Start by reading My Story, linked below. It gives a basic insight into what happened leading up to me having a stress collapse with accompanying anxiety attacks. My story /Christopher
Meditation techniques
Introduction One of the first things I was presented with when googling stress, PTSD, anxiety and depression was meditation. There were an extreme amount of articles and pages written by people who have obviously gone through some things in life and some who are obviously running a marketing machine. There are several branches of meditation that are...
Breathwork techniques - Buteyko Breathing
Introduction I was trained in a breathing technique that is in very sharp contrast to other breathing techniques I use. This is called Buteyko Breathing. It was developed by Konstantin Buteyko, a Ukrainian doctor who spent part of his career working in Russia. Basically, it involves breathing through...
Juli/August
It was vacation time for my lovely family - including myself. Even though I was prepared to be positive and enjoy a vacation with my family, I knew it was going to be extremely demanding. We took a trip to Bornholm, where the first demanding stage was the ferry. It was insanely demanding and took all...
Breathing techniques - breathwork
Introduction One of the first things I wish I would have stumbled upon is breathing techniques. It's undeniably linked to mediation, yoga, and being mindful. But the techniques, in isolation, are so powerful that it should be something everyone has access to and can master. It's possible to learn and I had to learn it myself...
June
As we entered June, it was now 6 months since my adventure with stress & panic anxiety started. I had been seriously struggling every single fuc.... day to get out of bed, breathe, be mindful, do yoga, exercise, take ice cold baths, do body therapy and get acupuncture. In addition to this was...
How to reduce a panic/anxiety attack with Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT)
What is EFT: Emotional freedom technique (EFT) is a great method to ease your panic/anxiety attack, or generally just a stressful situation by 15-20%. The method was developed by Gary Craig in the 90s. It's a technique that requires a bit of practice and needs to be maintained to stimulate the nervous system. But it's extremely effective...
May
Stepping into the month of May was crazy. I was still feeling crazy bad on a general level, but had a good grip on all sorts of activities to fill my days. Besides hard strength training, body therapy and just generally being mindful about what I was doing, I had now also started Yoga,...
How to stop a panic/anxiety attack on the go
What is an anxiety attack: An anxiety attack is a very violent feeling that your body is being taken over by something you can't control. An anxiety attack typically comes out of the blue or is triggered by something. When it creeps up on you, it's usually with a feeling that you're about to die....
April
As we entered April, I was really getting into the phase where I could start to notice different changes in my body - still on the dark side, but I could clearly distinguish between the symptoms My immune system was still completely down and the sore throats came and went like rain on a...