Anxiety and depression

[Mifresita]

It’s getting to me again. I can’t help but to feel alone even when people are around and even when I feel alone and want people, at the same time, I want to be alone. It’s more like isolation. My mind is playing tricks on me :/

[lostsoulwandering]

I get the same way sometimes. Feeling like there is literally no win because no scenario seems like what you want. It will be ok... It is a temporary feeling. This too shall pass.

[Mifresita in reply to lostsoulwandering]

Thank you for responding I appreciate you

[4woody]

I think lost souls is right. It will pass. It is still very hard to live through. Let me know how you are doing.

[Mifresita in reply to 4woody]

I feel better since I last posted this. But it seems like once I get over something there is always another thing to worry about 😬

[4woody in reply to Mifresita]

So even though we all know it will pass, we also know from experience that something else will come along. Would you be willing to consider something that might sound strange? Your mind searches for these things to worry about. There was a reason once upon a time when the mind needed to be vigilant. The brain loves patterns or repetition. Like getting a song stuck in your head. It is one of the reasons meditation is so often recommended by clinicians. I find meditation very hard but try to do a little. The first step I tried for getting off the worry wagon was planning ahead. Knowing something would come along and my mind would latch on to it, I prepared something to think in place of the worry. Sometimes it was just a song that I Iike a lot. Sometimes it was choosing something that I would memorize, like a poem I like. I used the memorizing especially at night. I got a lot more sleep plus I memorized some cool stuff. Just a suggestion.