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...
while I’m not sure any of this will work for me or anyone else I find that having a lot of options calms me down. I wrote down everything that I could think of and anything that I could find online about handling anxiety and depression. I have a list of about a dozen different things from excercise to writing a journal. This way when something gets me anxious or gets me down I have some tool in place already and sometimes just that is enough to snap me out of it. Maybe I’m not as afflicted as others by these and I still suffer from them, but I know the only choice I have is to fight through it. With or without medication there are people out there that have overcome anxiety and depression so I believe others can do it too and so should all of you.
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I did the dumbest thing today. I charged my earbuds, unplugged the block and put the block in my little bag instead of the earbuds. I wasn't happy about that when I got to the gym. What a dummy!
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Ever since I stopped doing therapy because of insurance, I've been feeling that old tense and irritable sense of anxiety and stress. I hate that. I was making so many strides and changes during therapy, my therapist would acknowledge all of my progress and accomplishments, and I miss that reassurance. Today I thought about it, and I made those changes! She would always tell me that I chose to...
As I read the rest of the post, I realized you are speaking of what I call, "My Therapy Toolbox." That metaphorical box where I store the psych tools I use to prevent that and many other anxiety related symptoms. I still suffer allot of anxiety, etc., but the tools help manage ^it^ well enough to get through my days without undue suffering.