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Posted 5/3/2008 9:07 PM (GMT 0)
from your anxiety, going garage selling i went today and there was 50 different families and found some great stuff, gardening , getting away on a trip with family unless their fighting (kiddo's), flea markets love old things with history. i still have alittle anxiety in some situations but it just lifts my spirits to get to get away. and find some rare finds. and goodo hot bath. whats yours tongue
Posted 5/3/2008 9:14 PM (GMT 0)
Umm....I like dirt-bike riding. I love tricks, being in the air, and going fast! I love riding. Playing sports is really fun for me. Tennis, soccer, basketball, football, baseball, golf, anything! Its hard with my Fibro, but Im stubborn and refuse to give things up! I also like to read, outside. I love being outside because I find nature to be most relaxing. I love being on the beach or in the ocean. Trips cause me anxiety, but once I am there I find things to do. Watching my favorite tv shows...cleaning. Cleaning calms me for some reason...
Posted 5/3/2008 10:45 PM (GMT 0)

Hi All,

TeNNiSd0C09 I love you, you can clean my house, please  devil . 
Machelle, great topic.   I love to drive my brand new, just picked up today 2008 Dodge Caliber and of course it is inferno red.  I love red.  Yes I took the plunge, spent some money on me. I have named it Lil Red.  Yes I name my cars too  :)

I also love to see my granddaughters, ride my Harley and dance to the music.  I love this forum.

Kitt

Posted 5/4/2008 2:43 AM (GMT 0)
lol Kitt...of course, I will come clean for you! (or I would love too!) I enjoy cleaning because it gives me something to do. Its relaxing for me. And, when Im nervous or worried, it calms me. Plus, my ocd allows me to keep things straight, neat, and even! lol Plus, when Im done, things look so nice, I just love to make things look good! Like, Im sure your car looks good! Sounds nice! Its cool, bwt, my mom drives a school bus, her first one we named Miss Daisy...all the kids still call her that! We got a new bus this year, I named it Miss Rosie! So, all the kids call them both by their names! lol Ooo I love riding motorcycles!
Posted 5/4/2008 10:15 AM (GMT 0)
Things that take me away from my anxiety..hmmm, well I guess the most effective things are hard work, friends and family, laughter, gardening, jigsaws, study, music, drawing, trout fishing...and of course the occasional dose of 'retail therapy' lol.

Maree

Posted 5/4/2008 12:42 PM (GMT 0)

Hey, I like the "Retail therapy", now I have a bonafide excuse. devil

TeNNiS,  I love the school bus naming, what a hoot. How fun for the kids that ride the bus.

I hate to clean as I would rather be reading or on the computer but I also dislike the idea that it needs cleaning so the job gets done.  It was much more fun when my kids lived at home and they helped.

Come on all, share................be square, whatever.


Posted 5/4/2008 9:53 PM (GMT 0)
its going to sound funny but i have a tractor a little one and i have to mow alot, i love riding it and smelling fresh cut grass and relaxing because i was alone in my own little world. like when i had horses and i would go on trail rides out in the middle of nowhere and it was so peaceful
Posted 5/5/2008 1:35 AM (GMT 0)
Oh, yes!

The smell of freshly mown hay, the sound of rain, eating Mexican food, reading, cuddling with the kitties. Looking at a colorful sunset, watching lightning, observing wild animals. Sitting on the back porch in the dark on a summer night and listening to the crickets and watching lightning bugs. Watching big fluffy snow fall in the winter. Driving with the window open and the music on down the open highway.

Great thread, machelle!

percycat
Posted 5/5/2008 3:08 AM (GMT 0)
Watching rain

going to a beach

smell of fresh laundry(weird)

smell of fresh grass right in morning!!

roses

bird watching
nature walks

music
writing journal
cuddling my bf

the smell of fresh coffee
Driving with the window open and the music on down the open highway.(copied from percy....lol)
and so on
machelle this sounds a cool thread!!!!
Posted 5/5/2008 4:15 AM (GMT 0)
Getting out in the woods, looking for mushrooms, looking for rocks ( I am a rock hound ), painting, drawing, listening to music and gardening.

There may be more, but isn't it lovely to know that we do have these prescious things that soothe us?

Hugs to all, Karen
Posted 5/5/2008 5:16 AM (GMT 0)

Hey I have never looked for mushrooms but have picked berries by the side of the road.

I love to go to Lake Superior and stay in hotel right on the lake, the waves crashing on the rocks, now that will lull you to sleep.

Great thread..................... yeah
Kitt

Posted 5/5/2008 2:02 PM (GMT 0)
Great thread topic

Ok, this is going to make me sound girly, but shoe shopping is my "xanax". Shoe shopping cures every disease on the planet.

I also love putting laundry out on the line.
And just recently taken up cooking. Cooking gets my mind off everything.

I also love driving my fast sports car REALLY fast, Love loud metal music and hanging out with my cats.
Swimming is another way I relax and weight lifting.

But nothing beats shoe shopping ;-)
Posted 5/5/2008 2:15 PM (GMT 0)
Is it weird that when I saw this post I started singing (in my head, I am only a rockstar alone and in my car...LOL) the hewy lewis and the news song from back to the future movies. "Take me away, I don't mind, you just got to promise me I'll be back in time"
Posted 5/5/2008 2:17 PM (GMT 0)
Great topic.   The things that take me away are:   gardening sewing reading music the smell of freshly mown grass being outside (except in the winter, then I hibernate) Gardening and sewing in particular can take me away for hours at a time without even realizing it.   Wen
Posted 5/5/2008 6:30 PM (GMT 0)
I love this thread..helps us all get to know a little about each other...love the shoe shopping "xanax" all smiles here :)))
Maree
Posted 5/5/2008 9:29 PM (GMT 0)
i am a rock hound too i go to all the rock shows and have went digging too, its funny how music bring you back and set in the young mood and just turn loose singing and stuff
Posted 5/5/2008 11:12 PM (GMT 0)
Hey all!
I also really love hearing ocean waves, they calm me. But the most relaxing thing to me is being somwhere very familiar, like home with the people I love. Im only 12 years old (I know, Im young to have a panic disorder) but I find school calming, I used to think school was boring but now its my key to happiness. It keeps me busy which keeps me from thinking bad thoughts. But a warm shower or bath never hurts, that usually helps me breath easier. I also agree with peacesoul, shoe shoping can fix anything. Somtimes just talking to one of your crazist friends can work wonders
I love hearing all your thoughts so pls keep writing,
Brenna

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Posted 5/6/2008 1:53 AM (GMT 0)
Brenna,

Hear, hear! Count me in on talking with crazy friends! I have a couple of girlfriends from my college days that I still keep in touch with, and we will usually convulse in schoolgirl giggles about something before the night's over.

Book shopping is my xanax (and my klonopin, and ativan, and ...). I knew I was in trouble the one and only time I had a panic attack in a book store!

percycat
Posted 5/6/2008 2:36 AM (GMT 0)
Brenna, you go girl. I future shoe addict I see...haha!

You are young to have panic but you know what, obviously smart and wise enough to talk about it at such a young age that you know what; I bet ALL MY SHOES you will over come this.
Hang tough and keep learning about your condition.

It's SO GREAT that you love school. Keep up the good work
Posted 5/6/2008 4:03 AM (GMT 0)

Navy............I am with you.

I come home in the morning light,
My mother says "When you gonna live your life right?"
Oh,mother,dear,
We're not the fortunate ones,
And girls,
They wanna have fu-un.
Oh,girls,
Just wanna have fun.

Brenna,
Talking with friends is fun, to laugh at our silly times together and when I say something silly one of my friends might say, Oh your crazy.  My answer now days is Yes I am!  Then we laugh about that.
Hang in there hun and keep on looking for the good times in each day.
Hugs

Kitt

Posted 5/7/2008 8:31 PM (GMT 0)
Ok, i'll join in on the fun.

Riding my bicycle, taking photos of birds (hawks and ravens are my favorite), going to the beach, hanging out with my friends, reading sometimes helps, archery (though its been a while since i've done that), cleaning, Watching funny movies!, talking to my mom on the phone, MUSIC is a life saver, going to my psychiatrist (most of the time, sometimes not :), Painting, drinking tea, saving money (like adding money to my savings account always brings a sense of security)... And writing on this forum helps me so much.

breathe easy_
dan
Posted 5/7/2008 11:43 PM (GMT 0)
Reading books (I love to read!!)
Spending time on the internet
Watching the birds at my birdfeeder
Posted 5/8/2008 1:06 AM (GMT 0)
hi, great topic,
I too love to get away and not have to think about all thats wrong.
shopping, nothing like a bit of retail therapy
and most of all it helps to have someone to talk to and get hugs from.......
Posted 5/8/2008 2:13 AM (GMT 0)
Cool Topic....

Mine are:  Figure Ice Skating (although it has been way too long).  I used to take lessons and give lessons in a public club as a child and until I was 15 years old.  I always had a dream of being the next Dorothy Hamil, so I like to get out for the last late night session on the rink where not many people are around and glide, turn, jump (um..then fall) and pretend.  I honestly can feel my skate becoming one with the ice and its like nothing can touch me.  I'm in my own private moment - that of course needs music too!

Also, gardening as I am now up to 18 flower plants and have just started working on growing vegetables from seed.

Last, I love writing and when I finally get a good and firm concentration going, hours can fly!

Cass

Posted 5/9/2008 10:54 AM (GMT 0)
Love this thread

Mine are
Reading ( reading a fantastic book now)
MY birds
I am going to get out in the garden .I love that as well

Crocheting
Doing crafts
Making Collages of Family and friends pics

Plenty more but I will be back...lol
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