Hello! My main anxiety symptoms are dizziness and shortness of breath. My main trigger is being by myself. I am always afraid of having a panic attack when I’m alone, that I get myself worked up and eventually cause myself to have one. I find distraction the best way to calm my anxiety, or talking with a loved one.

Music can have a very big impact on my mood, so when I start to have an attack, I try to listen/sing to music. My triggers are a lot of little "road bumps" all at once, I get overwhelmed when there's too much issues to deal with.

I used to have mild anxiety but it has gotten much worse since I was in a car accident and hit a deer. It gets so bad to the point that I started talking to myself in my head and overthinking everything. I started taking hydroxine for that 2 pills in the morning. It works really well for me. My triggers are stress that other people can cause me stress sometimes, arguments, loud noises. I love to work on my hobbies and self care to help cope. I love going for walks, playing with my bunnies, cooking, cleaning, coloring, reading and writing. When I use my hobbies as my coping skills I am improving myself and not thinking about things too much just about what I'm doing. I deal with a lot of stress at home. I pay all the bills do all the grocery shopping most of the cooking and still find time for myself.

I'm sorry to hear about your car accident. I also take hydroxyzine but I can only take it at night as it puts me to sleep how do you get around that factor so you can take it in the morning? What kind of books do you like to read?

I mean, yeah, but it's going to be different for everyone. For me, I will listen to techno songs like Overcharge by CRT-Head, but really it should just be something you can get lost in. For some people that's songs with lyrics they know so it's reliable and familiar, for others it's wordless so they don't have to process anything, for others it's music from their favorite game, movie, opera, etc.

I've had really bad anxiety since I was 6, my triggers are caused by having to take tests(during my days in school), large crowds, having to speak in front of a lot of people, stress, people yelling (I had very verbally abusive relatives and my dad would constantly yell at me or my siblings), getting somewhere on time, and being on the highway with semi trucks. I cope by burying myself in blankets, books, and music. I really don't like huge family get togethers because it will trigger an attack, but when my husband drags me to such events I just stay in a corner with a book.

Hello Brandy I have Anxiety too since I been 21...maybe even before I'm sure but diagnosed with it since 21. I been on meds since then I'm now 44 and I still can't beat it....from 2006 to 20010 I was doing really well, fell back into my dark hole gues syou could say in 2010 and really got bad in 2012...and suffered ever since.