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I Survived Today! πŸ˜ƒ

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Hi everyone. I am in the process of moving away from avoiding my feelings through sleep, being online and dissociating. I have gotten into a habit in the past months of sleeping a lot. My bed is one place where I feel safe. When I get back in bed after my kids leave for school, my anxiety fades immediately so there is an immediate reward. But of course it is a viscous cycle. Too much sleep makes me slow and clouds my mind. That feeling if numbness also has an appeal but then it backfires and I begin to feel lazy and guilty and my energy gets lower and lower and I get more depressed bc my life consists of nothing more than sleeping. I am not accomplishing anything else.

So... I am trying really hard to break this habit and I am having one anxiety attack after the other. I am actively working on getting myself thrtough these attacks with distractions, breathing, mind exercises, etc. And then trying this Tapping accupressure points as part of Schema Therapy. Today was a major challenge. I keep feeling like I will lose touch with reality.

BUT, I did it! I made it. I was really strong today. I faced my anxiety and depression head on and now I am actively giving myself credit for it!

We are some very strong people! πŸ’šπŸ’šπŸ’š

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You are really amazing, BrainIsFull. I am so glad to hear you had a huge success and I admire your strength...

Thank you so much for sharing πŸ’

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BrainIsFull in reply to Nathalie99

Thank you! πŸ™‚

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You did it!!! Look at you :) :) I'm so happy to read of your progress. Be proud and encouraged by your day.

I am so proud of you. One step at a time, you will get there.

🐬

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BrainIsFull in reply to Dolphin14

πŸ’šπŸ’šπŸ’šπŸ’š

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AlteredWorld

I love this post! Thank you for sharing

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