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Dealing with anxiety

Cinnabar_wing

How do people cope with being anxious?

Sometimes it just gets too much and I crumple. But only on the inside, I'm quite capable of not showing it at all and getting on with life, it's just an extra thing to carry quietly.

Music does help me feel calmer at least for a while.

Anyway, apologies.

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  • I try to do things I enjoy and know will relax me e.g reading, colouring in, jigsaws, meditation (I use headspace app) 

    I've also had CBT which gave me techniques to help such as

    1) trying to focus on positive not negative

    2) trying too let negative thoughts float away in a cloud and only keep the positive ones

    3) grounding myself

    4) focusing on breathing with deep breathes

    5) focus on my sensory needs 

    I also did a positive poster which states things I'm good at and the positives in my life for example:

    1) I am good enough

    2) I can only try my best at things, that is good enough

    3) I have a good support network

    Hope this helps and you start feeling less anxious

  • in reply to pinkchocoholic

    Those things sound like a lovely way to help. I doodle a lot when I need to feel a bit more even actually.

    Maybe doing it with the positive thinking would be good.

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