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By *itemeagain OP Man
over a year ago

Wexford

Things you have found helpful in your own experience?

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By *asual777Man
over a year ago

i travel all over

Mindful breathing/body scans

Challenging the thoughts which lead to it . Is it something I need to worry about actually ?

Keeping super busy . Doing things I like

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By *ubal1Man
over a year ago

Newry Down

Something I have found useful to do in the past, was to consciously place myself in very stressful situations, sometimes extraordinarily so, in order that normal life would be easy to cope with

A desensitisation process, essentially.

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By *mmmm300Woman
over a year ago

cork

Fresh air, exercise, a 10 min walk could make all the difference. Having someone to talk it through with. I find when stuff is said our loud, it often makes it easier to deal with. When you know what works for you, make a note of it, so you always have it to revert back to. A plan of action for when needed so to speak.

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By *og-ManMan
over a year ago

somewhere

Walking my dog ....the last 5 months I've walked him usually 3 times a day ......worked on any problems in my life as I walked...calmed down a lot

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Do a diary of your day for a week or so to figure out what triggers it,then work out what you can do to avoid or lessen the risk of it happening again

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Currently in therapy for anxiety and depression, was told to concentrate on my breathing and stretch, I find my self subconsciously doing it now when I feel my self getting anxious, another thing that I’ve found that helps me is getting a decent nights sleep

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Less alcohol more walking,the dog loves me lately and try get a swim in if possible

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

If its a sudden bout of anxiety I try to remove myself from the situation, even just for 5 or 10 minutes. I had to tell a colleague that I would be back in 5 during a meeting. I walked to the toilets and jogged on the spot. Sound insane but it helped, I rejoined the meeting and carried on. If I had stayed throughout I would have had a full blown panic attack.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Avoiding alcohol and caffeine.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

A lot of anxiety is born of unknowns and feeling a lack of control, resisting.... fighting inevitabilities or things outside of your control.

Acceptance is freeing. Just acknowledge your limits. What's reasonable?

Asigning responsibility where it truly belongs also helps. Don't take on for the choices and consequences of others.

Own what is yours alone to bear or affect or control. And what is not.... set it down.

Breathe deep and let all of the rest go.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"A lot of anxiety is born of unknowns and feeling a lack of control, resisting.... fighting inevitabilities or things outside of your control.

Acceptance is freeing. Just acknowledge your limits. What's reasonable?

Asigning responsibility where it truly belongs also helps. Don't take on for the choices and consequences of others.

Own what is yours alone to bear or affect or control. And what is not.... set it down.

Breathe deep and let all of the rest go."

Thanks you are so right

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

So probably another thread for someone else but do you just go along with what your wife wants

Or do you say look carry on yourself or what I don’t know

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By *easingTimMan
over a year ago

Loughlinstown

"Things you have found helpful in your own experience? "

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Exercise and self-hypn0sis

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

SSRIs

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"If its a sudden bout of anxiety I try to remove myself from the situation, even just for 5 or 10 minutes. I had to tell a colleague that I would be back in 5 during a meeting. I walked to the toilets and jogged on the spot. Sound insane but it helped, I rejoined the meeting and carried on. If I had stayed throughout I would have had a full blown panic attack. "

That's great actually, knowing your limits and taking a break to gather yourself is good advice

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By * la carteCouple
over a year ago

Dublin

Depends on the where, when and why?

Breathing, clearing the mind, mindfulness, meditation for which there are plenty of podcasts and videos available.

Distraction of any kind, writing a journal, drawing/painting, colouring in, doing a jigsaw puzzle, engaging with a pet, chatting with a friend, exercise of sorts...

But in reality, to deal with it effectively, you may want or need to get to the source of the anxiety to allow a healing process. That may require professional help.

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By *oinNumberMan
over a year ago

On the Edge of

Everyone is different and what works for one May not work for you .

Make a small change/ improvement to your daily routine.

Try anything you think you might like, if it doesn’t work, no harm, try the next thing you think might work.

Talk . Talk to someone about what you are experiencing.

Asking the question on here was a good start.

Well done

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Walking my dog is like a sunroof for the brain

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Looking back on pervious times when you thought it had all gone to shit and there was no future for you and then time passes and things change. Trying to live in the present moment as much as you can. Choosing to ignore the bad news. In simplistic terms a lot of our fears and anxieties are made up in our own minds. We create them. But many have no foundation. They are not real. How can you be afraid of something that is not real. The news and newspapers love to create fear and anxiety with their reporting. Look at all the fears created when Covid manifested. Ultimately a lot of it never manifested. If you are anxious about something tell a friend.

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By *ubal1Man
over a year ago

Newry Down

The cost of living crisis, rampant inflation, war in Ukraine and years of Covid lockdowns have pushed many people's anxiety levels off the scale, resulting in widespread depression.

There is no magic bullet solution to this, but getting out into fresh air, walking and talking and interacting with as many people as possible is vital, as social animals.

Dogs are ice-breakers, in that dog-owners interact more frequently and more easily; get a dog that suits your personality, but novice owners should avoid Collies or Collie crosses, and Malinois or other Belgian Shepherds are too difficult to own because of their energy and incessant need for stimulation as they are working breeds.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Avoid news and social media, apart from the scaremongering and the unhelpful comparisons with others presenting a faux perfect life, the internet is a major timesucker and stops us from doing more productive things, thus increasing our sense of being out of control.

Avoid alcohol, caffeine, w*ed, they don't help

Physical activity both distracts and helps burn off anxiety. Any activity where you have to fully engage your brain calms the random shit buzzing around in there

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Sharing anxieties with a friend can help a lot with perspective, as can focusing on the needs of others as opposed to one's own.

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By *rutus321Man
over a year ago

Offaly

Learn to face your fears,

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By *oey4somefunMan
over a year ago

Drogheda to Dublin

Apparently splashing cold water on your face in supposed to have some reaction and immediately calms anxiety. It's worth a shot

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By *amsevenMan
over a year ago

cork

Exercise. Yoga. Cbd oil. Watch less news. works for me

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By *eralt80Man
over a year ago

cork

I’ve found exercise to be very helpful. Also anything that occupies the mind reading and gaming helped. Getting out in the garden, something about digging in the dirt is strangely relaxing.

Trying to face up to the anxiety too, so for me erring out and about talking to people and going to unfamiliar places. It wasn’t easy at first and still isn’t but I’m better able to deal with it now

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By *ustBoWoman
over a year ago

Somewhere in Co. Down

I find keeping myself busy helps. Along with talking to friends and family and getting out in the fresh air for walks and just spending time with my animals help.

Night time is worst though especially when you wake up and your mind is racing about things you have no control over. Getting a good night's sleep would help but not easy to do when things are on your mind.

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By *leasureGuy17Man
over a year ago

City Center

NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming)

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By *amsevenMan
over a year ago

cork

"I find keeping myself busy helps. Along with talking to friends and family and getting out in the fresh air for walks and just spending time with my animals help.

I used to lie in bed thinking about stuff worrying. Now I say to myself I cant do anything about anything until I get up in the morning so may as well switch my brain off and go to sleep. Now when i go to bed I usually think about boobies schlapping me in the face

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By *itemeagain OP Man
over a year ago

Wexford

"Something I have found useful to do in the past, was to consciously place myself in very stressful situations, sometimes extraordinarily so, in order that normal life would be easy to cope with

A desensitisation process, essentially. "
very interesting. Might you give some examples

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By *ofusplusCouple
over a year ago

Limerick

If something stressful worries me, then I say to myself 'this too shall pass' and it does.

I always try to gain perspective on things as well by comparing a situation to worst case scenarios like something bad happening to my family etc.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I find keeping myself busy helps. Along with talking to friends and family and getting out in the fresh air for walks and just spending time with my animals help.

Ditto. Daytime is usually ok as I keep busy. Nightime, I normally get to sleep ok as I'm so exhausted, then 2 or 3 pm. I am wide awake with thoughts that I just can not control. So it's up to watch TV or read. Vicious circle

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By *ustBoWoman
over a year ago

Somewhere in Co. Down

"I find keeping myself busy helps. Along with talking to friends and family and getting out in the fresh air for walks and just spending time with my animals help.

boobies slapping me in the face would just make me worry more.I'd think mine have finally tried to do me in

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By *itemeagain OP Man
over a year ago

Wexford

"Looking back on pervious times when you thought it had all gone to shit and there was no future for you and then time passes and things change. Trying to live in the present moment as much as you can. Choosing to ignore the bad news. In simplistic terms a lot of our fears and anxieties are made up in our own minds. We create them. But many have no foundation. They are not real. How can you be afraid of something that is not real. The news and newspapers love to create fear and anxiety with their reporting. Look at all the fears created when Covid manifested. Ultimately a lot of it never manifested. If you are anxious about something tell a friend. "

Its that whole thing of thoughts can generate feelings, the feelings feel real yet no basis in reality

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By *itemeagain OP Man
over a year ago

Wexford

"I find keeping myself busy helps. Along with talking to friends and family and getting out in the fresh air for walks and just spending time with my animals help.

Something useful i found for night shit as I call it

is too write three things on your mind or worring you on a piece of paper and then write three things your great full for today . Give them a read and burn the paper

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By *itemeagain OP Man
over a year ago

Wexford

Great responses . Some glaring commonalities.. from getting out into the air , too keeping moving . Spending time with our therapy doggos

too distraction.

worryingly what strikes me from your responses is how prevalent and widespread it seems to be

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

In my personal life thank God there isn't any reason for anxiety.

But with regard to fwb/fab yes, I've had some anxiety issues which have subsided over the past few months and have decided not to let it affect me again.

But to everyone out there that is suffering, my heart goes out to you and never forget, there's always someone to listen to you.

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By *sMinxWoman
over a year ago

Dublin

Reiki is amazing

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By *ealitybitesMan
over a year ago

Belfast

I don't have peaks and troughs or moments of anxiety but from when I did have a sustained dark period the only thing that worked was getting out and doing rather than talking about doing.

CBT, mindfulness,journaling and counselling for me was like self flagellation and that ended as soon as I put my hiking boots on and has never returned.

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By *ing PaddyMan
over a year ago

South County Dublin

For the last week I've gotten out and did 5k, walk, jog run in the local parks. I find I switch off after 1k and concentrate on finishing the route.

I've started to keep a diary of what I'm eating and started to eat more vegetables and not to eat to fast.

I did an 8k walk, jog, run yesterday, after shower fell asleep. Running ????? is not for everyone but if you can get out for a walk all the better, it helps with breathing. I've also started to read again, books I enjoy reading. My wife's illness can get to me, so I'm hoping to do the local parkruns every Saturday if I can. The parkruns are free and you can walk them, always made feel welcome. You can volunteer at parkruns very easy tasks and good way to get up and out, met new people and go for a coffee and most of conversation is about running, nothing controversial.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Breathing exercises

Taking walks

I find work best for me couple other things tried can't do mediating find too hard

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I think it's important to not treat these ideas only as a way to manage an isolated stressful event or, if you experience them, anxiety attacks.

You should try and incorporate them in to your day to day, good days and bad, and make your overall wellbeing a priority as a lifestyle not a remedy

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Currently in therapy for anxiety and depression, was told to concentrate on my breathing and stretch, I find my self subconsciously doing it now when I feel my self getting anxious, another thing that I’ve found that helps me is getting a decent nights sleep "
Best of luck to you. Hard Road but the fact you recognised you need help is part of thar road. It will make a huge difference. Bon chance.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Meditation,

Theres a book ive read and i revert back too called "this is it" its a wonderful book and helped me get through some datker periods of my life. Give it a try. And good luck.

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By *itemeagain OP Man
over a year ago

Wexford

"Currently in therapy for anxiety and depression, was told to concentrate on my breathing and stretch, I find my self subconsciously doing it now when I feel my self getting anxious, another thing that I’ve found that helps me is getting a decent nights sleep Best of luck to you. Hard Road but the fact you recognised you need help is part of thar road. It will make a huge difference. Bon chance."

Absolutely this

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By *ushin realityCouple
over a year ago

swords

Brilliant thread, I only realised exactly how bad anxiety can be about 2yrs ago.Great advice here and I'm reading it all for myself. It's a hard road but acknowledging it is the first step. I use to stick a rubber band on my wrist and ping it when I felt I was losing it to bring me back.Best wishes xxx

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Some great advice above, any ladies suffering chat to your doc about peri menopause.

I have learned its ok to say no and remove myself from situations that made my anxiety worse. I've also stopped worrying what people think of me (well most of the time), instead of buying my emotions or thoughts I tackle them before they get worse.

Biggest advice is just reach out to someone you be surprised who cares.

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By *itemeagain OP Man
over a year ago

Wexford

Great to see so many responses.

Thanks to ye all and good on ya.

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By * la carteCouple
over a year ago

Dublin

"I find keeping myself busy helps. Along with talking to friends and family and getting out in the fresh air for walks and just spending time with my animals help.

Best to cut out blue screens a couple of hours before sleep time and in the middle of the night as they signal to the brain that it's daytime.

Sleep teas or camomile tea might help make you sleepy again.

Maybe try an essential oil good for sleep in your bedroom. If you don't have a diffuser a couple of drops in a tissue under the pillow or on a nightstand will do the trick. Lavender, camomile and sandalwood are great.

Frankincense is a meditation oil. It has a grounding effect and might help with racing thoughts, maybe while listening to a meditation for relaxation, even if you just start off with a few minutes.

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By *ustBoWoman
over a year ago

Somewhere in Co. Down

"I find keeping myself busy helps. Along with talking to friends and family and getting out in the fresh air for walks and just spending time with my animals help.

Best to cut out blue screens a couple of hours before sleep time and in the middle of the night as they signal to the brain that it's daytime.

Sleep teas or camomile tea might help make you sleepy again.

Frankincense is a meditation oil. It has a grounding effect and might help with racing thoughts, maybe while listening to a meditation for relaxation, even if you just start off with a few minutes.

I've tried most of them but they don't work for me when things are stressful in life. They stop my head running riot at times.

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By *ortfadda_ladMan
over a year ago

carrick on shannon

Since Christmas I've been suffering with anxiety due to work issues.. The last few nights when I've woken I've put relaxing sound music on my phone very low but just enough to hear it & keep me from over thinking.... Brilliant thread

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It can be good to keep a pen & paper next to your bed. Anything that you're worried about forgetting in the AM or whatever. Just jot it down and relax.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Xanax

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By *traight sligoguy67Man
over a year ago

sligo

"It can be good to keep a pen & paper next to your bed. Anything that you're worried about forgetting in the AM or whatever. Just jot it down and relax."

Yes ,keep a diary and write down positive things everyday that happened.

You can then read them If you're feeling a bit off and it helps to lift the mood sometimes for me anyway.

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By * la carteCouple
over a year ago

Dublin

"I find keeping myself busy helps. Along with talking to friends and family and getting out in the fresh air for walks and just spending time with my animals help.

Best to cut out blue screens a couple of hours before sleep time and in the middle of the night as they signal to the brain that it's daytime.

Sleep teas or camomile tea might help make you sleepy again.

Frankincense is a meditation oil. It has a grounding effect and might help with racing thoughts, maybe while listening to a meditation for relaxation, even if you just start off with a few minutes.

I've tried most of them but they don't work for me when things are stressful in life. They stop my head running riot at times. "

Unfortunately they're not a cure

but sometimes a handy tool amongst other things

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

A few tips in no particular order.

1:Keep a daily journal - the fact you have to think and actually write down your thoughts is therapy in itself.

2: Yoga - it has two benefits, much improved flexibility and calmness/mindfulness

3: Daily swim or even a dip. The cold water is an amazing therapy and very healthy.

4: Walk in nature,woods, parks etc. If you do a regular route you will start to notice the change of the seasons.

5: Switch off the TV. Turn on the radio. Try the John Creedon show - Mon to Fri 20.00 to 22.00. RTE 1 radio. Beautiful choice of music every evening.

6: Don't be afraid to confide in a friend. An ear to listen and a shoulder to cry on are way more effective than any medication.

7: Set out to enjoy life.

"Everyone dies, but very few actually live"

Best of luck.

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