I just went through a "cancer scare." Luckily everything turned out o.k....How do you handle extreme anxiety?

My anxiety was out of control for a week. I am usually a really even keeled person who people come to for help. But last week while I was being tested for ovarian cancer I was a total wreck. Crying, no sleep, couldn't eat...giving myself hives. I know that there will be more times of extreme stress to come in my life and I really need to learn to get a grip on myself in the future. So my question is this....For those of you have gone through extreme stress what is it that got you through in one piece?

I just went through a "cancer scare." Luckily everything turned out o.k....How do you handle extreme anxiety?
You did exactly what any sane person did during that situation. You COULDN'T have handled it better. That is one of the most stressful experiences ever, and there will be very, very few times in your life you will be that stressed again.





Next time, just remember that you made it through some really hard time without going crazy or killing anyone, and that you can do it again, if necessary.
Reply:Xanax and Mountain Dew
Reply:Distraction. I just distract myself by reading something really interesting, going to a movie, or anything else that doesn't leave me time to think about it.
Reply:Physical exercise provides me mind/sould searching state of being regardless of how shape I am in.
Reply:I'm dying, You just learn to let it go. Is not a big thing and when the day gets here it gets here. Don't get me wrong, I dont want to die, and am on occasion afraid of it, but gonna happen to us all in time. As they say, life is a terminal disease.
Reply:meditation is a good way to handle stress


I use the Insight CD's to meditate.
Reply:if we sit here and focus only on things that could go wrong,people would never leave the house...see,and nothing was even wrong...
Reply:I went through the cancer scare too, but mine was positive.


Sleeping pills didn't even help. But I am still here, calm now, in treatment. Friends and Family helped a lot. Lots of comforting words and little gestures that they care.


For me that is still going on. I was just taken out to a "half - way- through-chemo" lunch by my friends at work.


That's how you get through times like this.
Reply:Yeah, get something to knock yourself out. Ask the doc for a prescription. Drink it down with some Mountain Dew like the first guy suggested. Xanax is good. 1 %26amp; 1/2 should do it if you are THAT upset...
Reply:My daughter is under extreme stress, and what she does for it, and it helps her is going for long walks, and keeping busy.
Reply:going thru cervical cancer now that i found out about at 9 weeks of pregnancy. I would not consent to have it looked at or treated during this pregnancy even thou the doc said the pregnancy will cause it to grow faster. I am pretty good about the whole thing it was not hard to decide the baby over treatment honestly. At the worst they will take the uterus after the birth i could care less if that happens. I keep the stress away knowing when it's time 4 me to die I will I'm not scared of that nature works that way nothing to do to live forever anyway. I lost a dear close friend of 20 years to lung cancer watched her melt away slowly die it sucked she left 6 children. She made her peace with god and is no longer suffering. You must find peace with what you can not change.
Reply:Please- trust in God and know that you are where He wants you to be and experiencing what you should be. Ask for His guidance and support and know that you are loved and you are a child of God. I have found that we often go through difficulties in order to show empathy to others and to be a source of comfort for others. Be strong and be an example - and pray.


God bless you.
Reply:i go to church and pray and even cry my heart out but after praying i feel more relieve
Reply:I surround myself with supportive people...like my best friend. They keep you distracted and laughing.





I also garden when I'm extremely stressed out, keep my mind on the flowers and stuff rather than on the thing that's making me crazy. so whatever your hobby is, dive into it!





exercise is also very good for relieving stress and anxiety because your energy is spent somewhere else. stay away from caffiene if you can help it because it will only elevate your anxiety. eat a healthy and balanced diet, stay away from greasy fatty salty foods. They body already feels sluggish and yucky after eating bad foods, we don't need to make it worse.





deep breathing exercises helps you maintain balance. also, burning incense...I myself like naq champa..it's calming and soothing. a small table fountain or something like that will help calm...the soothing sounds of water always help.





lots of long hot baths with lots of candles....aaahhhhhh!





it's okay to cry, crying is a human reaction to stress. sometimes, crying is all you can do and nothing else will help, sometimes it's the only way to relieve all that negative energy.





keeping positive and not expecting the worst is the number one way to deal with extreme stress.
Reply:KID ROCK only god knows why





I went to a quack of a doctor. he told me i had Poly cystic ovarian syndrome before i even had test done. I got online after the visit and looked it up. I read about it and it made me sad. I wnet for the test and i felt worse. i sat down and wrote out my will, and how i wanted the arrangments for my funeral. i was a basket case. and i was only 19. i spent a month worring about it . and they couldnt even call me to tell me my results. i turned out normal





Now im 26, have a nice boyfriend and im on medication. the mads help me a lot to cope with the stress. if not for them who knows were i would be.
Reply:so far all my friend resorted to suicide

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