During an anxiety attack I tend to faint. Like, full on faceplant on the floor with my eyes rolling to the back of my head. This has happened once during exercise, and now I get anxiety worrying about if it will happen again. Which usually causes me to get very dizzy and feel uncomfortable during hard exercise.
Other times the anxiety attack might cause me to get cotton mouth. My tongue feels dry and double the size, my throat closes and feels like I ate an entire beach and I feel really uncomfortable. Anxiety is different for everybody, and not knowing when I'll get anxiety next or how it will play out is causing me a lot of stress, and I tend to take the easy way out and avoid situations that might trigger my anxiety. I find it sad, because exercise is important, and I will regret it when I get older if I don't take care of my body while I still can.
What I can do is yoga, and I try to do it as often as possible, I also have got some exercise equipment at home, and I've recently started going for a slow jog in the mornings (my trick againt the cottonmouth situation is chugging a pound or so of water before leaving the house, chewinggum and those chewing mints against cottonmouth you can by at your local pharmacy). I take it slow, and I should I feel uncomfortable I immediately stop jogging, and start walking instead. Overall, I'm sure it won't trigger a massive weight loss, but I don't need it to either. I'll do what I can, within my comfort zone, and with time that line will stretch and I'll (hopefully) be comfortable doing more. Have a great night, anxiety or not. Thank you for reading (-:
