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[elvendoll]

i'm in an odd mood...

i remember when it started, and am kinda confused by that...
so i've come home, been mellow, watched some tv, finished my book & played online...
debating going to the club tonight, but i don't feel a particular desire - the only reason i am considering it is because dancing my do me some good - we'll see...

and i really was going to write more, i swear! ...its just gone now...

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[scuba.livejournal.com]

In my experiences with drug related anxiety, trying to find a warm center of calm is next to impossible because not being able to find a calm spot is the cause of it. What I've found to function effectively is to give in and stop trying to fight it.

Granted, my drug related anxieties were caused by acid, which is a little more severe than any pot related anxiety I can imagine(in regards to functionality and ease of escape, at least), but in both major occurrences, giving your mind total freedom to do what it will has always brought me back(in a roundabout manner). Normally, this is how I approach drug experiences, but external influence can effect that. If you're in company that is unable to accept that you're letting your mind go off and play, the best bet is to get someone who can take you away from the environment or go somewhere else, if possible.

I'm not sure how well that applies to anxiety attacks of any format, but I consider a bad trip to be an anxiety attack at the perfectly wrong time.

[elvendoll.livejournal.com]

in my experience with anxiety, they're not focussed in the head, but in the stomach area... so its not about 'finding a warm center of calm' but about shifting your concentration to where the anxiety attack is, and trying to get in tune enough with it to find the control to relax that area...
being distracted under really comfortable circumstances can help because 'being in the moment' of the anxiety attack can hinder your ability to deal with - like the more it bothers you, the sharper you feel it, so shifting concentration to a calm discussion about something else can shift focus enough to allow the anxiety to pass...

and i know those two sound contradictory - i guess the difference is, when trying to shift your focus of concentration (at least for me) it like moving my center of where i am coming from to my stomach area, while just concentrating on/being bothered by anxiety involves the internal looking down from the head to the stomach, disliking what is happening there and feeling very out of control...