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MarahIdellCatLuvr
MarahIdellCatLuvr

Are there really people who wake up and start their day without fear, anxiety and overthinking?

arfie
arfie
Dunno. . . I don't much trust what people tell me on this score and I don't get to experience the inside of other people's head first hand. Most days I'm grateful for not getting to experience the inside of other people's heads but I admit that, like you, I'm curious from time to time.

I consider it the accomplishment of a lifetime that some days I now get to start my day without fear, anxiety and overthinking. The very first time I experienced a quiet mind in my 40s, I had a panic attack. I thought I'd had a stroke or something like.
patti22
patti22
Teenagers.
Community Leadermujicaptsd
mujicaptsd
Me, sometimes. Usually coming out of a blessed dream healing my childhood's mental wounds.
Wow, do I ever celebrate a day like that, a chance for my inner 3 year old to have a chance to come out, too. I play Howard Jones's "Things Can Only Get Better" and jump and shout along with it like a toddler.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OO9LloDSJo
looney1
looney1
Its rare for me. I'm anxious today because in a short while I drop my dear dear dog off to be desexed and I'm scared she will not come through it.
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