Anyone with anxiety, is there anything you’ve found helps you to overcome it?

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I’ve always been an anxious person but this year it’s got a lot worse. I’m stuck in the cycle of getting anxious about being anxious 😫 I’ve had therapy but I don’t feel it really helped, does anyone have any tips on things that have worked for you?

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Honestly THC, maybe not the best habit but it definitely makes me feel calm and less stressed when my anxiety gets really bad.

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Medication? Retrain your brain. When you think or feel an intrusive or negative thought, say to yourself stop it whatever your name is. Stop it Sallie. This is a pattern interrupt. Then you repeat to yourself, I am the thinker of my thoughts, all thoughts are an illusion, instead I choose to think about ____ shift the thought process. Interrupt the pattern and retrain your brain. Over thinking and worrying is like sitting in a rocking chair, it gives you something to do but doesn’t get you anywhere. You can't fuck up anything that is meant for you, so stop being so scared of what will happen. Trust your intuition and let your heart and soul guide you on this journey. I promise you, you can not mess anything up that is meant for you. What is meant to happen will happen leave it up to your higher power. If something doesn’t work out then it was not meant for you. All worrying does is steal your happiness, your sanity, gives you stress and all that does is break down the body, sabotage you current or future relationships etc. take deep breaths , exercise it’s like a natural antidepressant, your body releases hormones and endorphins and serotonin and dopamine all the feel good hormones. Keep yourself busy, spend time with friends and family or a pet. You won’t have time to stress and worry if you keep busy. Volunteering is like a makeover for the soul, it changes your prospective on life completely. It makes you stop focusing on yourself and instead focus on others, it makes you appreciate life, it makes you grateful that you don’t have to deal with what they do. Feed the homeless at a soup kitchen, habitat for humanity for people who lost their homes to disasters, reading to the blind, a pet rescue etc. keep yourself busy.

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Medication, therapy, getting some fresh air and having sometime to yourself for self care.

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I’m on a medication that’s called Lexapro. It is the only medication that has helped me.

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Medication 💛 for years I was so against it until it was crippling. I gave it a chance and I honestly regret not taking meds sooner. I feel so, normal? Like I'm not anxious 24/7 it's an amazing feeling. I hope you overcome your anxiety. It's scary but you'll be okay hang in there!

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I learned this in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (which changed my life).  When you are feeling incredibly anxious, start noticing things around you.  Look around you and name in your head all the colors you see, or the shapes.  If there are signs around you, count the letters.  Trees, count the trees.  Naming things and counting things all puts your brain in work mode instead of emotion mind where your anxiety runs rampant.  My therapist used to go with me to crowded places and have me do this for 10 minutes at a time until it became easier and easier.  I instinctively do it at the doctor's office or job interviews or when meeting new people (that's a big one - I name in my head the details of their clothes, for example).  Like everything, it takes practice but it really helps!  Anxiety is rough but there are skills you can learn to get through it.  Good luck! 💕

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Not every type of therapy helps. Some therapies are better than others and some therapists are better than others. Here is what helps me:
Having a clean home. I keep my home clean at all times, even with 2 under 2, which helps immensely. 
I spend time in nature even if the just means sitting outside with a coffee, going for a walk, a hike, taking the kids to the park, ect.
I take time each day to sit in silence and decompress. 
I've cut back drastically on my phone usage. 
I also interupt my thought process. This helps to retrain the brain. 
I also practice intentional living.

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I’d recommend being open to exploring medications. Some can prescribed for an as needed basis or for daily use over a specific period of time. 
Medications paired with therapy yield great results! 
I wouldn’t recommend marijuana use as, unfortunately, it has been proven to increase symptoms of behavioral health diagnoses.

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What you resist persists. Understand and accept that anxiety is a part of life but that it doesn’t need to control you.
Acknowledge anxious symptoms (fast heartbeat, sweating, tight throat, dry mouth) can’t hurt or kill you. Actually, it’s a normal and healthy physical reaction to stressful situations. So accept them and welcome them and thank your body for effectively doing its job. Nothing has gone wrong or is broken. And you can handle it physically. Once you know this, mental anxiety won’t control your mind as much.
This is the single most important thing I learned when I had social anxiety and panic disorder and was addicted to Xanax. Life just keeps getting better and better now.

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Zoloft lol

Anyone with anxiety, is there anything you’ve found helps you to overcome it?

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