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Q: When Do You Know Its Anxiety?
asked by: harky_P on April 4th, 2006
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Well I suffer alot of chest pains and stomach pains and after some tests that have come back as negative the doctors are saying my chest pains are caused mostly by anxiety.

I dont believe them. Its too much pain and I feel im in danger and I also dont feel anxious before they happen.

What did it take for you to accept that anxiety is the cause of your pains? And is there anything that can stop them pains and control the anxiety? Are these pains real? Or are my docs saying its my imagination?

Hope someone can answer my q's I feel im at a dead end.
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Bek
replied on April 4th, 2006
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Harky_p
My advice to you would be to read through this forum and find out as much about anxiety as you can.

Your pains are real, it is all because of the way we breath when we have anxiety, how tense our musles are and we don't even realise it, etc

next time you are sitting watching tv or reading a book take a moment to look over your body and go through your body parts - you will find that you are tense and didn't even know it.

Once you have learnt all you can about anxiety then you can realise that there are millions of people out there feeling the same as you. Then you can accept it and then you can start to let your symptoms do there worst because you know they can not hurt you - they never have and they never will.

A great book to get is "hope and help for your nerves" by claire weekes, it helped me out so much.
Also don't be scared to go on medication until you can learn to manage your anxiety yourself. We all need help sometimes and that is what the meds are fo.

Take care and contact me anytime
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roses42geordie
replied on April 11th, 2006
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Hello there if you have been to the doctors had test after test and they have come back fine well it sounds to me like anxiety basically the easiet way to say it is stress related .As I am a sufferer of panic and anxiety it took me a few years too realise and help my self with what symptoms I was having which was blurred vision, heart beating too fast,sweats, dizziness and the list goes on basicly your body is saying enough is enough.I have to stop stressing and start to relax more. Meditation and muscle relaxation is a good remedy if you want to read more.Try power over panic bronwyn fox book such a great book...Tells you about stress
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