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Seriously, talk about tight feedback loops. Anxiety feels like somebody hooked it up to guitar amps. Any slight perturbance and alarms go off. I have not been s

• skim_milk 5y ago
  Have you tried any psychotherapies or responded positively to any? Getting exposed to situations that left me vulnerable emotionally ultimately led me to the insights and epiphanies I needed to overcome that vulnerability, kind of like EMDR therapy. E.g. social anxieties disappeared once I forcefully put myself out there and realized none of this matters, I can deal with rejection positively. In the most extreme case, I had a panic attack from an incident with THC that I am certain would have left me dead had I access to a firearm which uncovered thoughts and emotions that I was hiding from myself that I later was forced to confront and eventually heal - learning how apply a "it really do be like that" mentality productively, not too much or too little and only at the right times. Internal Family Systems was also necessary for me to understand what made up the ""real me"" and what was split-off misunderstood defenses from childhood stress, defenses of which actually caused stress and pain all said and done! While painful at first, it eventually blew over and I slowly learned how to more optimally integrate and control stress responses.
  • nefitty 5y ago
    I haven't tried any therapy. I'm not sure at what point the benefits outweigh the cost in time and money. I'll look into it further as I've honestly never considered it as a treatment for gastro problems.