Racing Thoughts, Impending Doom and Fear of Losing Control
A guide to racing thoughts, hypervigilance, impending doom, intrusive thoughts, irritability and fears of dying, fainting, going mad or losing control.
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Anxiety United
Anxiety is a liar.
You’re not broken. You’re stuck in a cycle. You can get out of it.
Real support for anxiety and panic from someone who has lived with this for more than twenty years — and still struggles at times.
Start with what is happening now
What are you struggling with right now?
Choose the one that feels closest. You do not need to work out a diagnosis before you can start understanding what is going on.
Panic attacks
Racing heart, dizziness, breathlessness or fear of losing control.
→Constant worry
Overthinking, anxious thoughts and never feeling properly at ease.
→Avoiding things
Places, situations or sensations you are frightened to face.
→Health anxiety
Worrying about symptoms, checking and needing reassurance.
→Social anxiety
Fear of judgement, embarrassment or being watched.
→Can’t switch off
Trouble sleeping, feeling on edge and exhausted.
→Medication questions
Balanced information about options, side effects and withdrawal.
→Not sure
Something feels wrong, but you cannot put a neat label on it.
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Find your way around
Explore the most useful areas
No maze of vague wellness content. Just the stuff people with anxiety actually search for and need.
Understanding Anxiety
Learn what anxiety is, why it happens and how the cycle keeps itself going.
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Recovery & Treatment
Therapy, exposure, acceptance and the messy reality of getting your life back.
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Medication Guides
Clear information without telling you medication is either magic or poison.
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Free Resources
Audios, breathing tools and nature sounds without an email gate.
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Videos & Podcasts
Video series, podcasts, live streams and standalone explanations, all organised properly.
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My Story
More than twenty years of anxiety, progress, setbacks and ordinary life.
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Use something now
Free resources to help you right now
These tools can help you settle, understand what is happening or stop adding more fear to the fear.
Interactive exercise
2-to-1 Breathing Exercise
A simple interactive breathing exercise using a gentle three-second inhale and slower six-second exhale.
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Audio
Panic Attack Eliminator
A free guided audio from Billy Cross to help you understand what is happening during a panic attack, stop adding more fear to the sensations and allow the surge to pass without fighting it.
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Audio
Guided Relaxation Exercise
A free guided relaxation audio from Billy Cross to help you slow down, release some of the tension held in your body and take a proper break from constantly thinking, checking and trying to fix how you feel.
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This is personal
I’m not writing this from the other side of some perfect recovery.
I’m Billy Cross, the creator of Anxiety United. I have lived with anxiety, panic and all the strange little ways they can take over your life for more than twenty years. I have made progress, had setbacks, travelled, raised a family and carried on living. I still struggle sometimes. That is part of why this site exists.
The honesty matters. This is not a polished cure story designed to warm you up for a paid programme.
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