Mind! I just started drinking coffee again a couple weeks ago. I used to love my coffee and have many mugs proclaiming that to be so. So when my therapist suggested I stop drinking coffee, I begrudgingly did. Not long after that this anxiety thing went off the rails and the mere thought of coffee could send me into a tail spin. Recently I decided I wanted my life BACK and I defiantly decided coffee was a good place to start. Well…. After a couple weeks I almost decided to quit today because, as you said my heart races for a bit after I drink it and the fear speak in my head is so loud!! Now after reading this…. I will NOT give up my coffee again. What I’m gonna do is keeping drinking it and remind myself the faster heart rate is my body reacting to the caffeine and that’s ok. Thanks as always! 😊
This is spot on. I was afraid of coffee for a long time because it’s the first thing people say when you start being anxious— “stop drinking coffee!” I remember ordering decaf in a restaurant and then being afraid that they had accidentally given me regular. Now I am able to drink as much as I want (which is really just one cup in the mornings) because I finally realized that if it speeds up my heart a little bit, who cares. That isn’t the same thing as “causing anxiety.”
“Afraid they gave me regular”…. That has literally run through my head every time we eat out! No more, it’s regular for me again, pounding heart and all 😅
Drew…. It’s like you read my
Mind! I just started drinking coffee again a couple weeks ago. I used to love my coffee and have many mugs proclaiming that to be so. So when my therapist suggested I stop drinking coffee, I begrudgingly did. Not long after that this anxiety thing went off the rails and the mere thought of coffee could send me into a tail spin. Recently I decided I wanted my life BACK and I defiantly decided coffee was a good place to start. Well…. After a couple weeks I almost decided to quit today because, as you said my heart races for a bit after I drink it and the fear speak in my head is so loud!! Now after reading this…. I will NOT give up my coffee again. What I’m gonna do is keeping drinking it and remind myself the faster heart rate is my body reacting to the caffeine and that’s ok. Thanks as always! 😊
This is spot on. I was afraid of coffee for a long time because it’s the first thing people say when you start being anxious— “stop drinking coffee!” I remember ordering decaf in a restaurant and then being afraid that they had accidentally given me regular. Now I am able to drink as much as I want (which is really just one cup in the mornings) because I finally realized that if it speeds up my heart a little bit, who cares. That isn’t the same thing as “causing anxiety.”
“Afraid they gave me regular”…. That has literally run through my head every time we eat out! No more, it’s regular for me again, pounding heart and all 😅
Wake up to a hot cup of coffee and wise words...and surrender to the experience. Love it 💛