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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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Misslynn85
Misslynn85

I'm curious to know with depression and anxiety we all know the overwhelming feeling it brings on. What do you find most comforting as your own form of therapy? I myself have been a writer since a young age and have self-published a book that was full of emotion. I felt like expressing my traumas,fears,depression,and anxiety would be the best healing process to open up about it and not be ashamed. I am currently getting raedy to publish my secod book that is also in a poetic form. My question to this group is what are your therapuetic escapes? What do you or did you enjoy?

Brian.WW
Brian.WW
For some reason. Like a hand on mine or on my shoulder. From someone that actually cares. And it won't effect me positively unless they care. Even if they say they do and put their hand on me. I can usually tell. as weird as that is.
arfie
arfie
It is not quite "An Escape," but my live therapy support network was my greatest comfort and healing aid.

That, of course, is CFC. Closed For Corona. All comfort is now televised.

My greatest comforts are now the very things psychotherapy attempted to therapute out of me. Isolation. Social distancing. Masking. Etc, etc. Those new literals used to be metaphorical and considered detrimental to mental health, but that was then and this is now. Onward through the New Normal. Social distances on the rise.
Community LeaderMid
Mid
Here's to finding what works for each person individually.

My new normal is keeping to myself, preserving my feelings in a range that provides comfort and calm no matter what is happening.

Keeping my focus on local and private settings helps.
Kuno1978
Kuno1978
Painting is my biggest escape, followed by tai chi and drumming.
livingbetter02
livingbetter02
Going to the beach. When I am at the beach I feel so calm and relaxed and all my worries seem to disappear.
Misslynn85
Misslynn85
Thank You all for the wonderful feedback!!!
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