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Re: Anxiety
by threadbear » Thu 09 Oct 2008, 18:49:50
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Re: Anxiety
by Narz » Thu 09 Oct 2008, 19:46:06
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Cashmere', 'W')e have a Creator. The Creator put us here. That's it.
Thinking about my mother creates a stress all it's own.
“Seek simplicity but distrust it”
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Re: Anxiety
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Re: Anxiety
by Homesteader » Wed 03 Dec 2008, 01:52:15
I remind myself that most of the stress-inducing events are either a long way from me, are "enhanced" for my viewing or reading pleasure, or are totally ficticious or have yet to happen. We are being programed by MSM to be in a constant state of alarm and fear in order to be more easily manipulated. I do my best to catch myself when I get to caught up in that cr*p.
Eat healthy, toxin-free food and water, exercise, spend more time contemplating the good than the bad.
Even in so-called "bad times" many people lead wonderful and fulfilling lives.
Help others, stop fixating on my own issues.
Think locally and act locally.
Eat healthy, toxin-free food and water, exercise, spend more time contemplating the good than the bad.
Even in so-called "bad times" many people lead wonderful and fulfilling lives.
Help others, stop fixating on my own issues.
Think locally and act locally.
"The era of procrastination, of half-measures, of soothing and baffling expedients, of delays, is coming to a close. In its place we are entering a period of consequences…"
Sir Winston Churchill
Beliefs are what people fall back on when the facts make them uncomfortable.
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Beliefs are what people fall back on when the facts make them uncomfortable.
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Re: Anxiety
by Sixstrings » Wed 03 Dec 2008, 01:57:30
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'W')hat coping mechanisms do you use to deal with anxiety? I usually just tell myself that "in 50 years (I'll be dead by then), none of this crap will matter". Out of all the coping mechanisms I've tried, this one works the best. It makes 90% of my stress just vanish.
If you're having doomer-type anxiety, my best advice is to get your mind off of it for a while. Meet some new people, try some new hobby completely out of left field for your norm, do some volunteering involving work you've never done before, maybe get a part-time job if you have the time. Or take a vacation, play a new video game, lose yourself in some books or movies.
My latest stress reliever is making bread, and tentatively learning how to really cook in general. Bread-making from scratch is great for anxiety.. it gets you involved in a 4 hour process where for that amount of time your mind is on yeast and rising dough rather than peak oil and rising seas.
(making bread the old school way takes time but not a lot of work -- maybe 30 minutes activity spread over 4 hours. It's like wait an hour, then push your dough down, then wait another hour.)
So making bread is good. It gets your mind on something else, while not being as intensive work as full-on cooking. A good book I can recommend would be "the Tassjara Bread Book," which you can get from Amazon.
Any number of hobbies would do the trick I imagine. I haven't tried gardening as yet, but I can see how that would be good for the soul as well.
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Re: Anxiety
by bratticus » Wed 03 Dec 2008, 08:57:10
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Re: Anxiety
by davep » Wed 03 Dec 2008, 09:29:15
I used to get massive panic attacks when flying. After a cognitive behavioural therapy course, I deal with it better. It also helps with general anxiety, to see it for what it is and not to let it spiral into panic.
What we think, we become.
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Re: Anxiety
by Grifter » Wed 03 Dec 2008, 09:48:00
Already been said but eating properly deffinately does work.
Drink less alcohol.
Excercise at least once a week if you have an inactive job.
Try to have sex at least once a week.
I don't manage the last one very much but I certainly feel a lot less anxious nowadays.
Drink less alcohol.
Excercise at least once a week if you have an inactive job.
Try to have sex at least once a week.
I don't manage the last one very much but I certainly feel a lot less anxious nowadays.
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Re: Anxiety
by Olaf » Wed 03 Dec 2008, 10:07:22
I do several things, including not trying to stress as much on things I can not control.
I have been reading Lao Tzu.
I involve myself in projects that I feel are constructive.
I play the guitar.
I practice a martial art.
I get cranky and bitch at people.
Olafr
I have been reading Lao Tzu.
I involve myself in projects that I feel are constructive.
I play the guitar.
I practice a martial art.
I get cranky and bitch at people.
Olafr
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