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finding confidence

There was some guy I've heard of that every day, he stands up and says "Yeeeeeessss!!!!" as if he won something and he does it with all enthusism and that gives him some mental positive energy. I havn't tried it yet.
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Agoraphobia

Hi Davit,
Sorry for the late response, but every word you wrote there is so true. And you really do help me think I'm not alone, I mean, I'm not. Thank you.  It's such a funny battle going on in our heads. I know it too, but I don't know it.

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Running

Hi Red,
thanks for the update, I"m really glad it went ok. And thanks for the encouragment. 

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Panic, anxiety, feeling of unreality, agoraphobia

Hi Bambi,
nice to meet you. Thanks for your story, I felt for it a lot. I'm 25 years old and divorce my husband who hated me for having anxiety. It will be 4 years for me now with anxiety disorder. I've taken SSRIs for it but now I'm not... and I've let go of a lot of things to slow down in my life, which has helped me refresh me of what I want now, but it is true to start up again now that I've slowed down. 
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Anixety Addiction

That's a great analogy Davit, very clear to me!
 
I agree to what youre saying too Jenn.. but yes, a conditioned response... 

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Hello There

Hi Ashley,
Nice to meet you. I get the faint feelings too and am afraid of attacking in front of people. But there is not judgement here so please vent all you want.

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Supporting Each Other-Today

Hi Sunny,
that's really nice. I have that problem a lot. I always want to force myself... but thanks for sharing your experience and the encouragment. 

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Feeling nearly 100% and then bad anxiety again

Hi Wrestler,
thanks for sharing your experience. Yes, it happens to me a lot too. and it sucks but like you said there is a little nice thing in the day. But the best thing I can say to myself is that tomorrow may be a better day and I try to focus on the good. I have trouble exercising sometimes too, I think that something bad may be happening because of the symptoms of exercise, so I just stop and try to compliment myself for even doing a few mins and I say I can do it again later. And a few days may go on like this until I'll realise that I'm ok with it and keep at it till the end. I get really obsessed about negative comments too and sometimes it just can't be helped... that is just me.. so I let myself dwell on it and then a few days later, I say, "geez why was I dwelling on it for?" and laugh about it. 

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Humiliated

Hi Leanne,
 I'm sorry you had to go through that. I get humiliated with my anxiety too. 
Have you tried doing practice tests.. like pretend like you're taking a test everyday until you get used to it.

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List of Symptoms

At the beginning when I first started having panic attacks, I often got tingles on my nose, cheeks, fingers, and hands. I would feel sick to my stomach, so I always had to burp a lot for this. My hands got clammy and I was just terrified of everything. Recently, I just get a very nauseous feeling in my stomach and it feels better after I place a pillow on my belly. I also get a dooming feeling like a "oh no!" out of no where and it gets hard to breathe. I also feel like my vision gets blurred.