Any tips on calming down racing thoughts and heart ?

[Myers]

As the Title says ... please , I really want to get better but I'm having a hard time managing my feelings and it's really overwhelming. Does anyone have any tips ? I would really appreciate it please.

 

[Meteora]

Depends a bit where the racing thoughts stem from. Is it anxiety? Anyway, physical exercise helps me to a certain degree.

 

[DeadButDreaming]

Are you seeing a psychiatrist?

 

[Jorms_McGander]

As the Title says ... please , I really want to get better but I'm having a hard time managing my feelings and it's really overwhelming. Does anyone have any tips ? I would really appreciate it please.

Sure: from DBT therapy, and only to be used in high distress --

Breath in through your nose to a count of 4, hold to a count of 6, breathe out through your mouth to a count of 8. Vary the counts to be comfortable, but always counting up by two.

Place an ice pack over your eye sockets, hold your breath, lean forward a little if it's comfortable. This triggers the dive response and will wipe out any emotion as your body prepares to swim in freezing water.

These are for periods of high distress. You do want to be using more everyday coping mechanisms on average but this will, especially the second one, reduce your heart rate.

A third option is to do strenuous exercise, which won't slow your heart but will make it very difficult to keep spiraling around the same thoughts. It's just hard to think of other things during conscious exertion.

Good luck

 

[HopingOnaMiracle]

As the Title says ... please , I really want to get better but I'm having a hard time managing my feelings and it's really overwhelming. Does anyone have any tips ? I would really appreciate it please.

Excersize can also be walking for 30 mins. You can listen to music or podcast if you want
Meditation helps me a lot when I'm not too fucked up. If you are inexperienced Start with some short ones (3-5 mins) you'll find them on youtube.