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#1
Sep 02, 2017, 04:02 PM
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How do you respond to severe anxiety or fear? I freeze. My brain completely shuts down and I can barely keep up with a simple conversation. Sucks!
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Sep 02, 2017, 04:07 PM
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I turn into a pillar of salt
 but seriously I do freeze up. Then I my heart starts pounding and I can't breathe. ((((Hugs))))
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#3
Sep 02, 2017, 04:50 PM
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I do them all.......sometimes I fight, sometime run and sometimes freeze.
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#4
Sep 02, 2017, 04:56 PM
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Anxiety makes my brain head toward shutdown, and even to the point of feeling like I might faint...and then saying anything to anyone about that or even just wondering whether I need to dial 911 before I do faint (if nobody else knows what is going on) can make the overall problem worse. So whenever anxiety does hit, I immediately sit if I am not already sitting and then close my eyes and try to take a few deep breaths.
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#5
Sep 02, 2017, 06:20 PM
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I get paralyzed with severe anxiety and fear. I also get desperate to make it stop. It's easier to deal with my depression then it is my anxiety.
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#6
Sep 02, 2017, 06:23 PM
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When triggered generally I freeze but I am known to fight pretty hard and run for the hills too. Another not so well known category is to 'fawn' (try to get the approval or attention of a powerful person). I also do that sometimes.
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#7
Sep 02, 2017, 08:59 PM
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All of them
   
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#8
Sep 02, 2017, 09:58 PM
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Mainly freeze and my brain can't think or function clearly. Then I want to run and hide.
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Sep 02, 2017, 10:04 PM
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All. Unhealthiest for me: freezing. I just go numb and make the wrong choices. I won't remove myself from toxic situations/people and dissociate.
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#10
Sep 02, 2017, 11:28 PM
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I fight. I start using coping skills ....warm bath, mellow music or watch a funny show. I use to watch Golden Girls on Hulu. It's a funny show and it would help my anxiety go away. I've watched every episode and have now found another funny show.
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#11
Sep 03, 2017, 12:37 AM
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I do all of them, choosing one based upon the situation.
Sometimes, I just calmly and firmly stand my ground.  WC
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#12
Sep 03, 2017, 04:36 AM
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I start crying and shaking.
then the embarrassing part.. people will ask me about it, and i'll start saying stuff that makes no sense- stuff that probably would do if I took the time to word it correctly, but at the present moment means nothing. then after that I try to change the subject, and hold off on what's making me anxious for as long as possible |
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#13
Sep 03, 2017, 09:58 AM
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I do all of them but lean mostly towards freeze and flight.
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