Anxiety Suggestions

Not sure if folks here still follow me or check out my stuff. I know this account has been inactive for a couple years at this point!

That being said I’ve gone through a lot of life changes-from being in an emotionally abusive relationship to my best friend moving cross country and cutting me out of her life completely. There’s been ups and downs as there is in life, but I had decided to step away from tumblr for awhile to move away from the toxic environment I had been putting myself into.

Now I’m in a much more stable position-I have a loving partner who treats me well and I’m doing decent in my college coursework. I’ve been focusing on the friends that are closest to me and treat me well and I’ve been making new friends despite a global pandemic occurring. I even added a new member to my little family! It’s a crested gecko named Churro, and he is my registered ESA. It’s been an adventure and I’m very hopefully for my future.

That being said lately my anxiety levels have been the highest they have been since graduating high school and starting college. I may revive this blog here or there to use as a vent.

However, if this blog wants to survive, I will likely need submissions. Send me your vents, send me your thoughts! Anonymous or not, I’d love to hear from you all after all this time.

I saw a great post about self-care through a depressive episode - realistic shit, written by someone who’s been there. I think we need to get familiar with the concept of “a good tool that I can’t lift right now”. Lots of self-care advice is like that, and sometimes it makes things worse - “wow, I can’t even get myself to shower today, I’m fuckin useless.”

Sometimes you have the presence of mind to use the CBT exercises we’ve heard about from every therapist we’ve ever seen. Sometimes you don’t. It’s ok to scale your response to your current abilities. One set of protocols for “mild to moderate wiggin’ out”, and another set for “OH GOD oh god fuck fuck fuck what do I do everything I look at or think about makes it worse”.

I’m here with ideas for that second set. I have panic disorder, among other things, and I want to contribute some stuff I’ve actually tested. An ongoing series, as I think of things or come up with new stuff.

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