Hi Everyone ,
So many of you might not realize this but i have anxiety. It is not something that is normal to talk about but it should be fine to express how you are feeling and should be normal to talk about within society.When i was approached to write this blog sharing my personal experience and to help raise awareness of anxiety. I was thinking of the best way to to help raise awareness for anxiety. The best way I felt was to share my personal experience and techniques i use and have heard others that have anxiety and their techniques.
So i have had anxiety all of my life but it was manageable but i never did what most people my age did and did not have many friends when i was growing up as i did not feel they would understand how i was feeling and felt that i was better off in my own company so i isolated myself going through education. Then when i got to high school i was encouraged to make friends and went to groups to help with my anxiety and to find strategies to help with my anxiety. I would never step out of my comfort zone and due to the anxiety i would stay in my house with my family as i got very anxious about going out and would overthink what might happen and would find myself finding excuses not to go or cancelling on friends due to waking up feeling anxious.
As i got older i feel that my anxiety got worse even though i had a friends. I started really struggling with my anxiety. I never admitted i had anxiety so much so that most of my family did not realize that i struggled with anxiety which was not a good move on my part because they could have supported me with my anxiety and i could of got more help to deal with my anxiety. But if i am honest i did not want anyone to know as i worried that they would worry and think the worse of me and i was ashamed of admitting that i had anxiety and feeling like this. I also did not want to tell my family as they would want me to go to the doctors for help which at the time i was scared to do.
But about two years ago, My anxiety got the worse that it had ever gotten and my family started to worry about me and knew something was up since i had received some awful news that a good friend of mine who was my age had died suddenly and this impacted in my attendance at college and also i started isolating myself which included not wanting to leave the house and if i was able to leave the house i started to panic and started having panic attacks wherever i was whether i was out or at college. At this point i felt i needed to talk to my family and explain and with encouragement from my parents i went to the doctors and i feel this really helped me because the doctor was very helpful and recommended different services that could help with my anxiety for example counselling which i did not feel helped me it made me feel worse but it was counselling provided by my college and also my doctor gave me some techniques and i go to my doctor more when i need to due to my anxiety which still happens now.
My top tip would be not to be embarrassed to go to the doctor as they are used to dealing with patients with anxiety and they can help you.
Anxiety is when you feel worried, nervous and is perfectly normal to feel anxious occasionally everyone feels anxious sometimes. Also fact that when i was researching about anxiety is that i found out that women are twice as likely that men to be diagnosed with anxiety disorder and recent research has found that commonly affects the most the under 35's.
Symptoms of Anxiety can be:
- Poor Concentration
- Headaches
- Tension
- Dread
- Fear of Losing Control
-Feeling Nausea
- Sweating
- Dry Mouth
These are just a few that i found.
Link that helped to find the symptoms that can be experienced is http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Anxiety/Pages/Introduction.aspx
TOP 5 #livelifeready Tips
Top Tip Number 1 - Take a mindful moment - for example try and do some yoga or meditate.
Top Tip Number 2 - Know what your triggers are such as hearing a specific song or going to a certain place.
Top Tip Number 3 - Take slow and deep breathes if you are feeling anxious.
Top Tip Number 4 - Take some time to talk to someone that you feel that you can trust and are confident talking to for example your parents, a friend or a family member or anyone that you feel confident talking to and remember it is OK to talk about it.
Final Tip is that you should try to write down ANY worries you have as this can help as you are offloading your worries and thoughts which can help and this would help if you do not feel you have anyone to talk to about your anxiety.
The tips above are for if you are having feelings of mild anxiety but for serious anxiety symptoms or if you have the anxiety for more than two weeks i highly recommend talking to your GP for further guidance as they will be able to offer support and suggest strategies and suggest services that will help.
You can find more advice and article if you use the hashtag #livelifeready.
I was approached by www.spinkhealth.com and
There is Kalms Lavender One- A- Day Capsules which are a traditional herbal medicinal that are a temporary relief of the symptoms of mild anxiety. For example Stress and Nervousness and these can be brought from Boots, Asda and online at www.kalmsrange.com for £6.49 and this is a two weeks supply.
Thank you so much for taking your time to read this blog as it is something so close to my heart as i have anxiety and i hope this blog helps you. This blog was really hard for me to write especially my personal experience.
Rachel x
So today in the UK (26th March 2017) it is Mother's Day so i wanted to take this amazing opportunity to wish you all if you are a Mother, Step Mother, Aunties, Grandmas to wish you all a Happy Mother's Day.
I also want to wish my Amazing, Gorgeous and Loving Mother Happy Mother's Day as she means the absolute world to me and is such a supportive mother and if i have any problems or need advice from someone the first person i will go to is my Mother because she means the absolute world to me.Me and my mother are so close, yes we have our arguments but all mothers and daughters have arguments but we also have a lot of funny talks and have so many funny memories and funny stories together and i know no matter what my Mum will be there for me no matter what whether its 1 in the morning she will always be there to support me and offer me amazing advice.
My mum is there for me through both thick and thin and gives me advice whether it is what i want to hear or not what i want to hear but i know she has my best interest at heart and wants what is best for me. I have so many amazing memories with my mother like our mother daughter trips to the theatre to see shows that we both enjoy and just have such fun times. My mum is such an inspirational women to me and i hope i can be like her when i am older and if i have children i want to be like my mother as she is my absolute world and is my inspiration.
