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What to do? I have so much of Health Anxiety. I keep thinking so much . Sometimes about heart attack sometimes different. How to get rid of it? Trying to make lifestyle changes
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Health Anxiety unlike normal anxiety has deeper roots and one of the crucial factors to understand this is the false alarms that come with it ! It  is the misinterpretation of normal bodily sensations as dangerous. Healthy bodies produce all sorts of physical symptoms that might be uncomfortable, painful, unexpected, and otherwise unwanted — but not dangerous. One thing that you can do right now is when ever you get a thought about any of the health concern you need to identify the thought and stop/ break it there from amplifying This is called stop thought technique.. You can divert the thought by getting occupied in some work , or get busy doing a hobby at that time This is not easy as it sounds and requires a lot of practice initially! Stay head strong by it.. hoping this helps you. For anything more you can always contact me for further  guidance
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practice Breathing exercises and use stop thought technique as i suggested above !
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Consult a professional psychologist
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Depression and Anxiety disorders are growing every day. More and more people suffer from them on a daily basis and the numbers have never been so high in the entire history of time. It is estimated that around 6% of all people are depressed during any given year. Depression is currently the most common psychological illness in the world, and it is not a good one… Research has been done in countless ways to fight Depression and a lot of people have found out different ways to deal with it, but before I go into them you must know that Depression is very serious and different for everyone. That is why the best thing you can do is go and talk to someone who knows about it, preferably a psychiatrist or therapist (80–90% of people that talk to someone find their depression decreasing after just a couple of weeks.) That being said, here are the top ways you can deal with your depression or anxiety: 1. Think less and do more. Most depressions arise from us not being able to do what we want or us not being able to do what we used to do, which leaves more time for thoughts. Yet, since most people are not totally enlightened, in love with themselves and view the world as 100% positive, having time to think causes mostly negative thought spirals. When these get really bad, depression may be just around the corner. Instead of thinking so much: Do something. This is incredibly difficult for people suffering from depression but it is also one of the best ways to get out of it. Work on something you love, force yourself into action, and you will always feel better, even if only by a little bit. 2. Analyze your thoughts. Depression is a mental disorder and therefore we have to work with the brain to deal with it. Martin E. P. Seligman wrote a book on Depression after many decades of research. During his research he found out about “learned helplessness” which is one of the leading causes and symptoms in depressed people. To deal with this he developed a strategy called the ABC (Adversity-Belief-Consequences). The general idea behind is that you record the adversity you faced, the belief that is connected with it and the actual consequences. For a more detailed overview go here: The ABC Technique: Overcoming Pessimistic Thinking If you want the full experience then get Martin’s book: Learned Optimism - How to change your mind and your life. 3. Talk to someone. Talking it out often helps more than you believe it will. You want to uphold a specific image among your friends and family, even with your partner, so you cannot just let loose and tell them everything that is going on. It is precisely for that reason that you need someone that is unbiased but still understands you and is there for you. With that person you can tell them everything you think and feel and just lay your thoughts on them. This gets them out of your head, into the open and ready to be dealt with. Find a therapist, psychologist or a life coach to help you with this. 4. Be aware of minimizing and maximizing your problems. The most difficult thing for people suffering from Depression or Anxiety disorders is keeping a real sense of the world around them. Most of them are so high up in their thoughts that they cannot stay grounded on what is truly happening. The biggest problems occur by them making their problems either too big or too small. They minimize the big problems, justifying them and brushing them off as nothing important when, in fact, this is where most of their problems come from. And they maximize the small problems, giving them more value and trying to work them out, spending all their time on them and then realizing that it didn’t change much. Doing both of these things they get stuck in a loop of always focusing on the small stuff and getting upset that it doesn’t help while ignoring the big problems. It’s like trying to cook a strawberry cake and adding more strawberries to fix the fact that the cake is more liquid than solid, and then getting angry and depressed about the fact that it is not a real cake, when the real problem has nothing to do with the strawberries
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If you think that stress,anxiety is becoming unmanageable, then try Yoga, deep breathing exercises,, meditation,
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Health benefits of Yoga 1. Stress management: Numerous studies have shown that regular Yoga practice helps to reduce the stress experienced in daily life. It can also improve your mood and uplift your sense of well-being. 2. Fitness: Yoga practice improves strength, flexibility and balance. 3. Safety from disease: Yoga can help to reduce the chances of contracting diseases like high blood pressure and cardiovascular disease. 4. Happiness: Consistent Yoga practice increases the secretion of serotonin (a mood-balancing hormone) while decreasing cortisol level (a stress-causing hormone). Researchers have found that people who practise Yoga regularly report higher levels of happiness as well as better immunity from common diseases. 5. Focusing: Concentrating on the present is an important step in Yoga practice. Yoga improves mental focus, reaction time and even memory. You will have greater control over your thoughts after practising Yoga. 6. Relaxation: The practice of Yoga emphasizes slow breathing and fo
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Here are a few suggestions that could be helpful : When you begin to focus on what's calling for your attention and needs to be addressed within you, you will be able to overcome the challenges you are dealing with right now. You cannot drive out darkness dealing with it face-to-face. But once you light a candle, darkness automatically disappears. As you know, just like a healthy diet, regular physical activity and adequate rest contribute towards physical well being, there are practices that can help you take care of your psychological and emotional well being. Usually, we may tend to think that ' let me be in a good mood/let everything be perfect and then I'll do something that's good for me '. From your own experiences, you must be knowing that it's actually the reverse that works. Once you incorporate these practices in your daily routine, you will soon begin to see their impact in the way you think, feel and behave. When you examine the nature of thoughts that you experience from time to time, you will see that they tend to keep shifting their focus from one object/topic/event to another. Today they might be fixated on an event/person/topic. Tomorrow it could be another topic/event/person. Try thinking about nothing. You will see that you cannot have thoughts about nothing. Another important characteristic nature of thoughts is this - You may either have thoughts about the past or the future ( for instance, guilt about experiences deemed to be ' failures ' in the past or anxiety about what might happen in the future ). Try thinking about the present moment - you will see that you cannot have thoughts about the present moment. Sometimes, you may find yourself having very positive, inspiring thoughts. During other times, you may find yourself very emotional, or all charged for action. Whereas during other times, you may feel very lethargic, dull or lazy. These states may keep alternating. The first step towards mental health is to become aware of your thoughts. Learning to be an observer of your thoughts, learning to observe them from a distance like clouds passing in the sky. Just like how the clothes you are wearing right now are yours, but not you, thoughts that you experience from time to time are yours, but not you. The next step is knowing that you have the power to choose which thought you wish to focus on and act on and exercising that power. With practice, you will have better mastery over this process. When you repeatedly focus on a thought, say, a thought which is threatening or disturbing by nature and identify with it, believing it to be true, the corresponding emotion rises in your brain. It overpowers your capability to think rationally. The cycle repeats and hence you feel imprisoned by your own thoughts and emotions. As mentioned above, with practice, you will learn to focus and entertain only those thoughts that are healthy enough to be acted upon. You will also be able to be more aware of your emotions and this awareness will help you manage them better. Figuratively speaking, all emotions come through the same pipeline and hence you cannot and need not selectively block a few and welcome the others. Awareness puts you back in charge whereby you can channelize them better. Usually when we experience disturbing thoughts, we may tend to fight, resist or control them. Fighting a thought or emotion only gives it more power. Say, for instance, when someone asks you not to think of a pink elephant, the first thought that invariably comes to you is that of a pink elephant. Instead, what we can do is, learning to be an observer of such thoughts and emotions( that do not serve your highest good ) and not identify with them or act on them. Whatever you feed your mind through your sense organs have an impact on your psychological and emotional well being. Be conscious of this. Take care of the content you feed your mind - the kind of books you read, the websites you visit, the kind of music you listen to, the kind of food you eat, the kind of words you choose to speak about yourself and others, the kind of company you keep ( ' You are an average of five people you spend most of your time with ' - these five people need not be physically present. They could be role models who inspire you. ) Here is a breathing exercise that could help you : You may do this in the night once you have finished your tasks for the day : Inhale slowly to a count of four - hold your breath to a count of four - exhale slowly to a count of eight. Repeat this ten times. You may do this also in the morning before you begin your daily routine. Our attitude towards life in general and things in particular is based on our Beliefs - what we believe to be true about ourselves and the world. What are your core beliefs about yourself and the world? Reflect on those situations which unsettle you the most. What are the thoughts that you typically experience in such situations ? What are the beliefs on the basis of which you keep considering those thoughts to reflect reality or the truth ? Try writing them down and examine the validity of these beliefs. Some of them may be limiting and negative in nature because of some of the feedback you might have received in the past - at home, in school, from your classmates, friends, relatives, etc. But once you are aware of them, you shed light on them, examine their truth, they can no longer manipulate your behavior or actions. As your beliefs change, your attitude changes, and words, actions and behavior follow. The next time you experience overwhelming thoughts or emotions, try observing the thoughts and sensations without judging them as threatening, knowing that it is like a wave that ebbs and falls and that it will pass. Keep your focus on your breathing throughout. You will see for yourself that with practice, you are able to manage such situations quite well. One of the definitions of stress is the thought(s) or the belief that you don't have the capability and the resources to successfully overcome the challenge(s) that is right in front of you now. Consider the components of this equation - On one end you have the object that induces this belief in you. Is there anything you can do to change this side of the equation? On the other end, you have your resources to tackle it - reflect on whether you are doing all you can to prepare for it/address it/ do justice to it, considering all the factors that play a role in this situation. Please set aside time for exercise daily and try to eat healthy every time. Our challenges that seem to threaten our very existence are the ones that serve as fuel for our evolution.
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Anxiety a feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease about something with an uncertain outcome. And due to this pandemic health related anxiety has increased massively. Plz start your counselling sessions to feel better
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Along with those life style changes which you are already following, you need to understand the Anxiety behind this.. For that, I suggest you to consult a psychological Counselor.. For more details and clarity you can connect with me by using the link given below :- https://prac.to/hema-sampath-psychologist-dir
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Hello. Health anxiety often bothers us because of the current lifestyle we all are living in. Try asking yourself as to why exactly you're so concerned about your health? What is exactly bothering you? Keep asking this and you'll find the answer within you. That shall help you to work further for now.
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You can try seeking help if it's overwhelming for you. you can also consult me for further guidance and help
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