09-03-2020, 06:25 AM
I hope you get on a good programme and be able to manage the anxiety. One of the recommended therapies is meditation and there's a channel on YouTube that has a few guided meditations. It's called The Honest Guys. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4jWo5k...PnvF4jbaLg
Start out with the shorter guides, something like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzzb3jHhgeU for simple breathing. One of the physical things we do when anxious is forget to breath properly. We load up with oxygen in preparation for FFF (Fight, Flight or Freeze instinct) but we don't expel the carbon dioxide properly. This then runs around in the bloodstream and can cause stomach problems.
When a million and one things are all fighting for brain time it gets a bit overwhelmed in there. Simply disappearing off into the woods (with or without the dog) can help calm things a little. Some of the stuff going on inside your head doesn't really matter than much.
I've had a quick look about for some charts and whatnot. There are some on this page: https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/archive/mjcg/pl...xiety.html but if you want more search for things like "anxiety worry cycle" to see how easily thoughts spiral out of control and also "worry decision tree" which helps you determine which worries can be dealt with and which ones you 'let it go'. Letting it go is difficult at first but again there are guided meditations to help with this.
Sometimes when you put the worries down onto paper it helps put it into perspective. Sometimes when we think about things we think about the different outcomes and choose the worst one - this is called catastrophising. This is the one that demands the most mental energy even if it is the least likely to occur.
There's also 'overthinking', 'second guessing' and a few other behaviours that generate unhelpful thoughts. There are guides to help sort these out.
Get on a programme as quickly as you can though. There are online self-help courses but if you need one-on-one keep trying to push this through.
Oh the most important thing is - give yourself a break. Appreciate what you have and what you can do. Try not to dwell on what you don't have and what you can't do. Allow yourself some self-pride.
Drop me a PM if you need any help accessing resources.
Start out with the shorter guides, something like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzzb3jHhgeU for simple breathing. One of the physical things we do when anxious is forget to breath properly. We load up with oxygen in preparation for FFF (Fight, Flight or Freeze instinct) but we don't expel the carbon dioxide properly. This then runs around in the bloodstream and can cause stomach problems.
When a million and one things are all fighting for brain time it gets a bit overwhelmed in there. Simply disappearing off into the woods (with or without the dog) can help calm things a little. Some of the stuff going on inside your head doesn't really matter than much.
I've had a quick look about for some charts and whatnot. There are some on this page: https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/archive/mjcg/pl...xiety.html but if you want more search for things like "anxiety worry cycle" to see how easily thoughts spiral out of control and also "worry decision tree" which helps you determine which worries can be dealt with and which ones you 'let it go'. Letting it go is difficult at first but again there are guided meditations to help with this.
Sometimes when you put the worries down onto paper it helps put it into perspective. Sometimes when we think about things we think about the different outcomes and choose the worst one - this is called catastrophising. This is the one that demands the most mental energy even if it is the least likely to occur.
There's also 'overthinking', 'second guessing' and a few other behaviours that generate unhelpful thoughts. There are guides to help sort these out.
Get on a programme as quickly as you can though. There are online self-help courses but if you need one-on-one keep trying to push this through.
Oh the most important thing is - give yourself a break. Appreciate what you have and what you can do. Try not to dwell on what you don't have and what you can't do. Allow yourself some self-pride.
Drop me a PM if you need any help accessing resources.