keeping busy!

[jellyfish2]

i find the busier i am the less i have time to think about my anxiety, keeping busy but the underlining problem is there and i am wondering will i have to keep frantically busy till the day i die. without having time to think about what the hell am I anxious about

[Si0608]

Hi jellyfish. You are completely right the busier we are the less time we have to allow our thought processes reduces us to a state of anxiety. Keeping busy is a healthy way of managing anxieties and anxieties do need to be managed, as I know from experience they will not just go away. I suffer from anxieties and panic attacks by the way. What do you do to keep busy?

[F_Shadow1]

Yep definitely, if I'm not doing much on my own for a while I'm far more likely to have an anxiety attack so I try and keep busy! Stops the mind over-wandering.

[gatita]

that's all true but I have a boring job and have plenty of time for mind wandering and it makes my life so hard! im fed up. I dont think there is a way ouu,

[neo73]

Hi there, I agree that keeping busy does help distract from anxious thinking but in the same respects you can do too much. I guess it is like anything else getting the balance right. If I start to ruminate over problems or intrusive thoughts then my anxiety goes through the roof. I am 38 but just starting to learn how to cope with my anxiety and depression in more healthier ways and one of things I have been told is plan your next day so there is some structure there even if you are not at work. All the best to everyone

Steven

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Well I have to laugh because lately that's what I have been doing I feel like some kind of nut nut trying to keep busy I even try to do things when I'm on high alert that's what I call my anxiety lol!!!! What's really bad for me is when I have the tremors on the inside but I keep say to myself I am going to get over this only by the grace of God!!! Hope you have a blessed day!!!