Anxiety Attacks... What it feels like....

Anxiety is a curse

your insides are churning up

like trouble bees in a nest

living inside

your stomach

Feeling shaky all over

your body.

Wanting to run away and hide inside
your mind

. But can not.

As well as sweating from

head to toe

But outside your

are trying

so hard

to act "Normal"

and not give off

any inclination

you are distressed

and not coping

at all...

how ironic is that

Fight or flight

really is the state

of the situation

you feel within

your mind racing

ten to the dozen

And when you

speak you feel

your voice is

shaky so much

And your brain

feel numb and

terrified

frozen in time

By images of

bad situations

and questions

that just seems to

roll

uncontrolled

inside your thoughts

cinematic

camera with

sounds making

you feel far

worse.

Losing grip on

oneself is not

nice at all.

That is what anxiety

attacks feel like...

To come back to the present

you have to calm down

take deep breaths

and slowly breath in and out

focusing on your breathing

and painting a nice calming

influences inside your

mind's eye.

Like sunbathing on a nice beach

relaxing or

laying on your bed listening to

relaxing music.

whatever takes your fancy

these help to redirect your

thoughts and those bad images

into good ones.

And hopefully, over time

 you recenter and focus

on the good thoughts,

not the bad and

start to feel calmer

and more relaxed.

Reviews

[barleygirl]

Many many people write about anxiety on this website (being a place where people pour out their angst amongst understanding friends). However, this is one of the best explanations of how anxiety can feel & especially appreciated is how you take extra time to add your ideas on overcoming anxiety. This poem is a total package, diagnosis & cure, but also done in an artful way with lots of palpable descriptions (((HUGS))) Fondly, Margie

[Onlyme]

Thank you Margie for a lovely thoughtful review. Bless you. Dee

[Dave]

Dee - I appreciate your forthcoming on such a serious topic. I feel blessed that I have, I believe, never had a serious anxiety attack. I have had some very anxious moments and during those I found myself doing some of the things you recommended to relieve the stress. - Thank you - Dave

[Onlyme]

Glad I cope in some small way Dave, so glad to hear it helped you. Dee.

[sette]

try to overcome it, it took awhile for me but then have to fight it off

[Onlyme]

I relate to how you feel sette, best bet is to take each day it comes. And do nice things to make you feel better.