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Thank you for this. Now that I have ranted enough in the parent comment, here are my 2 maybe constructive cents: 1. Learn what it means to be relaxed again an
by starbugs 3y ago
Thank you for this.
Now that I have ranted enough in the parent comment, here are my 2 maybe constructive cents:
1. Learn what it means to be relaxed again and make this your first priority. F** everything else, if necessary. Anxiety and stress don't have a chance if you aren't tense.
2. Go out into the sun and spend a lot of time in nature. If you can't get out of bed in the morning, make it a habit to go out first thing in the morning for an hour or so. Force yourself if need be at first.
3. When anxiety or self-blame start to emerge, feel it and focus on the feeling itself intensely. This makes it impossible for it to take over your mind.
4. Make fear a positive experience by using it for something positive, e.g. learning how to focus on your feelings or reframing it as thrill.
5. Try all methods you can find to cope. Everyone is different and not all methods work for everybody.
- haswell 3y ago+1 to all of the above. Especially “try stuff”. Going along with 3 and 4, realizing how much worse avoidance was than embracing anxiety and the causes of it was a game changer. The book “Flow” also applies here.