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Much the same experience here, including the difficulty with memory which I find to be the most insidious thing. What have you found helps it, if you don't mind
by fizzledbits 7y ago
Much the same experience here, including the difficulty with memory which I find to be the most insidious thing. What have you found helps it, if you don't mind me asking?
- godid 7y agoNot the OP but I would describe my anxiety in identical terms. When I feel the doubt about past memories/decisions start to creep, I whip out my phone and make some brief notes (usually keep one document per trigger). I will just write a few bullet points detailing what facts I am sure of right now along with the reassurances I am telling myself in that moment. Then, next time it happens I open the same note, read my previous thoughts and relax into it knowing I’ve been here before. I suppose it’s just an anxiety journal, nothing novel, but it works for me. Over time as I accumulate more facts the effect sort of compounds and simply knowing I’ve got the notes is enough to push the anxiety away.
- fizzledbits 7y agoAh, I hadn’t thought of the journaling idea. I do try to start and end my day with brief/debrief note taking to create more continuity in my intentions and memory, but that doesn’t address other sources of anxiety in between. Thanks very much, grateful for your response.
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