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...

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Found A Letter to my Anxious Brain Online

Edger
Edger
I have GAD. While searching for somthing to help me with my anxiety I came across a website. The website is http://hellogiggles.com.
A woman wrote a letter to her anxious brain. Its very emotional and made me feel a little more hope. I have been having lots of anxiety lately.
eshaw
eshaw
Hi. I'm sorry you're having a difficult time managing your anxiety. I'm not sure this will help you but just since this afternoon it has helped me. My therapist said instead of trying to "calm down" or meditate to relax, just pay attention to the sounds around you. She said when we do this our brains shift from the emotional center and get the frontal cortex, the thinking part of our brains to work better. It's only been a day but I've been doing it all day and its really helped me to stay grounded and decrease anxiety. Hope it works for you.
Community LeaderMid
Mid
Distract the direction that the brain is constantly stopping and going into the usual pattern, whatever works to help you move through it...and movement is natural distraction.

The meditation or relaxation works when your brain is churning into chaos, the movement of the body works when your body is churning into chaos. So whichever distraction works, hurrah!

Best wishes!
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