Anxiety Self Help

soi was at church today and my uncle asked me to do the prayer for the devotional portion of the service and of course i told him yeah i would do it. even prayer comes from the heart, i was confident in what i wanted to pray about, i even had in my mind what i wanted to say. so when the time came for me to do it, i got to the podium and little by little, i started to have a loss for words. i even forgot the verse i had in my mind i wanted to mention. it was a complete bomb out but it was embarrassing cuz i started using words i had no intention of using at all. gah anxiety sucks cuz stuff like this happens to me. oh well, at least i didnt make an idiot of myself.

My Comments From: wanttoheal May 30 2011, 3:03 pm that took courage to accept doing the prayer. even if you didn't do as you planned, you still did it. good for you! peace! From: kellyleapettry May 29 2011, 10:20 pm I have had many blackouts, and even tho you were ready and mindset to lead prayer in front of everyone, your anxiety wasn't. It is hard to understand why our body and mind is so crazy at times but it happens all too often. Just take a deep breath and focus. I have had to teach this to myself so many times. You can do it! :) From: wrld_n_my_eyez May 29 2011, 10:05 pm that is the one reason why I cant stand speaking in front of groups...I just completely blank out, I dont what happens I just forget and I cant think about anything...sorry to read that you had a hard time with it. Does your church know that you have anxiety?