You've still got your spark ;-) so don't give up. Why would they laugh? A good professional will take time to explore any option in order to help a patient to heal or regain control. Nope I wasn't joking. This is about getting you well B4 they discharge you. What I hate though is when I suggest something and I get patronised
Food can be important - the brain is often forgotten, out of sight etc.. Our whole bodies require nourishment and a good diet can make a huge difference. When anxiety strikes me I stop eating
but my brain continues "You must eat, you must eat". Like a stuck record and of course I do know that food is important: but I simply can't swallow
. My sense of smell is more acute: does that happen to you? : so foods that I would usually eat smell too 'rich' so it is impossible 4 me to even consider them.
Watching athletes and ballet dancers and hearing how they have to modify diets depending on how busy they are ........ rang bells for me many years ago. I also go light headed if I don't have breakfast and again, the anxiety starts.
When anxiety strikes I am in a shivering heap on the floor within seconds. I had a psychologist try to tell me that anxiety attacks can 'only last 20 mins. B4 they burn themselves out'. I left that session and never went back. My longest attack was nearly 3 days, I shook so badly that the mahogany 4-poster bed moved
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That aside, do look up the NAPS web-site. Won't do any harm to explore the research.