Dear Rideeta,

There is something you are not facing.  Anxiety begins somewhere.  There was a point in your life when you were not anxious.  Breathing fully into your lungs quells anxiety.  Learn to breathe fully.  Your chest hurts why?  GAD is a mental condition not a physical one.  The impact of your mental condition means it becomes physical.  There might be an underlying cause for your chest to hurt aside from your anxiety but the long term effect of anxiety is bodily weakness.

The only way you will ever stop being anxious is to embrace your life instead of being scared of it.  Sorry to disappoint you but there isn’t another way.  You have to do all the work.  Exercise routines such as Tai Chi or Yoga, Meditation, Mindfulness, Strauss, Musical Instruments, Painting, Nature, Long Country Walks, Swimming, Pottery, Pets – you have endless choices.

Peggy