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...
Received this from a coach today and thought it might be helpful: "Its important to stop feeding your worries and use that time to feed your spirit instead today. Remember what you love. Say so out loud. Name as many things as possible. Such as I love to walk in nature. or I love to watch funny movies. I love eating ice cream and watching a beautiful sunset. or I love riding my bike. I love having a cup of tea with a good friend or I love waxing my car in the park. Name as many things you love to do as possible and then do one of those things today. You have time. Its good for everyone if you do what you love." - Sonia
I've been in a 7 year dry spell in drawing which I LOVE TO DRAW.......so I went upstairs to my art room that I put together 3 years ago and drew for awhile :)
(it really felt good)
I love my family!
I love my friends!
I love my cat and dog!
I love my pond...even though I have a string algae problem..yuk!
I love helping folks overcome anxiety!
I love the arts!
I love music!
I love dancing!
I love looking at water and bonfires!
I love cooking!
I love adventures!
Hmmmmmm...this could go on all night! Thanks for the positive vibes!
I love positive vibes..haha!
I love hanging out with my cats.
I love old episodes of "Murder She Wrote."
I love learning about discoveries people are making that change the world.
I love getting in touch with old friends.
I love trying something new and learning I can master it.
I love giggling about silly things....
I love gardening and digging in the dirt :)
I love talking......
I love learning new things.....
I love improv and comedy.....
I love old movies.....especially Disney
I love watching my dog and cat play together.
I love singing.
I love dancing.
I love going to the dog park.
I love watching a storm.
I love the beach.
I love a good movie.
I could go on and on and on......thanks!!! :D
Now, I've started to take time to appreciate things you only notice when you slow down - a beautiful spring day, the birds singing, the buds beginning to open up. My cat going bat-shit crazy when a moth gets in the house, a great book I can savor, a long shower, going through old letters, browsing magazines and catalogs.
Sometimes just noticing makes all the difference.
This world is going at a fast pace and is full of stress.....no wonder anxiety is at an all time high. I'm glad I've gotten off the rat race track.....
I think one of the amazing things is that we have achieved - as a side effect for anxiety - that slowing down - is what most people LONG for. (Not the anxiety itself of course)
When I talk with people, they say they WISH they had the time to sit with their cat or watch a sunset. The truth is that they HAVE the same amount of time everyone else does but they don't MAKE the time to enjoy these things. They're racing around with a long list of "have to's." (which often aren't really even "have to's" but more "shoulds" and imaginary obligations they make up to keep themselves in the rat race)
And so many of those who are busy have lost the ability to even see the bunny in the yard or the rare hummingbird. All this beauty is just "background noise" or annoyances to them.
We have a gift. We KNOW that these things are what life is all about.
Yes, I have anxiety which is an intensely unpleasant feeling. But I know of no other group that has the capacity to feel intense joy at those everyday miracles.
We're kind of amazing that way.