Hello all,
Part of the reason I fell into the anxiety trap is because early on I read don't avoid doing things because of anxiety, this made me feel like I had to constantly take on the world and do things constantly where I'd had panic attacks etc, I even walked constantly up and down a stretch of road when I was trying to get rid of it early on that I had panic attacks on when on my way to work, yes I was very nieve and clearly that didn't get rid of it.
So today I'm on a day off work, and had a bad start to the day so feel like taking it easy rather then going out doing stuff that I don't need to do right now.
Problem is that early experience sticks with me on days like today, and I keep scaring myself that oh if you don't do anything today you'll be as Google said on some anxiety pieces "more afraid the next time you do something." - because of this I don't really give myself a break and continue to stress myself out when not doing anything.
Sound silly probably but it's how I trained my mind to look at things early doors and so it's ingrained in me.
Can anybody on here give me some advice on how to look at this a different way so I can let myself just relax on when on a day off and give myself a break instead of feeling the need to constantly push myself?
Thanks,
Richard