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Thanks for sharing!
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Thanks for sharing canscrapbook!
 
Members, care to share?!
 
Breanne, Bilingual Health Educator
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I found this topic and see it is a bit old but will reply anyways.
 
My nervouse energy usually comes form my tummy so I do these stretches.  You lift one leg off the ground and bend your knee,  lift your opposite arm in the air, then bring your arm/hand down while bringing your knee up to meet it.  I try to do 20 with each leg.  It seems to help untighten my belly.
Sometimes I would get nervouse picking my kids up from school and they get out at opposite sides of the school.  so I would always say just walking it off and I would use the tummy muscles to work it out as I would walk to the other side.
 
My biggest thing is gardening!  I love to garden and find I care so much for my plants and veggies, I forget or get lost in time and I am also exercising without moticing that I am. 
I want to try and get out walking everynight so I can take my kids out for haloween~  This is my new goal!
 
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Some find that their nervous energy is typically more noticeable at night or when resting, and often subsides when they are preoccupied, with either work, exercise, etc.
 
Does anybody have any suggestions or tips regarding what you do with your nervous energy?
 
Breanne, Bilingual Health Educator
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I find walking helps a lot with nervous energy.
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It's important for me to dissipate some of that nervous energy before being forced to sit for an extended period.  In addition to a back injury that used to complicate long sitting or standing, I just get antsy.
 
I'm thinking if I walk to church,  I might have the patience to sit still instead of getting up and leaving.
 
I need to stretch out the kinks,  do some bodily motion to shake out the stagnant "chi"/"prana"
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Guity as well David . Over a year ago i just stopped taking my meds . Thought i didnt need them anymore , went complete cold turkey . Whoah was a hell of a few days but did it . I know i was stupid .
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I recently posted something like this where I thought I was getting better yet, bam it's here again. My sister, who has anxiety yet is able to live her life, advised me that to think anxiety as a common cold. This is difficult for me to do sometimes, but she says that is how she copes with it. When there are days for her that are anxious, she accepts it as a day of anxiety, just like you would be sick from a cold. She always also tells me to listen to my heart, if I have a little doubt, never push it because there is always another day when you are ready. Anyways, thanks for sharing and it's great accomplishment that you've overcame it before already.
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After over two weeks with no panic attacks, I've had a few the past couple days, I completely understand the feeling of - Oh I'm getting better, and the horrible feeling of realizing it's not gone. We have to keep reminding ourselves that we're making progress every day. Having panic attacks and being aware of them and what causes them alone is progress. Hang in there.
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Wrestler1, First off, kudos to you for trying to face this trigger! Perhaps doing some deep breathing before your meeting to make you as calm as possible before you go in may help? Thought challenging throughout the meeting may also be key here. Keep persevering! Danielle, Bilingual Support Specialist

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