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...
Hello everyone,
I have a question about dealing with stress, anger, frustration.
this may sound like a dumb question, but how do you guys deal with your stress? How do you not let it take control and affect your relationships with others? How do you deal with it?
My current dilemma is that in the recent weeks I've noticed that I sound angry, or frustrated when talking to loved ones, even though said frustration or stress has nothing to do with them. And it leaves me feeling and thinking to myself "Well why did I sound like that to them? Why did I speak in that tone?" When they had nothing to do with it. This probably has nothing to do witb anxiety, and I brought it up to my therapist last week and I'm going to be working on it and bringing in some things I can do in the moment, but I just wanted to know... how do you guys deal with things like this? If you do?
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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...
Write out what you are allowing anger to do - and then find ways to release it safely.
first and foremost, i let go of trying to control relationships. relationships are best when i simply participate rather than trying to control. participating in a relationship includes honest acceptance of my own need to take breaks when i am struggling. when i am caregiving, this can be a challenge, but honest acknowledgement of the need gives me far more options than attempting to control relationships.
when i catch myself projecting my anger and frustrations onto innocent bystanders, i double up on whatever therapy work i am doing at the time. bringing up the topic with your therapist sound like a solid step in that direction.
But, because I tend to push down my anger, it can come out all kind of sideways. I am definitely someone who can get pretty rage-y. I tend to scream when it’s all consuming. I go in the bathroom or in my car and let it rip. I find doing something physical helps channel the anger.
I think self awareness is half the battle so the fact you identify this in yourself is awesome. Maybe just take a second before reacting might help you reset a bit.