Trying to fight back, hope this helps!

[animaty]

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Hey everyone, so this weekend has been very enlightening for me. I thought I would share in case it helps anyone else.

I decided for the first time ever to try to draw out how my anxiety works from start to finish. This is still very much a work in progress, but it made me realize a bunch of things about myself (which of course seem obvious when you're not in an anxious state of mind).

It showed me just how many fears, consuming thoughts, and self-doubts I have all at once. I think it's helped me to see where I need to start tackling my anxiety before it gets to the point where I throw up (sadly that happens way more often than I'd like). It also showed me just how little my anxiety is related to the person, place, or situation at hand. It's really just coming from my own internal fears and thoughts happening all at once, and not being able to let those thoughts go.

So this morning, I got a little anxious, and just wrote down how I was feeling, and connected those thoughts to the fears I was having. I felt at the very least a little less anxious because I was able to process my thoughts more clearly than before. I get so caught up in my head, so now I'm going to try to find new ways to let go of those thoughts.

If you have any suggestions or want to add to this, I'd love to hear your thoughts! Overall, I think this was a big first step for me, as anxiety is an issue I've had my entire life and never, ever worked on.

One day at a time, everyone, hang in there! Hope this helps in some way.

[payton0625]

I love this chart!!! I realize that I feel a lot of the same things and I am not alone.