Frozen solid!!

D,

It gets better, honestly, though there are days I feel a little trepidation.  I can't say it's all out fear now, but it's still there sometimes.  When you feel like that, try to do stuff that gets your mind off of it, hopefully fun stuff.  Sometimes walking my dog or mowing the lawn helps....

I hope it gets easier for you quickly...

Hugs
Bobbie

Our minds can really play tricks with us at the most inopportune time.  I sometimes wonder, why can't it play these games with someone else or something that is much more fun than making me worry, worry, worry. 

I do find that distracting myself helps a lot.  Like Bobbie said a walk with the dog is good, a brainless movie, a phone call to a friend to hear what's going on with them or volunteer to help someone else.  Anything that takes your focus off of your fears.

(((Hugs))))

Yeah, good old distraction, and a frozen treat or two works wonders!

September is a busy month for me cancer-wise (Blood-work, Zometa, Onc, MRI) and I am already feeling the anxiety creep in. So, I go for a run, and it helps me think of something else.

Sending more calming vibes.....

Ihav4loves, I think what you were experiencing was post traumatic stress syndrome. It can sneak up on you are times and cause great anxiety and panic attacks. I believe that many of us just barreled through treatments while trying to be strong and brave, all while stuffing our excess anxiety. Now that we are coming up on anniversaries, or facing some other kind of stress in our lives, we can find ourselves having these moments of frozen fear. I know it happens to me from time to time and it was a very kind counselor that told me, "You never took a break, you are still healing emotionally, and this is post traumatic stress coming out". She also told me it was a good thing to get it out, even if it is painful and frightening when it happens. Now that I can recognize what it is when it is happening, I calm a lot quicker now. It sure is exhausting though when it happens!