Fearful verses Calm.

My heart is pounding,

My hands and body are sweating.

My heavy short breathing is taking all

my oxygen from my lungs.

I am so anxious and I want to

run like hell.

As fast as I possibly

can and never ever stop.

 Mind is racing,

 thoughts are crazy

and exploding inside my

mind's eye.

Getting

paranoid think all bad

things will happen to me.

Not feeling safe or secure

in myself at present at this

moment in time.

Fearful emotions. trigger

fight or flight.

I try to calm down taking

slower deeper breaths inhaling

in and slowly exhaling out.

I try to still my mind and thoughts.

And think of something nice and relaxing.

And vision a nice scene inside my mind's eye.

Like on a beach sunbathing. Under the midday sun.

And hearing the sea ebb and flow and the birds sing

in the sky. Relaxing and calming images of pleasure.

I think and concentrate on this.

And slowly I start to relax and unwind.

And feel the calm take me over.

Reviews

[Chris Shaw]

Anxiety can be hell. I know so many who suffer from some form of this. One or two who are plagued by debilitating panic attacks. Important to know what the triggers might be and to have strategies in place to help what can sometimes turn into a melt down. Keeping calm, deep breathing, meditation all help. A subject that many will be familiar with Dawn.

Chris

[Onlyme]

So very true Chris, I too also suffer from anxiety. It really is not nice at all. Like you said. Thanks for your thoughts Chris. Dawn.

[Huw]

I was once asked what it was that I do to relax. I explained that I am relaxed. Relaxed is what I am and that I have no need to do anything or go anywhere to relax.

Sometime later I was asked how do I unwind and replied I don't get wound up.

On both these occasions, I'd answered without hesitation or thought, but on both occasions, I was struck by the honesty of the answers and the realisation that this was my life.

[Onlyme]

Wow, Huw, your a incredible inspirational man.

[Huw]

Dawn, I am more comfortable in the knowledge and understanding that I have been inspired.

[Onlyme]

Glad to hear it Huw. your an inspiration to us all.