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posted August 09, 2012 12:51 PM            

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To put it mildly...

I want to share, tho, that it can be dealt with.

I have suffered anxiety for most of my life...gone into full blown PTSD to now very, very perimenopausal to HAVING to find a way to deal!

Lexapro helps the brain issues alot. But I have discovered that deep breathing really works for alot of things.

I am getting these horrible hot flashes and night sweats to the tune I dont sleep anymore...I have learned to breathe them out...I can feel the dragon coming on, like somebody lit his fire and with each and every breath of mine, his grows.

But with deep, belly breathing, concentration I can really lessen the fire.

Same with general anxiety...IF I remember to deep belly breath I can usually stop anxitey in its tracks...the problem is remembering to do it!

Sitting here now, my eldest dropped off her kitten (one of mine) to baby sit while she went out of town for a few days....I could feel the anxiety welling up as I dont want to loose him (in this big house) and be able to find him to take him home to her, so I self talk..."this is ridiculous, Terri" and I stop and breathe...

Yep this a battle that is hard fought but I am going to win!!!

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posted August 10, 2012 03:20 AM            

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Stay with the positive attitude. It sounds like you've got things under control.

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posted August 10, 2012 08:54 AM            

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Xiiro had posted a really good breathing exercise to control anxiety on another thread. Here it is:

Breathing in, I know I am breathing In
Breathing out, I know I am breathing Out
Breathing in, I know the oxygen I inhale is making air easier for every plant on earth to breathe
Breathing out, I know the carbon dioxide I exhale is nourishing every plant on earth
Breathing in, I see the plants I am nourishing with my breath, growing
Breathing out, I see the plants I am nourishing with my breath, fruiting
Breathing in, I see the fruits I am nourishing with my breath, being harvested
Breathing out, I see the fruits I have nourished with my breath in the hands of an impoverished child.
Breathing in, I see the child is happy, nourishing his/her body with my fruit.
Breathing out, I see the part of me living within and nourishing this child.
Breathing in, I know my worth is MORE than simple human expectation.
Breathing out, my worth is universal.

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posted August 11, 2012 09:54 AM            

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"Never mentally imagine for another that which you would not want to experience for yourself, since the mental image you send out inevitably comes back to you." Rebecca Clark

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posted August 15, 2012 01:57 PM            

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Yin,

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posted August 16, 2012 11:45 AM            

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Thanks Yin!

I did see Xiiro post after you posted this...it really works,,,IF I can remember to do it~getting easier!

Thanks all!

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