Comments on: It feels like my attention is always on me http://anxietynomore.co.uk/blog/2009/04/27/59/ Anxiety no more Helping sufferers overcome anxiety and panic issues Fri, 10 Sep 2010 23:30:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: selma http://anxietynomore.co.uk/blog/2009/04/27/59/#comment-11017 selma Thu, 03 Jun 2010 20:30:57 +0000 http://anxietynomore.co.uk/blog/?p=59#comment-11017 mac, feel the same way. although i do catch myself at times thinking, wow- i just went shopping and only thought about the shopping- i wasn't in my head at all. so you probably slip in and out without knowing it. i wish i knew how to be "out" of my head all the time and just live freely. i think i am trying to hard or something. anyway, don't really have any answers but i think all of us feel this way to some degree. it can be so tiring. mac, feel the same way. although i do catch myself at times thinking, wow- i just went shopping and only thought about the shopping- i wasn’t in my head at all. so you probably slip in and out without knowing it. i wish i knew how to be “out” of my head all the time and just live freely. i think i am trying to hard or something. anyway, don’t really have any answers but i think all of us feel this way to some degree. it can be so tiring.

]]> By: mac http://anxietynomore.co.uk/blog/2009/04/27/59/#comment-5757 mac Tue, 07 Jul 2009 11:42:46 +0000 http://anxietynomore.co.uk/blog/?p=59#comment-5757 hello everyone, i know not many people answer this section anymore but i need alittle help, right now im stuck in a big rut and its been a three year journey of looking at myself 24/7. it seems as though i cant even begin because the thought of myself is soo overpowering that i can even begin to let everything be and just not care anymore about my condition, i forget what it is like to just live because it has been soo long since i felt normal, i forget what it feels like to walk around with real, conscious thoughts, how do u move on with the constant edgey feeling and being overwhelemed by this mess???? thank you and hope someone can help. hello everyone, i know not many people answer this section anymore but i need alittle help, right now im stuck in a big rut and its been a three year journey of looking at myself 24/7. it seems as though i cant even begin because the thought of myself is soo overpowering that i can even begin to let everything be and just not care anymore about my condition, i forget what it is like to just live because it has been soo long since i felt normal, i forget what it feels like to walk around with real, conscious thoughts, how do u move on with the constant edgey feeling and being overwhelemed by this mess???? thank you and hope someone can help.

]]> By: Paul David http://anxietynomore.co.uk/blog/2009/04/27/59/#comment-5699 Paul David Sun, 28 Jun 2009 19:40:38 +0000 http://anxietynomore.co.uk/blog/?p=59#comment-5699 Louise sorry for the late reply, that's really good that he liked the book and it has been helpful to you, as you also know its great to have someone to talk with to. You also now have a great attitude to how you are feeling and that's is what it is about, changing your attitude to how you feel. Scarlet is right and that none of us recovered overnight and my recovery came in layers similar to Scarlets, I will use it as a post myself soon to encourage people as others hearing Scarlets story and knowing she did not get one piece of advice and it was all gone, is far easier to relate to. Louise sorry for the late reply, that’s really good that he liked the book and it has been helpful to you, as you also know its great to have someone to talk with to. You also now have a great attitude to how you are feeling and that’s is what it is about, changing your attitude to how you feel. Scarlet is right and that none of us recovered overnight and my recovery came in layers similar to Scarlets, I will use it as a post myself soon to encourage people as others hearing Scarlets story and knowing she did not get one piece of advice and it was all gone, is far easier to relate to.

]]> By: miranda http://anxietynomore.co.uk/blog/2009/04/27/59/#comment-5696 miranda Sun, 28 Jun 2009 14:39:48 +0000 http://anxietynomore.co.uk/blog/?p=59#comment-5696 good post scarlet:) xx good post scarlet:)
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]]> By: miranda http://anxietynomore.co.uk/blog/2009/04/27/59/#comment-5695 miranda Sun, 28 Jun 2009 14:21:04 +0000 http://anxietynomore.co.uk/blog/?p=59#comment-5695 having a weird day the day. i decided to go out last night and have a drink, i no i was takin a risk with my anxiety cause the next day i always feel on edge and anxious. well as suspected i felt really weird this morning not with and my mind was racing but its weird cause a lot off my anxiety symptoms have calmed down since i started takin my medication 3 weeks ago(sertraline and indarel) .im on 100 mg of inderal but today i up my tablets ive been saying to my husband all week its like im about there but something is holding me back . its weird cause one min am fine then the next i all weird again it keeps comin and going and a think this isit and its back again its like one minute am on a high a the next min im on a low if that makes sence. when a was doing my irnoning my head was going round and round and i couldnt wait until a was finished as i wanted to say how i was feeling on this blog but now am different again and it feels like it was happening to someone else if tht makes sence.xx having a weird day the day. i decided to go out last night and have a drink, i no i was takin a risk with my anxiety cause the next day i always feel on edge and anxious. well as suspected i felt really weird this morning not with and my mind was racing but its weird cause a lot off my anxiety symptoms have calmed down since i started takin my medication 3 weeks ago(sertraline and indarel) .im on 100 mg of inderal but today i up my tablets ive been saying to my husband all week its like im about there but something is holding me back . its weird cause one min am fine then the next i all weird again it keeps comin and going and a think this isit and its back again its like one minute am on a high a the next min im on a low if that makes sence. when a was doing my irnoning my head was going round and round and i couldnt wait until a was finished as i wanted to say how i was feeling on this blog but now am different again and it feels like it was happening to someone else if tht makes sence.xx

]]> By: Carol R http://anxietynomore.co.uk/blog/2009/04/27/59/#comment-5558 Carol R Thu, 11 Jun 2009 07:32:31 +0000 http://anxietynomore.co.uk/blog/?p=59#comment-5558 Hi Everyone, I have not been on this wonderful site for a few months now as I have been coping well with my anxiety and have tried to stay away from anything to do with anxiety. I always have Pauls book to hand though, which I call my bible. I have been suffering with anxiety for 18 months now and gradually I am recovering. I still see a CBT therapist and am nearly off my meds. I still have horrible obsessive thoughts which most of the time I deal with and think they just come out of habit. Over the last few months, I really thought I had cracked it then out of the blue last week, I got the thought "why are we all here, what is the point?" Since then, I feel that the anxiety has returned. Not as bad, I might add, but i feel strange , with a bit of dp, nervous stomach etc. I know from Paul's book that this can happen and I know it always feels worse when it comes on the back of a good spell, but I am so disappointed. Just wondered if anyone else has experienced this and how do I deal with the disappointment of thinking I had cracked it.? Any advice would be gratefully received.thanks. take care everyone. Carol R x Hi Everyone,

I have not been on this wonderful site for a few months now as I have been coping well with my anxiety and have tried to stay away from anything to do with anxiety. I always have Pauls book to hand though, which I call my bible. I have been suffering with anxiety for 18 months now and gradually I am recovering. I still see a CBT therapist and am nearly off my meds. I still have horrible obsessive thoughts which most of the time I deal with and think they just come out of habit. Over the last few months, I really thought I had cracked it then out of the blue last week, I got the thought “why are we all here, what is the point?” Since then, I feel that the anxiety has returned. Not as bad, I might add, but i feel strange , with a bit of dp, nervous stomach etc. I know from Paul’s book that this can happen and I know it always feels worse when it comes on the back of a good spell, but I am so disappointed.
Just wondered if anyone else has experienced this and how do I deal with the disappointment of thinking I had cracked it.?
Any advice would be gratefully received.thanks. take care everyone.

Carol R
x

]]> By: Allie http://anxietynomore.co.uk/blog/2009/04/27/59/#comment-5548 Allie Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:18:01 +0000 http://anxietynomore.co.uk/blog/?p=59#comment-5548 I am at work and really shouldn't even be on here ;) but I am in my office crying because this website is amazing! PAUL THANK YOU. You put it all into words and you have very sound advice and solutions! I have been suffering on and off from depression/OCD/anxiety for 10 years. I am scheduled to go see a therapist for the first time ever in 2 days and I feel better just from reading your website. I am still going to go, but I'm not sure I need to. How silly that after 10 years, your words seem to put it all into perspective. How is it that no one could explain it to me like this before? Anyway, I am going to see this therapist and see what they have to say, and I will mention you. I hope to not have to go back and just buy your book =) I'll let you know! I am at work and really shouldn’t even be on here ;) but I am in my office crying because this website is amazing! PAUL THANK YOU. You put it all into words and you have very sound advice and solutions! I have been suffering on and off from depression/OCD/anxiety for 10 years. I am scheduled to go see a therapist for the first time ever in 2 days and I feel better just from reading your website. I am still going to go, but I’m not sure I need to. How silly that after 10 years, your words seem to put it all into perspective. How is it that no one could explain it to me like this before? Anyway, I am going to see this therapist and see what they have to say, and I will mention you. I hope to not have to go back and just buy your book =)
I’ll let you know!

]]> By: mac http://anxietynomore.co.uk/blog/2009/04/27/59/#comment-5404 mac Wed, 27 May 2009 12:14:22 +0000 http://anxietynomore.co.uk/blog/?p=59#comment-5404 also i tend to forget thigns easily but i beliebe it because my focus is on me 24/7 and i dont let anything else into my day???? it couldbe the fear of letting go because im soo used to thinking about something????? also i tend to forget thigns easily but i beliebe it because my focus is on me 24/7 and i dont let anything else into my day???? it couldbe the fear of letting go because im soo used to thinking about something?????

]]> By: mac http://anxietynomore.co.uk/blog/2009/04/27/59/#comment-5403 mac Wed, 27 May 2009 12:10:39 +0000 http://anxietynomore.co.uk/blog/?p=59#comment-5403 hey everyone, i am still sruggling with just letting be, i feel like i have to control myself, i feel like i am thinking about me and only me 24/7 and don';t feel like anyhting real is happening. i have my attention on me and don;t seem how to just go on with my day without htinking when i dont even realize im doing it to myself, i feel like i am aware of myself 24/7, how do u let go without concentrating in the irrationality of my mind constantly thinking, i analyze everything and jsut feel odd all day like i dont have a care in the world???? hey everyone, i am still sruggling with just letting be, i feel like i have to control myself, i feel like i am thinking about me and only me 24/7 and don’;t feel like anyhting real is happening. i have my attention on me and don;t seem how to just go on with my day without htinking when i dont even realize im doing it to myself, i feel like i am aware of myself 24/7, how do u let go without concentrating in the irrationality of my mind constantly thinking, i analyze everything and jsut feel odd all day like i dont have a care in the world????

]]> By: Tracey http://anxietynomore.co.uk/blog/2009/04/27/59/#comment-5400 Tracey Wed, 27 May 2009 00:13:27 +0000 http://anxietynomore.co.uk/blog/?p=59#comment-5400 Hey Leslie, I'm in the same boat as you ...I no longer have physical symptoms either (besides headaches from time to time) The only thing I get is the irrational silly thoughts and sometimes feelings of fear/dread/panic. BUT since putting the advice from others on here to use and Paul's advice my mind has gotten a little bit more clearer. if you haven't already you should go back to some old blogs and read what Scarlet and Candie have said about their experience with unwanted thoughts and their advice to others--their words are very helpful. Hey Leslie, I’m in the same boat as you …I no longer have physical symptoms either (besides headaches from time to time) The only thing I get is the irrational silly thoughts and sometimes feelings of fear/dread/panic. BUT since putting the advice from others on here to use and Paul’s advice my mind has gotten a little bit more clearer. if you haven’t already you should go back to some old blogs and read what Scarlet and Candie have said about their experience with unwanted thoughts and their advice to others–their words are very helpful.

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