Anticipatory Anxiety...gotta hate it. I'm famous for anticipatory anxiety. Seems no matter how hard I try to ignore it, try to think of something else, it's always there when I'm facing an outing, going outside my "comfort zone." Sometimes it gets so bad that I end up not facing the task ahead. Completely my own fault, there is not anyone to blame but myself. I accept blame quite while and try to learn from it, however I've learned little about overcoming anticipatory anxiety.
Perhaps trying to ignore or preoccupied myself with something else is not the way of overcoming anticipatory anxiety. Maybe I need to face it head on, challenge it, fight it. Hmmm...sounds good. Of course figuring out HOW to do that is easier said then done.
Breathing slowing and focusing on making myself calm and relaxed is always a good thing, but I've not had great success with this technique when dealing with anticipatory anxiety. In all fairness, I've not practice this as faithfully as I should. YES...practice what you preach!! I've always advocated in the slowing breathing technique and to practice, practice, practice. Shame on me for not following my advice.
I have real reason for not practicing slowing breathing for anticipatory anxiety other then laziness. Again, shame on me. So, now that I've made it public that I've not practiced what I preached, I will have to follow through and do what I must. Practice, practice, practice. Stop the catastrophic thinking and the "what if's" and just practice my breathing.
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