by ed73 on June 16th, 2009, 10:43 am
Anthony,
My most sincere apologies if my reply was harsh or disrespectful, it wasnt my intention but I honestly stand for what I said.
The first thing you want to change about BFS is the way you react to your symptoms. Thats the whole key about it. Let me ask you ¿ How many times do you breath per day? I guess you dont have a clue about it, why? simply because you arent focus all day on your breathing. This same concept you can use it with BFS, the mental approach means everything with BFS.
Soon enough youll find yourself absolutely detached from the self-inflicted suffering implied in thinking over and over again the same absurd thoughts; for instance Anthony, let me give you some examples of how unhealthy my thinking patterns were a couple of months ago :
They were a grueling obssession like this :
- Death, death, death.
- Who is going to look up for my kids?
- Im desperate, my body has developed an uncurable pseudo-neurological/mental condition !!!!!!!!
- Nobody knows anything for sure about this BFS crap, not even trained neurologists, Im doomed for life!!!!!
- OMG, its getting worse and worse!!!!!!!!!
But then, I had an epiphany ! I was slave of my own mind, that was it!, so the only way out was simply tricking my mind into other type of thinking patterns, it was a matter a having a mental habit the other way, slowly I replaced my thoughts with new ones :
- Yes, I twitch, tingle, buzz, so what?
- Does BFS prevent me from doing anything I like? No, so I better be enjoying everthing I love to do instead of whinning and complaining about something that I cant change.
- Im alive and healthy , period, I assume this as an absolute truth!
- It feels so good to be able to let go so much pain and suffering!!!
and so on.....
You mentioned anxiety, let me share with you some things that helped me a lot:
- CBT therapy.
- Medication. There a plenty of options for short or long term management of anxiety, talk to your GP or you can even think about getting help from a psych.
- Relaxation techniques, a basic tool for managing anxiety.
- A healthy diet.
And always remember Anthony, BFS always get better with time, just check the 7+ years of archives of the board. You wont be the exception, be positive about that.
Finally about the bong joke, why on earth you didnt mentioned that you were a police officer!!!! me and my big mouth!!!
Relax, Laugh and live!!!!!!!!!!
The best wishes for you and your loved ones,
Eduardo
PROUD AMBASSADOR OF THE BFS COMMUNITY IN COLOMBIA
TWITCH PRO SINCE JUL-08