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| pericakralj |
Posted - 03/19/2009 : 05:12:52
Hello everybody.
I have a problem and i am a bit scared so i need your opinion.When i first came on this site i had many physical problems.I had prostatitis,leg pains,buttoc pain.foot pain,migranes and so on.In about 3 or 4 mounths i killed it all.I did my TMS work every day,i went to my theraphyst,read sarnos books and everything else,that is needed to beck my emotions in order again.I had ups and down,but finally i did it.
Then for 2 years i havent got any symptoms at all,so i stoped working on my emotions compleatly.And about 3 weeks ago i had my first anxiety attack.I cant call it panic attack because i have no physical symptoms.I have no heart bumping,no lose of breath,no needls.Its just some strange felling in side of me and its very unpleasant.I just cant think straight in that moment,cant sleep,i feal some kind of fear that it will be here for rest of mine life.So i went back to my theraphist who help me with y TMS problems two years ago.He sad if i worked on my emotions and fellings when we ended our mettings i would be fine now and i wouldnt have any problems.BEcause i didnt,because i suprresed many emotions like before,here is anxiety.
I accepted that ,a since i i am going thru a lot of stress,really a lot,i figured out its all stress connected so i need to work on my emotions like before,like when i was fighting tms pains.After a couple meeting with him i felt much better.I had a little attack once in seven days.I was felling much better.I was fine for seven days comleatly.Then one attack again,then seven days compleatly ok.
Then i starded to have some stomach problems and went to doctor to check out what it is.It came out that i have small number of candida,and that i am positive on helicobacter.I freaked at that point.I went to some retarded forums,and read how people with helicobacter have anxiety,panic attacks,and stuff like that.I was very frightned,because i tought that helicobacter is causing my anxiety and not mine emotions.I WAS VERY SCARED,DIDNT KNOW WHAT TO BELIVE.Then i went to gastroentherologist,and he sad that he never heard that helicobacter can affect psyche in any way.Then i called my therapist and he confirmed that.He sad that they maybe can have some problems because thay are woried about they health,but not that helicobacter can cause some changes in our mind.But i am still a bit afraid.
What do you all think.Since i heard all that anxiety is back i and am scared that it will never pass.I would like someone to confirm me its because of emotions and not helicobacter,so i know how to battle against it.
Anyone here that had bad anxiety attacks,and over come them.It would mean much to me. |
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| pericakralj |
Posted - 03/26/2009 : 08:55:07
can anybody give me some input how to shake of my catastrofics thoughts.I have helicobacter pylori and i am so afarid that i will never cure it.I am on antibiotcis now,but some how i am afraid when i finish and go test my self it wil be positive again.Although i have very low stomach problems.On scale 1 to 10 my pains are 2.But that thought of that bactery is terrifying.Like i will die from it.I think about it all the time and i cant concetrate on my real psychological problems and its quite a big list of streesors in my life last year.
Any advices,and if somebody had this bactery it would be realy nice and would fell better to heard that someone has cured it. |
| HumanAllTooHuman |
Posted - 03/23/2009 : 17:02:38
You said it right there, it is the fear of the anxiety that perpetuates the anxiety problem. That is what Lucinda Basset says is the very definition of agoraphobia (the old definition of that word is defunct - it used to refer only to people who can't leave their house - now it is used for general anxiety and panic attacks - especially those brought on by the fear of them).
You have to learn to say, "It's OK if I have some anxious feelings, it won't hurt me. I will just feel weird for a little while and it will pass". Or just say, "it's no big deal, it's just anxiety". So if you have a little anxiety and you say things like that to youself the attacks will shorten little by little and then go away. You will began to internalize that their really is nothing to be afraid of.
Anxiety is just a biochemical reaction - adrenoline and cortosol - and it gives us body symptoms (weird feelings, nervousness, dizziness, cold hands and feet, chest/stomach problems, etc.) It is a normal reaction but if we ratchet it up in our mind ("what's happening to me!?) the body releases more chemicals and you can see the viscous cycle. But if you soothe yourself when you start to feel anxiety and say "OK, I have a little of those feelings now, but it won't kill me, I am OK, it's no big deal [BTW - no one has EVER died of an anxiety attack no one has EVER gone crazy from an anxiety attack] then the anxiety will taper off and won't turn into a full blown anxiety attack.
I think Lucinda Basset's cure, like Sarno's, seems almost too simple.
But for me they work.
Joe
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| pericakralj |
Posted - 03/21/2009 : 17:17:23
Thank you all for replaying.
It really mens much to me and that i know that i am not only person that has been going thru this.I starded working my emotions again, and i am amazed how many things bothered me in last two years since i had my TMS pains which i solved very succesfully.
I just need advice how to solve my goodist personality trait,since i realised that that is big factor in my rage reservor.I am very big ppl pleaser,and i realised how many times i do something just so someone would like me or dont be angry on me or so i dont dissapoint someone.Esspecialy my friends,which arent so good friends after all.I did everything so i woundt confront them,so they dont get angry on me in any way.
What to do about all that?
And one more thing.I had beutifull night last night after my theraphist visit,and most of the day was ok,but later today i started to fell a little anxious,and it get worse and worse.Then i went bowling with my girlfriend and it all passed but its really exausting.How to battle that fear of anxiety? |
| scottjmurray |
Posted - 03/21/2009 : 16:37:11
I've had a lot of anxiety attacks in the past. I remember the first one I ever had was one of the most unsettling experiences of my life. It felt like everything was deeply "wrong" somehow, a feeling I couldn't shake. It's definitely TMS, don't let the discomfort scare you. Just keep working on your emotional health.
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author of tms-recovery . com |
| pericakralj |
Posted - 03/20/2009 : 16:26:08
Thx for replay.I already ordered that book.But my theraphist is using very similar methods ,like in that book.I had 3 terrible days in row,and now after a visit to my therapist i fell wonderfull again.Just my stomach started niw.I have pains very low intensity changing places all over my stomach area.HAHAHAHAHA |
| Dor |
Posted - 03/20/2009 : 12:24:43
First line of help is reading "Hope and Help For Your Nerves" by Dr. Claire Weeks. You can find her books on Amazon. She was a leader in her field, and most of her work is used by medical professionals today. Easy read, good explanations, and she tells you how to help yourself. Excellent, absolutely excellent.
Next, go to belleruthnaparstek.com and look through her CD's. You can order them or I think you can also download them. She has CD's for panic attacks, anxiety, stress, relaxation, depression, etc. They are a wonderful tool. Again, excellent. She is getting incredible results from her guided imagery CD's and affirmations. Not a quack - trained psychologist.
And, understand that you are not alone. Stress causes many to experience anxiety, depression, etc. I think you will find that Weeks and Naparstek are good tools along with Sarno.
Dor |
| marsha |
Posted - 03/20/2009 : 11:02:04
I suffered from severe anxiety attacks as a young woman often ending up in the emergency room. It seemed to me that I would surely die right on the spot. But so far I am still here.
When I realized that the attacks weren’t going to be fatal I just rode them out, waited for the attack to pass. They lost their power over me. They just stopped.
I then developed back pain. But that again is another story. Developing different symptoms of TMS is very common.
Keeping your mind on the fear is the diversion for what really ails you. What is the true emotion that you are avoiding? Journaling will help you find out.
Marsha
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| pericakralj |
Posted - 03/20/2009 : 08:46:03
Thx for your replay.I am a bit scared,especially because of that pills that i need to take some time.i am scared that i will never be able to be totaly normal again.I cant take of my mine of that fear.How much did it take for you to resolve it compleatly?If aneone had similar expiriences i would like to share it with me. |
| HumanAllTooHuman |
Posted - 03/20/2009 : 00:39:32
Hi,
I had anxiety attacks for many years. They gave me Atavan once at the emergency room (that's how bad they got - but at the time I didn't really know what they were). They worked well so I got a doctor to prescribe me some.
But the real break came reading Lucinda Basset's book From Panic to Power. I also got the CDs she has. They cured me over time. The book is a lot cheaper so maybe try that first. One thing it did was describe the panic/anxiety attacks and the biology behind it so it tool the mystery out and made them less scary. Anyway, her stuff worked for me.
Of course, TMS will want to find another way after you fix that - maybe OCD, maybe more pain, who knows?! But one things at a time I guess : )
Joe
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