if you can avoid it, avoid it.Originally Posted by Gnome Rage
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if you can avoid it, avoid it.
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She wants it to be temporary until spring, my anxiety has exploded in the last two months to the point where I'm in physical pain and barely feel capable of everyday tasks. I feel like it is reasonable, but I'm afraid of medication. I left my therapist a message to try to get her input. She has also mentioned it...
Last edited by Gnome Rage; 03-16-2015 at 10:06 AM.
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The stuff temporarily got rid of my anxiety, but almost killed me. I just flat out didn't care that I was making stupid decisions. Keep working with your doctor on behavioral tricks to reprogram your brain, physical activity, volunteering, meditation, ritual (calendar systems, not voodoo) and routine. Don't fall in love with a particular doctor, be aware of ones who might be enabling you, so you keep paying for visits.
A stupid song, of all things set me off this morning, dredging up bad memories. In the old days, I'd have been bedridden for a week. Today, I just had a cup of decaf, put on some cheerful music and went for a brisk walk. It's obviously not that simple and a lot of years have got me to my current coping ability. Spring is coming, avoid the drugs, work with a doctor to keep you moving.
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I've cut out caffeine, ive cut out all drug and alcohol use, I've added walking every day, I've tried distraction and talk therapy. I'm just so at a loss of what to do. I feel really hopeless when it comes to dealing with this. I cry every day for no reason, panic and think I'm having a heart attack or stroke. I hate leaving my house, going to work is so hard. I'm literally trembling, sitting in a ball in the back of the store I work at dreading the moment my boss comes in and I have to stand up and "be cheery". I just did ten minutes of relaxation yoga but the moment I'm not actively doing something to occupy my mind I feel like I'm gonna fall apart
Last edited by Gnome Rage; 03-16-2015 at 10:51 AM.
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Seriously? you were doing?
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smoking weed since I was a teenager. I haven't really drank in 6 months, havent smoked in over a month. Alcohol makes me feel sick and anxious that I'll be sick, sativa makes me really really anxious and low THC weed is nearly impossible to find without dispensaries.
Also trying to quit smoking cigarettes by the 24th of this month. I range from3 to 5 a day. Trying to make a conscious effort to eat better. I have less than a cup of coffee a week. Anything that revs up anxiety even a little I've tried to remove from my life.
What else, I do jumping jacks when I start feeling anxious, I try to meditate but I kinda suck at it, can't think about noting idk how people do that
Last edited by Gnome Rage; 03-16-2015 at 11:03 AM.
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Been there, done that. It's a weird disconnect, your brain is telling you, I'm bright, I know intellectually that waving to my boss isn't any big thing, but the other part of your brain is telling you it's going to be the hardest thing in the world.
I'm not your therapist, but try a calendar system. Things to do today separated from things to do in the future. The whole point of it is to convince yourself, once it's in the calendar, it's out of your mind. The calendar absorbs the future worry. I still keep a pad of paper near by to list out goals, menus, exercise plans, whatever comes to mind. On the paper, out of my brain. I also feel free to just crumple it up and start over. Celebrate the tiniest of goals, push forward what you can't deal with today.
Do something more productive than listening to Ker_Thwap's advice right now. Clean the store and get pissed off at your boss for abusing your hard work and devotion to doing a good job. Baby steps.
Edit: Meditating doesn't have to be thinking about nothing. You can think about something soothing, or inspiring. I like to think about batting practice at Fenway, ten perfect swings, contact, ten balls going into the net over the green monster. (It's my meditation, I can put the damned net back over the monster if I want to.)
Last edited by Ker_Thwap; 03-16-2015 at 11:23 AM.
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Alright. Seriously.
Someone give Gnome Rage a motherfucking Emmy. I had NO clue she was off the rails. I thought she was a random happy chick.
Seriously. actress skills among the best I've ever seen.
I don't have much advice, as your problems aren't like mine. But, trust me, my head screws with me more than I care to admit. My only words for you would be to employ a reduction of fucks given about everything. Stop caring so much about everything except your family, your animals, and your job. My main problem was worrying all the time. About EVERYthing. My body couldn't take it. Now, I just try to enjoy the moments. And I like praying mantises. They're pretty badass. Tiny little things like that ground me. FUCK MY DAY IS SUCKING ASS...Ooh praying mantis. WHUP THAT GRASSHOPPERS ASS, SON! Then I go run with one of my dogs for a few miles. Sometimes with my son, who rides alongside with his bicycle.
Doze acting skills tho. Too strong.
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Oh. and you need a focal point. Mine is gaming with my son. Because I can teach him about the game, and how to play it. From Disney's Cars games, to WiiU Zelda games, to computer games. The focal point has to be something you can zone out doing. It helps immensely.
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