How can I overcome anxiety if I can't talk to a therapist or my own doctor?

Talking to someone you feel more comfortable with talking with or a family you’re close with. Also, talking on online chats could help.

There're more ways than those to, at least, cope with it. You have listeners here for starters, to help you vent out your anxiety or you can try to distract yourself to get some space between you and your problem, so you can have some perspective and insight.

The help of your therapist and doctor are a must, but to help yourself you can start by completing our self help guide, following this link https://www.7cups.com/anxiety-help/ .

Personally, I find mindfulness meditation really useful for my anxiety. There is a 7Cups section dedicated to this under the 'Path' tab. Also, there are tons of videos, sites and apps that contain exercises for mindfulness meditation.

Usually when I get anxiety I get really panicky. One more thing my mom did teach me is whenever you think you're having a panic attack. Press on your stomach muscles as if you're going to take a poop. Concentrate on that and your breathing. It doesn't match your heart that helps it slow down and regain once your heart slows down your brain. It'll give you a time to rationally think

There are plenty of things you can do to help yourself overcome anxiety. Firstly, joining 7cups is a great start :) You can talk to listeners or fellow members suffering with anxiety. Personally I found a lot of help from self help books. It may take a little research to find the best one for you, but help is out there!

Talk about it with a trusted friend! I myself have anxiety and it made me nervous to speek but I felt a lot better talking to my friend

I find the best way to break the ice is to write down your issues or questions the day before and on the day of the appt., give them the paper to go over with you.

Start out small and talk to a close friend first, or a loved one. It allows you to see that your emotions are okay and that nothing bad will happen from opening up. I also want to say that you are very brave in the first place for simply just coming up to us and asking this question. You are so brave to reach out this hand, and I am very proud of you. Just remember to overcome your anxiety, you have to do baby steps. If you don't have a friend or love one to talk to, start here at 7cups. Get encouraged by other members who know what you are going through to help you make that big first step to talking to your doctor or therapist. Nothing is wrong with going slow at your own pace.

Try online sites, like this one, that work with you and talk one on one with you. The best thing to do is find someone you can talk about your problems with. If you cant do that try writing in a journal and keeping track of your feelings.