Anxiety Support Group
Anxiety is a physical condition marked by intense and persistent feelings of distress, fear, angst or dread. General anxiety caused by routine day-to-day stresses usually passes quickly and is experienced by almost everyone at one time or another. However, such feelings that linger over time and are very difficult to cope with, and which lack a clear cause, may indicate...
I just realized the other day that "posting" on facebook (just facebook) is a trigger for my anxiety 0___o I wonder why? Does anyone else here feel that social media can sometimes be a trigger?... I have gone without facebook for 4 months before, and I could care less about it... I am not addicted to it, and I have unsubscribe notifications from it and I hardly check it. Yet, when I find myself in that part of the internet I cant help feel the desire to "connect", dont know if thats the right word here. I Mostly keep it for family things and news etc. I could careless if some person is eating pizza for their breakfast.
so I am wondering why, posting something simple as a picture of (i dont know, say...) a cute cat on my wall (just an example), causes me to be filled with anxiety... when its something so small, I mean It shouldnt worry me? I know it shouldnt give me anxiety but it does! atleast thats how i think it should be? Please let me know If you feel this way too? It is awfully silly and embarassing to have anxiety over facebook.. isnt it?
I guess I am just trying to find comfort that I am not alone in this feeling.
Our desire is to be received well, and when we share even the most benign and innocent content it can be provoke anxious feelings that might be from an earlier mindset and kind of rearing there ugly heads.
If you enjoyed what you wanted fI share, if it made you smile and you want others to experience that same pleasure, then simply tell your mind to shush.
I love funny cat videos. Share to your hearts content.
Don't think too much about it, just be you, anxious moments and all. Xo
Ps - watch Mooji on fb. His Facebook page is a goodie to have in your feed because it's daily doses of pure wisdom and positivity that is super helpful to calm moments like this and others.
I think when we've been isolated for reasonable periods of time we have anxiety attacks when we interact with other people. It's a kind of learning thing. And so I for one have experienced some serious anxiety attacks from some very basic things. But I don't keep getting an attack from the same thing.
so do the thing, have the attack, and in a few days when you've got yourself calmed down, do it again. And again. And again. This is you clearing your minefield. It's a good thing.
I dont make any kind of posts on facebook anymore, coz I dont want to be judge also, but that doesnt matter to me.
I dont exclude my page because its where my family posts pictures of my little cousin that leaves very far from me, and its one of the few things that make me smile anymore. I took almost everyone out of facebook, but the effect still the same.
So yes Facebook, its not good.
As for animal pics - I post freely about my beloved pups, my garden and when there is drama on FB I post lots of cute animal videos as a way of fighting the negativity.... and I have actually been thanked by several people who appreciate my posting things that give people a smile for the day instead of drama.