I see a lot of people who have crippling anxiety here work out to feel better. My crippling anxiety kind of paralysis my legs (or at least feels like it to the point that I can’t even walk). Does anyone have similar symptoms and solution for it?
I am in therapy right now but just wanted to hear from someone who is also going through it

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Yes, it used to be exactly the same way for me as well. Let alone legs, I could not even move my fingers when in panic attack. Learnt the box breathing technique which takes about 10 mins to calm me down, then gently stretches while sitting, essentially my body used to store my anxiety (not sure if I am able to explain this correct) and any movement along with breathing deeply helped to reduce the stored anxiety, post that I learnt to do 7 mins of fast work out (I relapsed so now it's brisk walking than floor exercises) but it does help me to get the anxiety out of body even if a bit.

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