March 23, 2003

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  I often find myself in the middle of panic and/or anxiety attacks either for reasons I know or for reasons I have no clue about. They're very scarey and sometimes it feels like you are dying. I hate having them. Trying to overcome my agoraphobia, the "exercises" I've been doing in trying to overcome it, gives me panic/anxiety attacks.  See, I HAVE to leave my house as an exercise in getting over my agoraphobia. I have to THINK about leaving my house and imagine leaving my house as exercises of my agoraphobia. I have to walk outside my house, by myself and let go of the doorknob as an exercise. I have to walk out in the middle of the yard all by myself as an exercise. I have to keep pushing the envelope. There are other times I have panic/anxiety attacks too, but I'm not going to go into that right now. But I did find this article very informative and hope that someone out there may benefit from it too. Love to all out there. The artical can be found at: http://bipolar.about.com/library/weekly/aa032203-breath1.htm

  
  

  "Easing Anxiety Naturally" by JoAnn Revak explores methods to reduce anxiety by discharging tension and gives a beginners' exercise in breath work. These techniques can be useful whether you are taking anti-anxiety medications or not.

  
  

  I hope that y'all go over there and read the article. Its a wonderful article just like all the articles are there in the BP Community.
  

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