Hello every one some new guidance and advice on coping methods..
Advice and guidance to cope and deal with stressful situations. Fight or flight. Which is a common trait of many of those like my self with anxiety.
Know the symptoms the problems.
Reframing is one I consider often using. This is a method of looking at certain aspects of your life. Looking at evaluation . Why are things looking bleak or causing problems.
To address that and the positives. Thinking what is the worst can happen.
Help your emotions and feelings around the prospects of what if this goes wrong. Why is that going to happen. The sense of dread.
We think like that it is imprinted in our subconscious our memory. The reasons we might fail.
Examples are going out to an appointment. My own life to a hospital or a Doctors need a taxi. Need to go on line book the appointment not available time or Doctor. That day.
As for a taxi how many times do we get stressed , angry that we can not get out the right taxi not available on that day.
Does it matter. Cancel the original appointment and look again another day or time or taxi service.
I do get annoyed, frustrated with these things but who I am hurting. Just do deep breathing, be calm and think positive will try again. Music helps eases the situation.
Give yourself some opportunities to talk it over. Self talk helps . I actually use this forum to vent anything.
Then feel better revaluate the situation and take it small steps again.
All of us had this . Going to assessments . Think of first of being calm and give yourself reassurance.
Ask you self some questions. I am in control, I am aware of my own issues. Do I need to address the situation I am in right now for the assessment.?
Plan and make sure I have anything. Praise yourself, deep breathing. Worth thinking about.
If using a car do you feel safe to drive, do you need to be thinking positive not negative.
If you cannot get there as you suffer and have issues. Anxiety and sweating, panics is it worth travelling with some one.
Or using a taxi. So you are reframing the situation you are going through.
By thinking positive the situation has changed. You are in control . So nothing is going to go wrong. If there is traffic hold ups or accidents is that an issue a problem.
You can apologise for being late if that is what happens but you could leave early enough avoid any problems another suggestion.
If we get in an anxiety state is that going to be making you ill. It happens I have been there and have experience several times the sweats the emotions.
Yet when arriving late did apologise. They gave me some time to recover and then I had the assessment.
Felt daft, silly and embarrassed yet know there was not any sense getting worked up.
There are always alternatives to every situation and problems or issues .
It is also one other point. Be aware of that. Consider what can you do next to solve the crisis.
Do I need to look at getting support?. Can I address my problems.?
Do I need to speak to my GP ?
Having a mental health issues or problems does not means struggling day to day. Understand will have some good days some bad. Every one does.
No one is perfect but is how you cope with all of that.
This is something I learnt from mental health charities.
I use them for that reason.
Thank you all for reading this.
Will be adding more coping methods. Sometime soon.
Take care.
@thespiceman
