[peaches100]

Does anybody have any tips for dealing with subconscious anxiety? I think that's what i deal with alot. Anxiety that makes me feel very uncomfortable, but it is operating under the surface of my conscious mind. Because of this, i often don't know what it is that is making me feel anxious. I just feel these waves of anxiety shoot through me.

[lynn P.]

I recommend learning how to meditate but for now you can do slow deep breathing exercises. Try it in the morning before you get out of bed, so you'll have a good start for the day. Treat yourself well with healthy eating and exercise. If you're balanced and relaxed - less likely the anxiety will blind side you. Best of luck

[jerrymichele]

I know this feeling all to well. Alot of times when this has happened to me, I ask myself what is making fell anxious, scared etc. It could be something that your doing that might trigger the anxiety. Lynn has gave you some very good ideas. I on the other hand take meds for my anxiety. If your anxiety is ruining your quality of life then you might need treated for it.

[tohelpafriend]

I know this is an old post, but the subject was referenced to psych central after I began to think about sub conscious anxiety....mainly because my treatment plan in T includes depression and anxiety, but in T we have not as yet actually defined anxiety, how it operates from the sub conscious mind and why. I found several excellent articles on this subject. I was talking with a sister yesterday and said, "it's OK until I think about it", and realized today that was a clue to getting free of sub conscious fears, external oppression from people, places or experiences. I see it like this, as a lay person reading a lot of psychology: the subconscious stores the unresolved issues imprinted from the conscious mind. Then one acts out defense mechanisms, fears in relationships, fears of things happening, anxiety over anything because they are unresolved, stay reinforced until we drudge them up, look at them for what they are, how they've influenced our behaviours, etc.

Moving on, I realized yesterday after running 10, yes 10 specific errands that I was repeating an old and familiar routine which was fast becoming something I didn't really want to do, nor was the pacing I put myself through worth it for positive reinforcement. Also, out of 10 encounters with people, only 2 of them were positive. Now I have to look at why I have anxiety about change, moving, or otherwise becoming more free to look within at what is driving my routines. I suspect the answer is in the sub conscious.

The patio walk out level in my house is almost empty and today I see it as an allegory for my sub conscious as I ask, what is buried and what are the triggers inhibiting conscious change. For now, that is my way of dealing with the discomfort of anxiety, its repetition in my life.

So these postings were important clues, but why are they linked to google searches?

When repeated, multiple traumas of abuse in someone's childhood (where most of it starts and defenses are born), are left unresolved, they accumulate into one's adult life, work and relationships and erupt like a volcano. I'm convinced long-held tracks imprinting trauma in the sub conscious are the source of pain and/or discomfort (as referenced in the above post.) I understand this is a sweeping generality, but I'm not a psychologist (yet).

Naturally the defenses a child had to develop to survive continue into adult life. They become even more complex when the adult marries another dysfunctional adult. Fear, anxiety, defense mechanisms, unresolved guilt or shame can take a fast train into another relationship with sub conscious overload.

Further, when I find myself fixated into a routine (we all need that to an extent)...and the routine is becoming monotonous or nonproductive, well we know the adage on that one......doing the same thing over and over and not getting results or change!.....something's gotta give.

So, ty, peaches100 for your post which looped onto google and got me here in a better state of understanding. If you can 'feel' waves of anxiety, the nervous system is overtaxed.

One more thought: for those practicing meditation and I've tried it - peace can be felt. But why does the practice of meditation be done over and over and over again? Is this routine cleansing really necessary, and if so, why?

Once I get the entire lower level patio walk-out area of my condo cleared of any stored-too-long belongings, will I feel changed? This thought is not for self-indulgence - it's a serious thing.

Insights welcome. I like that part of my mind which can store photographic images, especially of parts of my childhood experiences. Remembering scenes in my childhood is difficult, because I felt like an observer of what was going on and the impact of the reasons behind these scenarios was felt many years later. I understand DID better now.

And then there are dreams......another story.

Peace,
"tohelpafriend......"