Be in control, its not that great a sin. I am making progress but I could wish it was faster. Im learning to drive.

Start the breathing as early as possible, so that you go into the situation calmly. ABOUT EXERCISE Exercise helps me a lot, at first I was too ill to do much but now I walk every day, between 2 and 6 miles, and I sd half an hour on my exercise bike. It does help me to take exercise. The sniffing breath The sniffing breath is a way of freeing up a tight chest. Only the individual who is HAVING the attack has the power to do this. Go for a longer drive including dual carriage way with helper driving. With underestimating my ability to cope, I dont let it stop me trying. Whatever your situation, you will need to look at the overall balance of your life and make sure that it is healthy, and that you are getting what you need. Say to the family member you make me so cross the way you expect lifts all the time. Relax, and feel the difference. Core beliefs develop for very good reasons that make perfect sense at the time. Most children go through phases when they are frightened of particular things - these are part of their normal development and are usually outgrown. Do you feel compelled to wash yourself or your clothes, or clean your house, many times over? In many ways Anxiety takes us back to childhood, and anxious fears often have the same irrational nightmarish quality of childhood fears. Try to build up a more balanced picture by recording your own achievements and asking those around you for honest feedback. What if I make a mistake? Now compare this with a similar question, So what if I make a mistake? Ill take the driving test again and be better prepared! I take any opportunity I can to help with self-awareness. I dont underestimate my ability to cope, because Ive coped twice with difficult bereavements. They need to be able to stay calm when you are anxious. & If you cant get to sleep within 30 minutes of going to bed or of waking up in the night, dont stay in bed - get up and go into another room and do something calming and relaxing until you feel sleepy. They must never trick you, because you have to be able to trust them absolutely. But being so scared it would be discovered I found that I had to keep going to it to make sure it was there, to make sure that I had actually hidden it. At the time there were some concerns around my blood pressure and I was feeling quite anxious about it. It can give you such a high level of Anxiety (or nerves) before an event that it stops you thinking or acting in a constructive way.