I desperately wish to handle my anxiety with skills. But I’m often in a state of unreasoned terror, which doesn’t occur because of thoughts and may descend the moment I wake up, without any prior thought or even true consciousness - and it doesn’t seem to be penetrable by any skill. Even Valium, means of last resort (which I normally never take) doesn’t make a dent in it. Ice cold showers make a couple of minutes dent in it. It is so awful that it makes me immediately suicidal. Note that I’m not an impulsive person at all, have never made a suicide attempt, don’t engage in self harm, etc. It feels like a danger to my life, and I am out of ideas of how to treat it (very healthy living, strict bed times, gym, nothing has helped.)
@I. Ehrenfest - It might be help to look into TIPP technique and vagal nerve stimulation techniques. What you describe is common in PTSD. So if trauma is relevant, getting some help with that might help silence the alarm. Other things to explore with your doctor if the aforementioned don’t help: clonidine, beta blockers, stellate ganglion block and transcutaneous vagal nerve stimulator.
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This is excellent. makes so much sense. Keep up the great work!
I would love a PDF guide about this content with explanations and exercises. Thanks for your work, I found it really helpful.
Yes for more content like this!!
I can see this being very helpful for those that find it difficult to go to sleep
Appreciated
Great video
This was really good and made total sense
Delighted you liked it. We just put another mindfulness related clip up, do check it out!
Very helpful indeed, did you do a guided visualisation example too?
The Power of Emotional Awareness: How to develop this Crucial Metacognitive Skill
ua-cam.com/video/GF4-cKvbgrs/v-deo.html
Great
Thanks Dr!
I desperately wish to handle my anxiety with skills. But I’m often in a state of unreasoned terror, which doesn’t occur because of thoughts and may descend the moment I wake up, without any prior thought or even true consciousness - and it doesn’t seem to be penetrable by any skill. Even Valium, means of last resort (which I normally never take) doesn’t make a dent in it. Ice cold showers make a couple of minutes dent in it. It is so awful that it makes me immediately suicidal. Note that I’m not an impulsive person at all, have never made a suicide attempt, don’t engage in self harm, etc. It feels like a danger to my life, and I am out of ideas of how to treat it (very healthy living, strict bed times, gym, nothing has helped.)
@I. Ehrenfest -
It might be help to look into TIPP technique and vagal nerve stimulation techniques. What you describe is common in PTSD. So if trauma is relevant, getting some help with that might help silence the alarm.
Other things to explore with your doctor if the aforementioned don’t help: clonidine, beta blockers, stellate ganglion block and transcutaneous vagal nerve stimulator.
@@thePSYCHcollective Thank you for this and your other answer! Very kind.
@@thePSYCHcollective (and yes, I have a cPTSD diagnosis)
@I. Ehrenfest -
This might be relevant:
PTSD: addressing the root cause
ua-cam.com/video/-DnDhuKI73s/v-deo.html
@@thePSYCHcollective Thanks a ton, most helpful!
So is it basically living in the moment
These are fantastic, thank you so much.
You are very welcome
This was gud “not woo woo” at all.
Thanks, we agree: woo woo not needed