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...
Does anyone else Stim when they hit a peak in their anxiety?
I flick my fingers, twist my wrist really quickly, flail my arms, and touch my middle finger to my thumb repetitively
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I haven't written in my diary on my computer since May because I thought that my computer was dying. I got away from writing but my computer is hanging in there. I think that I will start writing in it again. It's so therapeutic.
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Years ago, I won a mirrored armoire from my job. It's in my bedroom but I rarely stand in front of it. Yesterday, I had to have a dexascan done so I had to change into a gown. There was a full length mirror in the changing room. I'm aware that I gained 5 to 7 pounds over the last year from cheating on Keto but I didn't know what it looked like. It was a reality check.
Yes. My entire life. With much help from my therapy support network, I have learned how to channel those nervous tics into deliberate "Tactile Grounding." It works for me.
I think. Maybe. Pending authority review? ? ? Reserving rights to plausible deniability.
I roll my shoulders when the arms want to flail. With the wrist rolls, I touch my hands together.
So, yes, it happens. Not often since I added some other motion movers to my toolkit.
Best wishes!