Hello lovelies,
I know I normally post about beauty products but I also want this blog to be about inner beauty... When we feel good on the inside we look better on the outside. I personally feel that you have to feel great about yourself in order to truly look beautiful, we all know stress can cause dry skin, oily skin, breakouts lack of sleep leading to dark circles etc so I thought I would share with you one of my biggest troubles and how I manage to subside it making both my inner and outer self look healthier and happier.
Not all of my friends and family know but anxiety is something that I have had trouble with for years, I have had a few panic attacks over there past 10 years but have also suffered nervousness, night scares and lack of motivation due to this.
Thankfully I have not had a panic attack for over a year, even though I sometimes feel them coming on I am good now at calling my sister or my mum and just having a pointless conversation with them just to keep my mind off my breathing and this seams to work really well.
Although the attacks have subsided I still get really bad anxiety particularly in university. I do like uni and what I'm studying I just think it is the lack of control I have over when I get to speak and a nervousness I get from the possibility of not knowing answers. The logical bit of my conscience tells me that it does not matter and that if I don't know the answer at least I can find it out, but the anxiety has meant that sometimes I say I don't know the answer even when I do in fear that it may be wrong and on bad days I will miss the class completely. I know this just sounds like I am a lazy student but if I explain that I always had 95-100% attendance in school and get up for work every weekend at 4am or 5am to get to work you see I am committed to learning and working.
In my first year of uni I had to get up at 5:30 each morning to travel there but even that was not enough to get me in all of my classes. Although I have far from overcome my anxiety I have learnt that having 1 or 2 people you can speak to when you feel it coming on is a great way of suppressing it for an hour or two.
In college I learnt psychology in which we studied cognitive behavioural therapy, now I haven't been to the doctors or been to therapist but I do think this is a great method of overcoming anxiety. By taking a step back and rationalising where your fear came from and why it is irrational has helped me surpass some of my anxieties.
Over the past 5years I have been able to go to some classes even when my heads telling me to run, stop myself from having panic attacks and cut down the amount of night scars I had, this may not seam like much to most people but for me these are big changes and my skin is much healthier as a result.
I hope this has helped some people realise that anxiety is something a lot of people have and affects people in many different ways. This is not something to be ashamed or embarrassed about. If you also suffer please take my advise and speak to someone close about it; I chose my mum but for you it may be a friend or a therapist, no matter who you choose it will help.
Please comment below if you have also written about your anxiety, I would love to hear your story. And remember a smile is the most beautiful thing you can wear, especially when its a real one!
Ciao
xxx
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