Hello fam!
So I been struggling with anxiety disorder but thanks my high level of self awareness I been able to reach out and get the support I need to start my journey of healing. I been seeing therapist and I been reaching out to the few friends that I have. I also been more vocal with my family. I faced adversity growing up and always been an optimist. How did I get here? Well growing up with little I always been ambitious young man and I feel that’s been part my issue because I would pressure myself immensely and when I didn’t reach certain goals at the specific deadlines I’d get depressed. Most recently I felt very unhappy and unfulfilled at my last job and that’s when my health started to fall apart. In addition I would feed off my my boyfriends happiness and feel that it was his responsibility to make me happy. When I almost lost my 5 year relationship it was an awakening for me to get my sh** together. Now I know that all this time one of lesson in this life is self-love. I just started my journey I been going to yoga, hip-hop, hanging out with friends and growing my circle of friends. It’s been really hard because I just want to run away when I’m in a new environment or meeting new people. But I gotten to a point where it’s become manageable with my anxiety. I been reinforcing positive talk everyday and remind myself “I am love, I am compassion, I am kindness, I am peace”. This had been the second major anxiety moment I been through in my life but somehow it feels different this time around. What I mean is that my anxiety sometimes translate into angry thoughts 💭 and sometimes hurting others. This new added way of experiencing my anxiety terrifies me because I don’t want to hurt anyone and it’s not the person I choose to be. And these vicious thoughts make me have a episodes. I know for a fact that I’m a kind and peaceful person, I want to love others and love myself. Reminding myself that makes me calm down and the thoughts go away. So I been practicing compassion at a Buddhist temple for example last Thursday I want to an event to feed the homeless and I felt extremely happy doing that. So my question does anyone else experience this or has been through this? Can I get advice please and thank you