Advice on Anxiety..
Hi Guys!
As you may or may not know I suffer from anxiety, I have written about it in a previous blog, I just thought I'd let people know how I deal with either feeling anxious or having a panic attack or feel like I'm about to have a panic attack.
If I'm anxious I tend to be anxious about certain things coming up in the week, such as going out on my own or arranging something, I tend to be really precise with timing, which I have tried to keep under control at the moment, when I feel anxious I either put on some music that makes me happy and jolly or go for a quick 5-10 minutes to sit/stand in the garden just to get some fresh air and regain self control. I tend to listen to music that reminds me of a 'happy' time, like music that reminds me of something that makes me happy, this tends to calm me down and make me forget about the thing that was making me anxious, as I'm too busy dancing around my bedroom, so If you're feeling anxious do something that you enjoy, if its having a relaxing bath to dancing around your room, anything that you find helps and takes your mind off it
If I'm anxious about going out for the day I tend to take myself out to the back garden, this is just to surround myself with the noise of the traffic/people background noises, so children running around or loud lorries and cars going past, just so it doesn't make me jumpy when I am actually outside of the house. I also like going into the garden because I feel safe but its so nice to get a breath of fresh air and just to take some time out for me.
If I feel like I'm going to have a panic attack I will in all honesty go to either my Dad, Mom or Boyfriend, just so I know someone is there in case I do get too over whelmed, most of the time I won't tell them I'm going to have a panic attack but its some self comfort to know that someone is there if it does happen. If I'm actually having a panic attack I will count from 1-10 over and over again until I gain some self control, I did struggle when I had panic attacks in public as I felt like people were staring at me, which would make me self conscious and make me worse, but now I know how to feel, I feel that mental illness is more well known to most people so when they see me they're most probably thinking 'oh dear that girls having a panic attack not 'Oh my god, what on earth is wrong with that girl?!'
If you feel at all scared to do anything due to anxiety/panic attacks, try to find some self comfort be this anything you want, you don't have to tell anyone or you can tell the whole world! Whatever helps you, do it. You are your number one priority so treat yourself like it!
If you think you need any help, please get in touch with someone, I waited too long and have suffered missing out on loads of things due to this, I just want people to have the oppourtunity to do things without their anxiety holding them back unlike I did.
If you want to see any other advice, I do advise looking up 'Zoella' on YouTube, she is a well known youtuber with over 6 million subscribers and shes done two videos that have really helped me 'Just say yes' and 'dealing with anxiety/panic attacks' she goes into depth with these and they helped me find the confidence to help myself!
Please don't ever forget, you are loved, don't suffer in silence. I hope this has helped someone or a lot of people!
Sorry this is long winded but it is something I want to talk about.
Until next time!
Abbi
xoxo
