[Hope4me2]

I have a tendency to talk a lot and fast before an anxiety attack hits me and when it is going on I will talk and go from one subject to another without skipping a beat...drives my hubby insane at times he cannot keep up with my train of thought....well me either sometimes....but I get to jittery that I have to talk and talk and talk and talk....then I realize noone is talking around me and what I am doing then I will shut up and get quiet and start shaking.....sound stupid....does anyone else do this????

i used to do that..when my meds stabilized me, i quit doing it. but i had a need to say as much as i could, as fast as possible...know what you're going through...xoxo pat

[Parker10]

I think its a type of coping skill you are using perhaps. You start feeling antsy, and to prevent the thoughts of anxiety, if you can talk alot, sorta "out talk the anxiety beast" , perhaps it wont happen. Perhaps you could change your dialogue - keep on talking, but say calming, soothing, safe statements (you could have them written on a 3 x 5 card and keep this with you, because sometimes its hard to remember good thoughts when we start to feel anxious). This might also help eliminate the shaking once you tell your self to "shut up cause no one else is talking". If you put this "negative self statement" into your train of thought, and "make it appear that talking is wrong for you to do", perhaps your anxiety then manifests itself in the shaking. Would it be possible for you to take a brisk walk when u start feeling this anxiety coming on? That would release some of the energy you are obviously building up to have the "shakes"., and release endorphines that will help calm you.

I think all of us who have dealt with anxiety/panic have dealt with the talking too much and too fast.......just as we see people without this dx do when nervous !

[Hope4me2]

A lot of transference issues with my T right now and my girls moving out on their own for the summer and moving them into their own places.....hate my babies leaving me....feel useless now.....just my feelings now.... A LOT of self HATRED.....humilation......guilt...shame.....ANGER....
just a lot of different things......but yet sometimes I can sit for HOURS and not say a word and everyone will try to get me to talk or ask what is wrong and I just do not want to talk........just weird.....I just feel weird period

to carry your soul right now........xoxox pat

[jmo531]

(((((((((((((((((((((Hope))))))))))))))))))))))

I would do that to. Talk really fast about everything and anything. I agree with Parker in that it was my way of fending of my anxiety anyway I could. It's terrible because even in the mists of talking you know that its coming. UHG!!!

Just try to slow down, breathe and relax as much as possible. I know its easier said then done. I am so sorry your going through this. My thoughts are with you hun and please pm me if you need to. Take care and Much love.

[silver_queen]

I don't do that exactly... but when I am nervous, I end up tallking faster, blurring my words, and not make much sense... I know what I do but I can't stop it... it feels like he has got worse recently... makes me feel stupid for not being able to talk straight.

So I can't exactly relate (((((((((( Hope ))))))))))))) But I do understand that it's uncomfortable and can cause anxiety in itself... Hope you can find some way of alleviating it.

[Myzen]

Hi Hope,

I completely agree about the talking and the anxiety. We think that we can talk it away somehow, but it just doesn't work - never has with me anyway.

The only thing that has ever worked for me is going right into the anxiety, as much as I hate it, My God how I hate it.

I used to do all sorts of displacements, finding fault with my partner, blaming my past - talk, talk, talk.

Now I try to do just one thing. I say to my partner - "The illness is back, I am finding it hard now". That's all I do. Then breathing, relaxation (if you can call it that) maybe taking a walk on my own. This way it's easier for her, and I have the comfort of knowing I am facing the anxiety - square on.

A funny thing. Since I got better at facing the illness my partner has realised how hard it is for me. With the talking she was probably all confused, smokescreened, but watching me take the anxiety has really impressed her somehow. It's as if she can see it.

I hope some of that makes sense.

Peaceful (non anxious) thoughts to you.

Myzen.

[luvtiels]

When I feel an attack coming on, I try to talk it down. I say to myself, outloud sometimes, "I will not let this get to me," or, more often, its "God, You gave this to me. Now I'm giving it back to You. I can't handle it." Sometimes talking works, sometimes not.

I still don't know what specifically triggers these attacks for me. Once it was a scent/odor.. someone sitting 2 seats away from me was smoking a flavored cigarette. That's all it took to send my head into a frenzy. I quickly removed myself from the vicinity and was able to calm down enough to function.

But yes, I do talk fast, whether or not anyone is listening. Does it work? Depends on the situation and how bad it gets. Sorry I couldn't be of more help.

Linda