What brings peace into your mind? Is there anything that allows you to lessen racing thoughts?

[Starrlight]

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[Ddorne]

Closing my eyes and thinking a simple prayer.

[Florida1959]

Nature, meditation, talking to friends xx

[thara9643]

Arts and crafts

[sophie4]

At this very moment I'm feeling sort of lousy...but, in answer to your question...sometimes being in nature with gorgeous weather brings me some peace. Sometimes, but rarely, a memory but it can quickly turn to pain. Watching my darling dogs be happy!!! Reading. Knowing that soon it will be night...I do better at night than during the day. Art. Feeling as though I've accomplished something and feeling good about it. Can you believe this? Cleaning. Unfortunately, my sister and I live in a dump. NEVER has this happened to me before. We moved here 16 (or 17) years ago. The landlord did nothing. The place wasn't painted or cleaned...but we were desperate. Our credit is so low and finding an apartment is so difficult. Our landlord told us, in response to my question...'we're not kids...can we live here until we leave earth? He said yes...told us he was a man of his word...and in this way he is. But he has done absolutely nothing. I'm constantly cleaning....trying to get this place feeling cleaner...it's a real dump. I've collected art for over 50 years so I have paintings hanging everywhere. We've decorated to help make it feel cozier.

Sometime, I'll tell you where I came from. It's UNBELIEVABLE to me that my life is ending this way...completely unbelievable and so, so sad.

Nothing helps with racing thoughts.

How are you?

sophie4

[Starrlight in reply to sophie4]

I also doing lousy. I feel sick all the time. It’s like my body is always under stress, drained and fighting something off.

[Florida1959 in reply to sophie4]

Weird energies. At the moment xxx

[sophie4]

All sorts of amazingly horrendous problems emerged today and am I ever FIGHTING to remain up and functional. My sister really needs me. I want desperately to be OK for her as if she sees me failing she's going to fall apart. I know what you mean dear Starrlight about feeling sick all the time. You're most likely constantly under stress and we all know what stress is capable of doing to our bodies...our minds. I am constantly doing something....trying to keep up with this dump...you know all the stuff. My days are always at least 12 to 14 hours of hard work. There's so much coming at me that I just want to throw in the towel, as the saying goes. And, when I took my two little dogs out for their fun walk...BOOM....I fell. I've been falling a lot over the past few years. I don't trip...just sort of go down.

Tell me what you're going to do tonight...something relaxing...something fun???? Oh poop...what does that word 'fun' mean?

Please remember all the very wonderful qualities you have...Light up, Starr!!!

Sending healing hugs.

sophie4

[Starrlight in reply to sophie4]

I had that falling thing happen to me years ago. I felt so weak I would collapse. Take care of yourself.

Ha you’re funny. Fun...

Well I’m watching Impractical Jokers with my 8 year old. Going to bed soon. How about yourself?

[sophie4]

I stay up until 4 or 5 AM. My private time. BUT...tonight I'll take a walk out back and see if Starr lit up the sky!

[Starrlight in reply to sophie4]

Haha 😆 love it 😍

[Sillysausage234]

Ok don’t laugh star .....here goes ...🏸..I have an imaginary tennis racquet in my head and imagine the thought as a ball 🎾......do some slow nasal breathing to slow everything down like meditation and as the thought comes into your head smash it back out .....takes practice like any ball skills 🙃

[Starrlight in reply to Sillysausage234]

That’s actually a real cool tool you’ve made for yourself there. I love it 😍 Me, I imagine waves of the ocean coming into my head and as the tide goes back out I imagine it washing out the junk I don’t need.

[Secret4706]

I pick a number and try and count backwards so for example I'll think 599 and then count down in 7s and if I start drifting off and thinking of something else I make myself start again.

Or word games so go through every letter of the alphabet and think of a word with x amount of letters

Hope youre okay

Anxiety effing sucks

[Starrlight in reply to Secret4706]

That’s awesome! I’m okay thanks. 😊

[designguy]

My form of meditating which is sitting still and mentally focusing on the air coming in and going out through my nose, breathing from my diaphragm. This helps calm my mind and bring me back into the present. It can also be done anywhere any time of day. I also picture my mind as a big screen tv with the sound off and my thoughts are just all of the images going on the tv screen. it allows me to disengage from my thoughts.

I've also learned that my mind is busier when i'm stressed and the most important thing i've learned is to not believe or engage in the thoughts.

We are also fortunate to live in a rural area and have bird feeders which attract a lot of birds, rabbits and quail, watching them also helps me focus on the present.

[Starrlight in reply to designguy]

I will try your methods. Thanks

[Moon_Struck]

Yoga - check out Adriene Yoga for Beginners on Youtube. It's all about the breath. All good for calming anxiety, racing mind.

Well worth a try - the whole practice of yoga, to strengthen the mind and body.

[thara9643]

Art does the trick for me