random anxiety

[celestw]

does anyone else get random bouts of anxiety, i could literally be sitting there on my phone and then i’ll randomly start to feel anxious and scared, and i get a really bad nervous feeling in my stomach, even if there’s no apparent trigger that caused my anxiety it’s happens randomly sometimes.

[Rafiki11]

I have to limit time on social media and limit time on news.

I also do breathing exercises. Breathe in for 6 seconds, hold for 6, breathe out for 6, hold for 6, breathe in for 6....

I wake up feeling anxious “for no reason.”

[celestw in reply to Rafiki11]

Me too! i wake up and already feeling anxious and my heart is racing and i feel scared, i also have rlly vivid dreams so sometimes i wake up from them panicking😔

[Rafiki11 in reply to celestw]

Sometimes I have to take a moment to speak to my anxiety. “Thank you for being alert for any dangers, anxiety. I am safe, anxiety. I am loved. Anxiety, you can take a break for now.”

Anxiety is like a watch dog. It’s just that sometimes the watch dog growls all the time instead of just when I need to get myself out of actual danger.

[celestw in reply to Rafiki11]

omg i never thought of it that way! thats a good way to think about it, i’ll definitely use that thanks

[Agora1 in reply to celestw]

celestw, Rafiki11 has a good analogy of anxiety. Tuck her words into your memory

so that the next time you feel anxious, Speak to your Anxiety out loud. It works. xx

[FearIsALiar]

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