Having frustrations with worsening anxiety :(
I've been an anxious person for as long as I can remember. As a kid I'd be referred to by family members as Nervous Nelly, even. These days, I've developed some healthy coping skills in my toolkit (like deep breathing, meditation, positive/kind self-talk, and mindfulness, to name a few), but I gotta admit that the past week or so I've been having worse anxiety. I partly blame it on PMS, but it doesn't make it any less frustrating, you know?
It doesn't help though that typical social media sites, like Twitter and Tiktok, have been contributing to my increased anxiety as of late, in addition to some financial hardships I'm facing. On the whole, I'm trying to do what I can to help myself out via coping skills, but sometimes it doesn't feel like enough. Unfortunately, I can't access proper therapy or other professional care at this time, but I don't want to stew in this anxiety alone, either.
How do you cope with increased levels of anxiety? How do you feel more in control of things when your anxiety makes you feel somewhat out of control? Any tips or just support is greatly appreciated. It can feel so isolating sometimes, and I don't want to burden those close to me with these feelings.
@bestRaspberries1517 can you ditch the social media?
I find them very triggering.
Well done for all the amazing tools! Do you have human support as well? You could reach out to a listener when you feel its onset.
At moment am battling more with the depression than anxiety so am quite dulled. But in past I used to use some EFT points and recently came across some u tube exercises on the Vagus Nerve in case you want to look up. Wish you well, wish you calmness
@anonyLemon4233 I don't think I can ditch it entirely, as I do use it in part for work stuff, but I can definitely reduce how often I check it and maybe schedule a day or two in the week where I don't use it at all. That could be a happy compromise. Thank you for the kind advice and sharing your experience, too.
@bestRaspberries1517 I forgot to mention that the nickname given to you was very unfair because such things really impact us in childhood
I try not to blame anyone nowadays but it too me many years to realise that Being called a crybaby as a child was the least helpful thing my relatives could have done...
I later went on to read how common it was for highly sensitive people to have been given such names. It's an interesting read if you feel drawn to it you can look up HSP.