Feb.8/12

Greetings Everyone,
   So are we all this evening? Hey,  a very big thank you all of you who are reading my blog and also to those of you that have commented on it here or at Facebook. Also thanks to those of you who 'like" my link at Facebook. I know that to assume makes an "ass out of u and me", but I am going to assume you are also reading my blog. So, thank you all for your support. It has been very encouraging to me and I really appreciate it. Okay, enough of the slobber talk...lets get down to business. I wanted to let you all in on a trick that I do to help alleviate my anxious thoughts or feelings. I call it "Rubber Band'.
   I don't remember where I picked this trick up last year (remember that my brain is mushy and quite forgetful), but it I found that it really helps. Lets just say that I read it somewhere. So the idea is to where a bigger rubber band around your wrist. I wear it on my right wrist, watch on the left. Whenever I start to feel as though anxious thoughts are brewing or I feel a small anxiety attack coming on, I start to snap that mofo onto the inside part of my wrist. Snap that thing hard!!! It has really helped me out a lot. And I truly mean that. The pain that it causes in that tender skin area is pretty darn intense! I had gotten a burn right near there on my wrist/forearm around the beginning of December.
   One day I am driving out to this rig that I don't like to go to and I start to feel anxious. I can feel my heartbeat picking up and my mind is starting to wander. I can feel that if I let this go and do not reign this in immediately, anxiety attack. So I decide to snap that elastic band. I pull back on that thing pretty far and SNAP!!! My anxiety was instantly gone, as was the small scab that had started to build up on that burn! lol. The point is, snapping the rubber band on your wrist a few times changes your thinking quite quickly. It forces your mind to stop focusing on the anxiety and to focus on the intense pain that your wrist has received. That is one of my favority anti-anxiety tools that I have, if not my favorite one. Another one that I like to do is with a cold cloth.
   Now we all know that we can get a significant amount of heat build up in our armpits or in our groins. A lot of times when I get an anxiety attack, I know that it is coming because my feet, my groin area and my armpits turn up to about 600 F. I think that I was mentioning earlier in the blog that I used some snow in Ponoka down my pants, on my forehead etc. Well, the cold cloth should be PRETTY obvious then eh? Okay, if it isn't I will explain it. Lol...just being a smart alec. Seriously though, I have kept a cloth in my freezer that I have also used from time to time to help cool me down. I have not understood why ones temperature goes up so rapidly with the anxiety attacks, but it does. I obviously need to bring it down immediately to help aid in calming down.
   Put the frozen cloth on your forehead, in your armpits or right between the legs near the delicates.This will really help you out immensely. Well, I'm taking to much of your time up this evening; I have written a lot over the last few weeks and I thought tonight I would make it a bit shorter for you all. Have a good evening and take care of yourselves and your families!