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I’ve seen her love things the world has deemed unlovable and I wonder why someone who could love so much can leave no love for herself at all.

Her: why don’t you just eat the sandwich components without putting them together

Me:

Her: you can just eat a handful of cheese and some sandwich meat. You don’t have to make a sandwich.

Me:

Hey anon,

First step, try to breathe more deeply. It sucks and it’s hard when you’re panicking, but breathing deeper will help you. Try to find 5 things you can see. The identify 4 things you can hear. What are three things that you can feel? Can you identify two smells?

I often carry around a card with things to do in case I have a panic attack. I have calming exercises, reminders of people I can text, and websites I can go to. To get some ideas for what to put on a card (or as a reminder in your phone), check these out:

Help Guide A site containing articles to help understand, help numbers,  “tool kits”, and self help.

Mental Support Community A forum to talk about anxiety disorders and how it effects your life.

Mental Help A site that has basic information, resources, articles, and a list of books that might be helpful.

Here is a great explanation of anxiety and some self help tips.

This is a guide to Muscle Relaxation that might help your anxiety.  

Here is also an article on social anxiety disorder self help tips.

Here is also some information on exploring and coping with panic attacks.

Here is some information and self help tips on how to handle panic attacks.

Here are some exercises you can do that helps to keep you in the present and to control anxiety grounding techniques.  Mental grounding exercises. Physical grounding exercises. Soothing grounding exercises.

You Feel Like Shit – An Interactive Self Care Guide helps you work through bad episodes and takes you through things that might help you feel better

Here is a online self help book that has some self help tips and information on social skills training.

Here is a self help workbook that you might find helpful panic attacks workbook.

Here is a video with step by step instructions of how to do breathing techniques to help with panic attacks made by a licensed therapist

Beyond Blue – a nonprofit working to address issues associated with depression, anxiety and related disorders in Australia.

Social Anxiety Support

Anxiety management techniques

Self-help for Anxiety Management (SAM) [Android] [iOS]

Pacifica [Android] [iOS]

Stay strong,

I’ve been having some problems with intrusive thoughts lately so I thought I would try and put together a little spell to ward them off, using only ingredients I had readily available in my dorm room.

What You Need:

Salt

Black Pepper

Coffee

Chamomile

Baby’s Breath

Crushed Eggshells

What To Do:

Ground them all up together! That’s it! You can then put them in a small bottle/bag/pill capsule (this is what I used) so you can carry it with you.

 I charged mine through meditation.