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HELP! anxiety problems!
i think i have been suffering from GAD for awhile but at the moment, 15/f i dont have healthy insurance and we dont really have the money to get a screening test or something. bu for right not a lot of traumatic things have happended in my life that have emotionally fucked me up. depression was one of them, but slowly now i am feeling better due to huge changes i made,i am not on medicationa and never was and really dont want to be. i perfer working out, yoga, eating healhty and socializing the best i can. i am usually, or what i am trying to get back is that i am a really funny, unfiltered, spontaneous, talktive person but when this all happend 3 years ago everything about me changed including the way i interacted with people and my thoughts and emotions. like i said its getting better, my dpression but my anxiety is kinda bad. i dont really get anixety attacks anymore but i have to present something for school in front of my class at achool and usually i would get an A on it becasue its so easy for my to just keep talking about what the topic is, even if i didnt totally know what it was about. but this time we have to have notecards and do a powerpoint and the powerpoint is just supposed to have pictures on it and the notecards are supposed to have the info on it and your supposed to "present" to the class from the notecards and elaborate on it. im scared becasue out of no where i cant concentrate i start almost sweating and i cant breathe and i feel like im going to faint, or my knees start shaking, i cant even breathe to the point where i cant catch my breath and theres just this long pause and its so awkward. one time i actually had to physcially stop and go up to the teacher and make some exscuse. so by my doing really good this could really help my self confidence but if do really bad this could be bad. what could i do to help my anxiety? its not even that im nervous of presenting, it comes naturally to me but this happens and i dont know why?? thankyouu
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Hi,
I'm 17/f and earlier this year I suffered from anxiety and bulimia and insomnia came with this-I basically had a breakdown for a month, but you can get better-just get help!
Okay, so as doctors will tell you, anxiety is mostly genetic, so it's in your personality. Anxiety will never go away, you just gotta learn how to deal with it.
I was like you, and used to be very shy person and things, but I'm telling you now to do something about it. Anxiety builds up and up and gets to a point where you can't control it.
I use a technique called 'mindfulnes' and if you look this up on the web, theres loads of stuff about it. Make sure you meditate like this every day-make time for it.
About the presentation, I'd suggest a few things. You could take a natural remedy tablet before hand to make you less nervous. You could keep practicing it to a friend/relative untill its perfect.
The thing is, you wont feel more confident after it, well maybe for a few minetes but the next time you may be back to your nervous state again. To overcome this truly you need to start with your mind. What are you scared of? Is this realistic?
Also, recognise that the wobbly legs, dificulty breathing is all in your mind. The doctors told me that no matter how bad it feels being anxious, it is in no way harmful. Also, learn to acknoweldge that thoughts such as 'I'll screw this presentation up' are just thoughts. You can't control them, so be aware they're there but don't listen to them nesessarily.
I'm sorry-I've gone on abit, but I hope you find this useful. Good luck :)
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As a fellow anxiety sufferer, I get you. It's totally possible to feel anxious about stupid things that you aren't nervous about. There are days when getting on the bus makes me anxious, but it's not like I'm afraid of taking the bus.
The key is to practice. And practice and practice and practice. Practice until you can do it with your eyes closed and then practice some more. Don't leave anything to chance. Also, if possible I find that volunteering to be first is (counterintuitively) a good tactic. When you go first you don't have to sit in your seat and stew about what's coming up.
I also like to stop prepping an hour or so beforehand and just focus on relaxing. This goes for tests, too. Any cramming you do at the last minute only makes you more anxious, and you're not going to get anything out of it. Don't even look at your cue cards for an hour before your presentation. Practice your breathing exercises and relax as best as you can.
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