Relaxation and Breathing exercises that make anxiety worse
Submitted by Awen on Sat, 02/19/2011 - 7:39amWell ho ho ho, I also have been reading (where? Compassionate Mind?) about how those one-size-fits-all relaxation and mindfulness exercises can make anxiety worse if done the wrong way. If you have PTSD, the symptoms might get worse if you try to make them relax, they'll be even more scared that something bad will happen and fight you on it. PTSD is there to protext us, and it's not going to go away in a yucky community agency room full of strangers asking us to let down out guard. So those moron social workers leading anxiety support groups that I always walk out on in the first meeting are... morons. Again, some science to back up the feelings. We ARE right about what we feel, and the scientists who are paying attention know it.
i always had got seized with
i always had got seized with panic and broke into tears when we had to do the mindfulness meditations in DBT group. cept it was a moron phd, not a social worker. lol. she didnt push me to finish it. only said that people with ptsd sometimes had trouble with closing their eyes and scheduled me an individual. she would do 30 minute sessions. so yes. now i remember. i did have a bad experience with a therapist. she never listened to me or gave me any control of session. she would take the first thing that came out of my mouth and start working thru the dbt system with me and would not deviate. it didnt matter how upset i was, i was out the door in thirty minutes. she did nothing for my anxiety which had reached an all time high. thats when i changed to the guy i have now.