Overthinking and Anxiety

[tbcriswell1221]

I've been suffering from anxiety and depression for a while and on meds but recently feeling like I don't have anything to look forward to, I have no purpose..no thoughts of suicide but just feeling I have no need. I have a husband, my children, grandkids and family..but still feel I have no purpose. Questions of why am I here? Something bad is going to happen..and everyone says I'm overthinking. Any help how to deal with this? Thank you

[litethatnevergoesout]

just breathe. any sort of relaxed drawn out breathing. think about the blessings in your life. your loved ones. enjoy the good feelings you get from that positive energy. focus on what you’re thankful for. you don’t need to write it down but it wouldn’t hurt.

[AnxiousSilver]

"I have a husband, my children, grandkids and family..but still feel I have no purpose."

Maybe you don't feel it ATM, but you being in their lives is a purpose.

[Hidden]

Have you every heard of the concept of Ikigai? It is a concept of exploring your life‘s purpose - what to bring into the world that you are good at, that brings you joy and that others need.

There are articles, youtube videos and audiobooks/books on it, maybe exploring that could be something positive of interest to you to focus on and maybe you even discover something new

I‘ve enjoyed some videos and currently listening to an audiobook, it‘s fun and very practical steps to learn more about your own strengths and reflect on what brought or brings you joy. It got me out of a bit of a rut and felt very energizing to me to learn more about focusing on strengths instead of the things I‘m not so good at. I‘m still only halfway through and it‘s an interesting process. I like the encouraging to have a phase of diving deep into everything that sounds interesting and just having fun with the process.

[AnxiousSilver]

For what it's worth.. I still believe that I gave good advice to you yesterday, but I have to admit that I was feeling a little bit down today too, and had some of the feelings that you were feeling yesterday.

Here.. I know that I am important to my family and vice versa.

But when you have GAD as bad as I do, sometimes it messes with other emotions and other thoughts.

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Truth be told, I am an overthinker. (more on that in a sec)

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"Any help how to deal with this?"

I don't have an end all be all fix, because I've been dealing with a life long battle of anxiety, (especially GAD) and sometimes depression swings from that.

But.. One thing that sometimes helps me out is just opening up a notebook and journaling all of what is going on in my head onto the paper.

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I wish that I had a better answer in all of this, but this is something that I struggle with myself at times too.

[designguy]

I think the main reasons we are here is to learn to love and accept ourselves unconditionally and cultivate the joy of being alive. so many of us were never taught how to do it or were shamed or punished for showing any signs of it because it was deemed selfish or self-centered. By loving and accepting ourselves it makes it easier to love others and life itself.