not to be constantly in a state of alertness to scan for if it is actually happening already.

What is going to happen if someone falls out at you, or snaps at you? They will hardly kill you, and it is part of that person's way of being that he responds that way then. He doesn't care to be that way, he just is, which makes his life a lot easier. Why not chose for the easy way yourself, and start giving yourself a break? That he feels not pleased with your words is not something u should feel responsable about, and if you do, people make mistakes and then u just made one. U'll learn to not do it again, simple as that. His interpretation of your words, is... well... very subjective anyway.

If u want, get angry as well and start a proper fight? Or just step out of the way if he starts punching ;) The worst that can happen is that ur pants drop when you step aside.

I am telling u this, but I have my own problems concerning social anxiety. So I haven't solved it really yet either. I'm 26 btw.

Greetings, Peter.

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T-Lab seemed like a cool guy. I notice he hasn't posted for a while.

yes t-lab come back, you were a quality poster. I at least hope he is cured now.

na i'm not cured but i need a way to get rid of this it's annoying the shit out of me these day's i have this constant pain/tightness in my chest morning to night..any of y'all got that?.

i do need/want help with this the only good thing that reassure's me is the fact it's not a mental problem lol..

anywho i've not gotten any worse with it..it only get's worse after wakenin up after a night out on the sauce..but that's my own doing (love the sauce/alchahol though) lol..

t - lab i suffer from anxiety and i get a tight chest morning through nite
so your not on your own and also if i drink it ends to be worse but i recently found out that that after drinking your body goes through a withdrawel process wich is why you tend to feel your heart beat an feel
anxious but this is all normal i hope this helps

Alcohol does two things- raises the blood sugar level which means the pancreas has to work harder to send out insulin, when it does, your blood sugar leel plummets and you can feel short of breath, tight chested and anxious. It also causes you to feel drunk, this has two affects... it makes you feel strange which can spark anxiety, but it also has the affect of making you feel happy... when this ends, you can become very subdued... this also leads to an anxiety response.

Chest pain and tightness can be caused by low blood sugar but is also directly related to breathing and muscle tension. It would be adviseable to modify your diet to allow regular small, low carb, high protein meals through the day and night but also do some light exercise and meditation, yoga or tai chi to stretch out those tense muscles.

Charles

thanks for that charles.

I myself have been doing yoga for a few months now and i have to say it has done wonders for me and i don't suffer from anxiety anymore! it really is a fantastic relaxing exercise to get in to and i would reccomend it to anyone.

Yoga you say?..hhmmm..(hope i walk in and i'm the only man there lol).na i'm kiddin' might give it ago..

but i have this social thing too like i can't walk down the street by myself r with friends without thinking someone's gonna jump us r sum shit..

think thats just paranoia but i was beat up when i was 12 and it's scared me..

but anywho..i'll try the yoga thingy..

peace \ /.

I've got a great paper on yoga and anxiety. I'll post the link here. At least I found it great, I just put it up on my webspace, I guess it's not copyrighted.

http://www.xs4all.nl/~basbeuk/Yoga_Therapy_-_ANXIETY.pdf

I found it great because I could very well sense where it was going and what it was talking about, and find it great that this whole concept is understood by the writer of this document.