so although i am still doing well here i noticed one of the things that keeps getting to me is bad medical thoughts. they range from me worrying about having ingested poisons or some herb that is going to give me an allergic reaction all the way to the standard I have a pain in X spot and therefore i must have a terminal disease.
like lately i have been having less then great bowel movements, chances are it's from stress, but of course i'm stressing on what could be causing it because i didn't think i was stressed before they started so now it's a loop.
how do any of you that have this problem deal with it? i suppose i should go meditate and stop worrying for starters.
like lately i have been having less then great bowel movements, chances are it's from stress, but of course i'm stressing on what could be causing it because i didn't think i was stressed before they started so now it's a loop.
how do any of you that have this problem deal with it? i suppose i should go meditate and stop worrying for starters.
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Re: bad medical thoughts
Fri, February 22, 2008 - 3:35 PMyou need to do yoga and get more exercise otherwise
i've felt this way before
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Re: bad medical thoughts
Fri, February 22, 2008 - 5:27 PMyeah the exercise is always the #1 helper, but i have to be careful because i'll overtrain if i go in too much. now yoga i would love to add in the mix, hmm i wonder if there is a real cheap place near albany... -
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Re: bad medical thoughts
Fri, February 22, 2008 - 5:28 PMyou can read of it and the poses online and in books and videos ...
but yeah, good to observe the masters
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Re: bad medical thoughts
Fri, February 22, 2008 - 8:29 PMThere are many free yoga classes on youtube and also Yoga Today
www.yogatoday.com/include/p...llPage.php
Some yoga studios have weekly community classes for $10 or less. I've heard of some studios with community classes where payment is in canned food for the local shelter. Check around.
If yoga just doesn't work for you right now, then make a point to stand up, stretch and walk around every 20-30 minutes. The human body wasn't meant to sit hunched over a keyboard all day.
Those thoughts may never go away because the media loves fanning the flames and telling people they are sick when they aren't. The health of your parents and grandparents are probably your best indicators for illness prevention as well as peace of mind with your health.
Now...
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Sun, February 24, 2008 - 12:09 AMthanks for the tips :)
i always knew if i followed my dogs lifestyle i'd be healthier, he never gets anxiety :) he stretches all the time and i think i need to use him as a reminder to get up and do the same even if i don't get to yoga hehe -
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Mon, February 25, 2008 - 8:52 PMlol so last night i listened to an audiobook called attack anxiety, which is basically a self help thing. i went straight to the track on obsessive thinking and fell asleep listening to them talking about examples of problems and peoples experiences like thinking they were having a stoke or heart attack etc.
next thing i know i wake up i think around 3 am and my arm was numb because my circulation got cut off(happens to me a lot for some reason) and i'm damn near convinced i'm having heart attack or stroke symptoms but i know it's probably an anxiety issue so i try to let it pass. i spent 5 hours tossing and turning trying not to freak, doing breathing exercises etc. i felt like i went a year back in my progress all in one night. when i woke up around noon after getting a few hours of sleep felt like i had been in a fight all night, my body was so messed up, probably the Cortisol at work.
anyway my point is, maybe not so good to listen to stories about other peoples panic attacks before bedtime heheh
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