how to worry (deal with anxiety)

[Blueruth]

I only listened to 5 min while I was driving but I can say enough about this podcast. It always teaches me something. It is about anxiety. An interview with a psychologist.

hidden-brain.simplecast.com...

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Just started listening.... Thanks!

[Nothingnoted]

Thank you, Blue

[LifeIsThePitts]

hi blueruth. I saw one of your responses on the a to z alphpabet post about coping with anxiety, not stuffing your emotions and being curious about them.

just saying...I totally understand your reply. I've been in therapy for a looong time and have been saddled with depression and anxiety for my entire 48 years of life. Im just getting a true understanding of myself this year after going through a full 36 session series of TMS in feb-april for severe s.i. depression and anxiety, followed by a relapse in Aug, and 3 more weeks of TMS sessions to get me back out of the 🌑 darkness in September.

pbs hidden brain is One of my favorite podcasts. I will definitely be listening to this one. Eric Zimmer has a podcast The One You Feed, that I recommend and Dennis Simsek The Anxiety Guy on YouTube is FANTASTIC!!!!

i am completely DONE with managing my symptoms and using faulty outdated immature coping mechanisms from my childhood to mitigate my disorders any longer! I cannot stress that point enough. We all know how to 🫁 breathe, and count to 10 and run the A-Z calm-myself-in-the-moment tricks. But that's not enough to make living life worth while. Im sick and tired of being thrown around emotionally and having my life dictated by my diagnoses. Managing my symptoms was all I was doing 24/7. Years of therapy and I couldn't make any progress because I couldn't get my brain 🧠🧩 puzzle figured out until this year with proper treatment. Although expensive, TMS is the only treatment that has worked for me. Its cost $7700 out of pocket this year, but worth every red cent. I've never had progress in my mental health like I have this year.

curiosity is a 🎁 gift and blessing for those that can tap into it's wonder. We've all had it sometime in our childhood and have to find it's rebirth in adulthood for true meaning to be revealed. Im embracing curiosity for all the right reasons because Living is a verb, and I've been stagnant waiting for life to start. Unbeknownst to me, Life just keeps passing me by. Haha...jokes on me, right?

thanks for your words of wisdom ...you are NOT getting the last word, you're sharing the RIGHT ONES☺️

[Blueruth in reply to LifeIsThePitts]

wow what a nice post! Curiosity is so important. Brene brown says empathy is the antidote to shame. I wonder if you could say curiosity is the antidote to depression since depression is also stagnating as you noted. Just a thought.

Thank you for the recommendation. I will check it out!