In the past, I’ve experienced extreme anxiety and gone through many panic attacks. It’s hard, difficult, and awful. If you have ever gone through a panic attack or have had anxiety, you know how it feels too. Panic attacks were the worst because it felt like I was drowning, like someone was pushing my head underwater and I couldn’t breathe. It gets me to the point where I am sobbing at 4 a.m. in my room, just crying at nothing. Sometimes there’s no problem, I could be having the time of my life and some thought just pops up and brings me into a frenzy and I have to try my hardest to stifle it down before someone notices.
I remember one time, I cried in one of my classes and I had to have an awkward talk with my teacher after the class about how I was feeling. This made me feel uncomfortable because I don’t like telling people how I feel. I tend to bottle things up when I have something on my mind, but I’ve learned that sometimes you have to tell someone. Bottling it up makes you feel more worse than you already do. I’ve learnt to handle my anxiety for the most part. Some days I get those brinks of panic that scare me and some days I’m okay. Here’s some tips that will help you handle anxiety. Everyone is different, but it’s worth a try to see if they can help you. I never thought that these ways would help me, but they have.
- Tell someone
Tell someone. It could be a parent, sibling, teacher, doctor, hotline, counselor, friend, etc.. Tell someone you trust about how your feeling or the way you feel. I know it’s hard and scary because it basically feels like you’re exposing a weakness, but try not to think of it like that. Bottling it up doesn’t help because you have all these different feelings all at the same time. One day it will burst like opening the cap to a fizzy drink after shaking it. I kept my feelings inside to the point where I had to go to the my school’s counselor to just vent and cry because I hated having to deal with this alone and I was too scared to talk to my parents.
- Write it down
If you are not ready to tell someone how you’re feeling then keep a journal or write a blog. Write down your thoughts because when you’re writing things down, it feels like you’re telling someone without actually telling someone. Writing things down also helps the thoughts somewhat go away. It also gets your mind away from things you’re thinking about, it’s very strange but it helps a lot.
- Meditate
Mediation helps with calming your mind. It’s so relaxing to just close your eyes and let your thoughts drift off. Mediation also helps with cleansing your mind and making the bad thoughts vanish. When you finish, your mind will feel so refreshed and clean. If you ever feel like you are having these thoughts, I would highly recommend that you meditate. Close your eyes and take deep breaths, try not to think about anything and calm yourself down. Taking deep breaths helps to also calm your mind, slow down your breathing, and stop your heart from beating so fast.
- Go outside and get some fresh air
Finally, spending your days indoors can make you feel trapped. I suggest going outside for small walks to keep yourself busy. Keeping yourself busy helps you to not think about all the thoughts that normally run throughout your head. Make plans with your friends for shopping or for a cup of coffee. Make a list of things that you can do as this can also help clear your head.
I hope these tips helped you in someway. I know having anxiety and panic attacks is the worst, but trust me – you’ll get through it.
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