Woman With Anxiety Makes A List For Her Boyfriend Of How To Deal With Her, And Everyone Needs To Read It
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According to the World Health Organization, anxiety disorder is the most common mental illness, and as many as 1 in 13 people globally suffer from it. Constant anxiety and panic attacks can disrupt a person’s life, making it hard for them to accomplish even the simplest everyday tasks. However, most people who never had any mental health issues find it hard to understand the weight of these anxiety attacks. Furthermore, many are left wondering how they suppose to act when someone close to them has a mental breakdown
Actress Kelsey Darragh who admitted to having panic attacks and an anxiety disorder shared an intimate ‘to do’ list she wrote to her boyfriend. To help him understand her condition, she wrote down 15 things he can actually do to help her get dealing with stress and surviving through a panic attack. The list was highly appreciated and went viral. If you or someone close to you suffer from similar mental disorders, this is a must-read!
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Actress Kelsey Darragh suffers from panic attacks and an anxiety disorder
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She recently shared a list she wrote for her boyfriend
Image credits: Kelsey Darragh
She wrote down 15 things he can actually do to help her get through a panic attack
Kelsey encouraged her followers to share what helps them get through panic attacks
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I use an abbreviated version of the Bene Gesserit litany-against-fear from the novel "Dune" by Frank Herbert. "I will not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. I will face my fear. I will let it pass through me. When the fear has gone, there shall be nothing. Only I will remain." Rinse and repeat till I'm calm again. Like a mantra
Same!!
just in the interest of the idea that we create what we focus on, I wonder what it would feel like if the mantra focused more on love than fear... 'I am love. Love is the heart-builder. I embrace the love that surrounds me and passes through me. Love is always present around me. I am and always will be love.' ...something along those lines.
But when you're inside fear, it has nothing to do with love - there's ONLY fear. Love doesn't even come into it! I get panicattacks if someone even hints at being intimate or loving with me, and forget touching me! If you try, no matter how loving you are, or how much I love you back, I will slap your hands and draw away from you. The "love"-thing is a very nice idea, but for some anxiety it just wont work.
Same for me!!!
When I had bad panic attacks years ago - i found it helpful to read up and understand the actual physical processes that are going on in the body which result in panic attacks/severe anxiety. I found that knowledge made them much less scary and they would pass more quickly
Whenever I feel the panic beginning to rise I remind myself "This isnt real - there's nothing to be afraid of, it's purely physical- a surge of adrenaline hormones in my body making me feel this way". Then I focus on looseniing the muscles in my upper body, as my lower arms/hands can go into spasm. and breathing slowly and deeply. I can usually stop an attack in it's tracks this way.
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I resigned my office-job and now I am getting paid £64 hourly. How? I work over internet! My old work was making me miserable, so I was forced to try something different, two years after...I can say my life is changed-completely for the better! Check it out what i do... http://url.ie/12cyj
this is beautiful. i am going to ask my fiance to make this list for when she feels stressed out. it can change the world for someone to know they will be looked out for.
I use an abbreviated version of the Bene Gesserit litany-against-fear from the novel "Dune" by Frank Herbert. "I will not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. I will face my fear. I will let it pass through me. When the fear has gone, there shall be nothing. Only I will remain." Rinse and repeat till I'm calm again. Like a mantra
Same!!
just in the interest of the idea that we create what we focus on, I wonder what it would feel like if the mantra focused more on love than fear... 'I am love. Love is the heart-builder. I embrace the love that surrounds me and passes through me. Love is always present around me. I am and always will be love.' ...something along those lines.
But when you're inside fear, it has nothing to do with love - there's ONLY fear. Love doesn't even come into it! I get panicattacks if someone even hints at being intimate or loving with me, and forget touching me! If you try, no matter how loving you are, or how much I love you back, I will slap your hands and draw away from you. The "love"-thing is a very nice idea, but for some anxiety it just wont work.
Same for me!!!
When I had bad panic attacks years ago - i found it helpful to read up and understand the actual physical processes that are going on in the body which result in panic attacks/severe anxiety. I found that knowledge made them much less scary and they would pass more quickly
Whenever I feel the panic beginning to rise I remind myself "This isnt real - there's nothing to be afraid of, it's purely physical- a surge of adrenaline hormones in my body making me feel this way". Then I focus on looseniing the muscles in my upper body, as my lower arms/hands can go into spasm. and breathing slowly and deeply. I can usually stop an attack in it's tracks this way.
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
I resigned my office-job and now I am getting paid £64 hourly. How? I work over internet! My old work was making me miserable, so I was forced to try something different, two years after...I can say my life is changed-completely for the better! Check it out what i do... http://url.ie/12cyj
this is beautiful. i am going to ask my fiance to make this list for when she feels stressed out. it can change the world for someone to know they will be looked out for.