Fighting Anxiety

Hi Guys.....

Did u ever feel that you always tend to be anxious about what future has in store for you? Since the past couple of months there has been constant anxious feeling in me. I see that it prohibits me to enjoy life to the maximum.. As many of them have rightly put it, I've been having this "fear of fear". I am more of a sensitive kind of person. Not to an extreme though :)

I have performed very well academically, and have worked in top companies for 3 years. Later I took a break from work and completed my higher studies. The last 5 to 6 months was a stressful time for me. Competing for a good job, trying to find out about the kind of role I wanted to perform at work and many other things started to put pressure on me.

Later I found that one fine day, I started having this fearful feeling inside me for no reason. Apparently there was a lot of stress I had undergone. This was a couple of months back. Later after feeling dejected that I had to undergo this constant feeling of worry, I started taking many corrective steps toward leading a stress-free life. I found that yoga, meditation, exercise and prayer helped me a lot to overcome this feeling. Now I feel that though there is still this anxious feeling within, it has reduced to a tremendous extent as compared to what I had before. Also, reading motivating articles in Educopark has helped me sail through this rough patch of mine.

I wanted to get your views on the steps that I could take to steadily win over this condition. I want to completely overcome this and want my fun-filled life back. Sharing your experiences would also be of real help. 
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Hi Santosh,
I understand you because I've also had such feeling several years ago. I was pretty anxious regarding what other people think or say about me. I cannnot say for sure what helped me most, but probably it was discovering myself, understanding what I want in this life and following my dreams and wishes, my trace no matter what other people say...
In discovering myself the books of Osho helped me most. And in defining my life trace the best book for me was "First Things First" by Steven Covey.

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Santosh, only experiences and patience makes u a tough person.Just inculcate a positive attitude always and I am telling u this out of my own experiences.Speak to ur best friends when u feel worried about something.

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Thanks a lot for your support guys.. I am in the process of rediscovering myself. Have taken to exercising, yoga, mediation etc to beat the blues. Somehow it just happens as natalie described in her post "don't let fear direct your life" that there are suden bursts of fear inside me. At that time, being positive and hopeful goes for a toss. I lie there just to let this pass. It take s a while but goes away...I just wanna get over these fears soon. I have seen that in the past few months it has reduced due t meditation etc. I am happy that god is putting me thru such tests to make me emerge stronger and victorious. Also, reading through everyone's experiences here int this forum helps a lot. So urge people to post their experiences and share their views...

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Hi all, I am new to this forum and stumbled across this thread for it resebles a situation in which I am in... Like what Santosh has said, I am going through a similar phase of life. Except for a few modifications.

I have a fear of failure that is controlling me all over. I have joined a new job post my break in work life (coz I took up higher studies). This job has too much of stress involved and I am not able to take it at this point in time. It is getting over my head and everyday I wake up with the thought "Oh God! I dont want to go to this office anymore".

This thought stays with me the entire days and troubles not only me, but also my entire family. They have never seen me like this. In fact, I am popular among those who know me as a person who always cracks jokes and enjoys his life. But now it has all gone completely for a toss. My family motivates me to the maximum extent and I come to office with full energy and I tell myself that these are just passing clouds. But the moment I get loaded with tasks which are very important and I am responsible for everything, I get back to square one and start thinking that it is impossible for me. This feel is totally driving me crazy and I am struggling hard to get over it.

Seeing this thread, I felt there are people who have gone through similar patches and it is entirely in my hands to get over it. But then every attempt I make to get over it goes in vain. Please suggest me some things I can do to get back my charm and life.

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Hi Ragavin and Santosh

I can fully understand where you are coming from, and one of the things that happen to keep us in this dark pit is being very negative and cynical. I was that way also years ago but got through it with the strength of our Father.



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