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 don't know why when I get my anxiety going, I do stupid crap. like I over analyze the situation then draw conclusions to things that aren't there. like with text messages. I'll come to these conclusions, and I will send a text knowing I should not send that. Then I reflect after I calm down out of my fog. I'm like wtf? why did I do that
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The minute i began reading your post it hit me, "too much thinking.)
Am preaching to myself here. If and when anxiety is giving me grief, I'll try to remember :
"Find something to occupy oneself" -- is mentioned here once in awhile. And sometimes we get obsessed on the idea. Rightfully so.
Get occupied, find a distraction. . . / Talking to oneself is for solving prob's, and a puppy is not getting any closer to a solution when chasing his tale
over analyzing a situation and just making things worse. because I panic, I think Oh my god I need to do this and this and this and this and this to fix things, it just makes everything worse.