Just to say HI

I've posted a few comments already on this forum but I never actually introduced myself...sssoooo

Hi everyone.
I am someone who has suffered from anxiety and panic for a long time and has finally decided to make some changes.
I wish everyone the best of luck in conquering this. I believe it can be done.
:D

Hello greekgirl and welcome

Good to know you are feeling positive.

All the best and stay positive

haunted5

Hello greekgirl and welcome

Good to know you are feeling positive.

All the best and stay positive

haunted5
Hi again haunted5,

I haven't mastered it yet but I'm really working hard at it.
Some days are harder than others.

:rolleyes:

I've read (not naming names) that you can't actually be permantly cured of anxiety. Why is that? I'm permantly cured. Why would anyone be so negative as to say you can't be permantly cured?

It takes conscious effort with positive thinking. If you get a negative thought, push it to the back of your mind with a positive/optimistic/rational thought. After a few minutes you'll probably forget what the bad thought was. The thing is, don't try to remember what the bad thought was. Just continue with good thoughts and before you know it you'll feel happy, optimistic & not so tense.

And when the tension goes you'll breathe a lot better, feel more relaxed around people & life will seem OK, even great/fascinating. Are you different to non-anxiety sufferers? No! The only difference is that you have anxiety.

Hi Greekgirl - It`s great you`ve decided to make some changes (whatever they may be). See, you`ve already made a huge positive statement by saying "I believe it can be done."

Good luck, sounds like you`re going to do well.

A

Hi everybody!

Thanks for your replies.
I've become addicted to this forum because I'm getting a lot of positive things from it.
It is really motivating me to make anxiety and fear disappear from my life.

A close friend of mine said to me yesterday after I explained to her that I am "forcing" positive thinking to my sub-conscious, she said that I am analyzing the whole thing too much. She advised me to stop the negative thought immediately and turn the radio on,for example, and stop thinking AT ALL. My answer was that it is very hard. I suppose someone who hasn't suffered from panic finds it difficult to understand.

I suppose everyone has to find their own way.

Kisses to all my new friends.
Thanks

The best & easiest way not to think at all is meditation. What it does is empty your mind of all conscious thought & sends messages of peace and relaxation to the subconscious. When these thoughts come back a few minutes after meditating, they should be less intense.

I've read (not naming names) that you can't actually be permantly cured of anxiety. Why is that? I'm permantly cured. Why would anyone be so negative as to say you can't be permantly cured?

Hi, Can i ask you a question Chris V?

Please dont take this the wrong way, its just i'm kind of intrigued by you.

I remember when i first came on this site that you asked to be banned and admin did this for you. You went away for a while and nothing was heard of you. Then you got back on again. Recently you have started to post alot, you say you are cured so i wondered why you came back onto the site?. I can understand you wanting to come on here to help others, but why did you want to be banned?

I apologise that i also do not know your story and what you suffered with, although i have read that the Lindon Method helpped you. Can you help me out here? I'm sort of baffled by you!!!

I think there is alot more going on in your head than you let on!

All the Best,

Bella xx

The best & easiest way not to think at all is meditation. What it does is empty your mind of all conscious thought & sends messages of peace and relaxation to the subconscious. When these thoughts come back a few minutes after meditating, they should be less intense.

Do you actually practice meditation at a certain time of the day? or do you sort of use it...as away of life?
The answer is probably Yes to both.

Sorry for the stupid questions, but I don't know enough about meditation and have always been interested in learning more.

:cool:

To Bella, I came onto this site just after I got completely cured. When it happened, and knowing I wouldn't have to live with anxiety for the rest of my life, was really an emotional experience for me. I couldn't really talk about to people around me, so I went on the net to say yes it is possible.

I've calmed down now & gotten over it. It's only now (after 7 months) that I finally understand how to get better.

PS. What's going on in my head now isn't what's been going on in my head over the last 7 months, I'm finally getting over anxiety & the experience of being cured.

A lot of it is to face the world and not feel stupid. I started work at the local dogs & cats home voluntarily to keep busy during my anxiety. I told a friend that I was doing it voluntarily, & he said 'Do you get paid for it?'. I said no, I do it voluntarily. He said 'What does voluntarily mean?'. You see, there are millions more people stupider than you

Anyone want to post. Don't worry, it's only words, of course take the Australian 'no worries' attitude to life & post. It's only words & replies, & can that hurt you? Of course not. So join the forum with a 'I don't care, no worries' attitude, & post. Freedom from anxiety.

Hi Chris V,
So was the meditation question a stupid question? lol

I was just wondering. Did you just wake one morning and realize that you were completely cured?
What or how did you do it? ......the "magic" question.

Hello, it came to me in a dream. I used to have violent nightmares where people were out to get me, or torture me. I took the Linden Method & in one dream a guy was trying to push me off a cliff. Normally I would have shouted myself awake but I didn't. I woke up cured. I went back to sleep & had a dream were everyone was minding their own business. That's the thing. People do mind their own business & don't concentrate or think about you.

Don't you even get a little bit of a relapse? I relapse all the while. What am i doing wrong? Bella xx

Hello, it came to me in a dream. I used to have violent nightmares where people were out to get me, or torture me. I took the Linden Method & in one dream a guy was trying to push me off a cliff. Normally I would have shouted myself awake but I didn't. I woke up cured. I went back to sleep & had a dream were everyone was minding their own business. That's the thing. People do mind their own business & don't concentrate or think about you.


I needed time to think of what you said.

See, I do worry about what people think of me and I do try to please people. Although my recent discovery of this stupid trait has made things better for me, because I am not that concerned with doing things to make other people happy anymore...well as best as I can.
But the thing is that I don't believe that that was the only reason I had or have anxiety. I think that just adds to my stress. Because although I have been working hard to do things that PLEASE ME I still feel certain anxiety and fears.

My mother was always a VERY anxious person (basically is her way of life). She literally taught that behavior to me.(without her realizing of course) So now I am trying to "unteach" myself.:confused:

Sometimes I feel very tired of my situation. Fed up more like it.
I really want my life to change. I am ready to do it.

Do you swear by the Linden method?
Can I trust that it will make all the difference?

Glad to see you are so positive on beating this curse!

I take my medications before bed at night, I figure if I have big side effects I will be sleeping.

I have been feeling great the last week, but yesterday was kinda a yuck day, I dont know why. Nothing was pressing or bothering me/ BUT today is a new day, so I am going to start my day great!

good luck to all of us in conquering this damn crap

peace

Hi erinb,

I agree. Some days you feel on top of the world and it's great!...but then there are those down days when you have to put ALOT of effort to think positively and try to ignore your anxiety. I suppose though even people without extreme anxiety feel that way from time to time.

Sometimes I say to myself, I just want to be normal...but what's normal, right? And who's normal anyway....ok I'm just writing this to remind myself.

;)