Separation Anxiety

[JonW_Swan]

Hi

Can you have separation anxiety if the person is in the same room

[Agora1]

Yes I believe you can have separation anxiety with the person in the

same room JonW. As a matter of fact with a lot of people in the room,

it can be lonely. That's because the loneliness comes from within you.

We make the happiness within us not another person. If the connection

is right, another person only helps to enhance our feelings. The rest must

come from ourselves. xx

[JonW_Swan in reply to Agora1]

thats happening to me

Thanks for clarifying

[LifeIsThePitts in reply to Agora1]

Wise 🦉 woman...

I told my therapist Tues that I'd never want to go back to relive my past because I'd lose the wisdom I've accumulated along the way. Living in the past is like waiting to expire. Yearning for tomorrow is denying our present experience, stunting our potential.

Cultivating presence is priceless 🥰

[LifeIsThePitts]

healthunlocked.com/anxiety-...

Here is a post I made 2 years ago about my anxiety and other disruptive and intrusive thoughts that used to constantly hijack my mind.

I gave them all names and identities in order to begin taming them.

Have you given your anxiety a name?

I think you'll appreciate and relate to this.

Maybe it will help you too.

[JonW_Swan in reply to LifeIsThePitts]

I really enjoyed your post

[LifeIsThePitts in reply to JonW_Swan]

😉Let me know what you name your anxiety and what identity it gets. Befriend your fears and they lose their grip on you.

[JonW_Swan in reply to LifeIsThePitts]

Eeyore that mouse that was always afraid

[Nothing_but_books in reply to JonW_Swan]

Eeyore the mouse? Huh?

[JonW_Swan in reply to Nothing_but_books]

I made it up

[Nothing_but_books in reply to JonW_Swan]

Ohhh. Thank you.

[LifeIsThePitts in reply to JonW_Swan]

He's a donkey 😂

[LifeIsThePitts in reply to JonW_Swan]

What a great name for your anxiety!!

[Nothing_but_books in reply to LifeIsThePitts]

I just realized my depression has always had a name, Eeyore. JonW referrenced him, and I had a light bulb moment. Eeyore -- the stuffed version -- has been in my bedroom for years.

Tigger bounces, Pooh is content chasing heffalumps.

Eeyore says "What difference does it make? Hmm.

Google AI says he speaks with "characteristic glumness, and a touch of existential despair." Yup. That, just about, you should excuse the expression, nails it.

Pooh, Eeyore, and Christopher Robin

[JonW_Swan in reply to Nothing_but_books]

It says You need me

[LifeIsThePitts in reply to Nothing_but_books]

youtu.be/2L3dhvO6Cis?si=Gh4...(Not working as expected?)

I've been listening to The Tao of Pooh on audiobook!! It's magical 😀

[Nothing_but_books in reply to LifeIsThePitts]

Great book! He's a bear of very little brain, and I love him. Is it the author reading?

Never read the Te of Piglet though. If you do, let me know what you think.

[LifeIsThePitts in reply to Nothing_but_books]

Simplicity at it's finest 😉🐻

[LifeIsThePitts in reply to Nothing_but_books]

I don't think it's the author but it's a lovely English accent that is magical to hear, imo.

[LifeIsThePitts]

youtu.be/2L3dhvO6Cis?si=Gh4...(Not working as expected?)

Give The Tao of Pooh a listen...