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FF_Redux posted...

Diagnosed with GAD and social anxiety (also depression but Im past that) in 2017. Shouldve gotten help MANY years ago but yeh.
With help and meds I got better and the tools to handle my anxiety. Been meds free since like late fall last year.

My GAD is acting up atm and I feel worry and anxiety in my body, its like a dull anxiety hard to explain. I use my tools but its hard sometimes, feeling it just sucks ass.

I'm sorry to hear that - the dull background anxiety/ depression/ etc is especially frustrating since we often feel "it's not bad enough to actually stop us".

What kind of breathing exercises/ mindfulness/ meditation/ guided imagery/etc have you tried?

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Ruvan22 posted...

I'm sorry to hear that - the dull background anxiety/ depression/ etc is especially frustrating since we often feel "it's not bad enough to actually stop us".

What kind of breathing exercises/ mindfulness/ meditation/ guided imagery/etc have you tried?

I mainly now use my breathing as an anchor when I notice anxiety affecting me or during negative thoughts. Sometimes I use mindfullness to get into the present, focus on my breathing while exploring what my other senses are feeling now.

Recently used body scanning which I havent done for awhile.

When I find myself stuck on a negative thought I visualise it in a bubble in front of me, I step back and observe it objetivly, how is it affecting me etc, accept the thought for just being a thought and let it go. This ive had to do much less. At the beginning I did it a lot.


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My mental health is so bad I sometimes can't even bring myself to get out of bed. To say I have terrible mental health is an understatement..

Also 45 months of alcoholism averaging 40-60 drinks a week has caused my speech and memory facilities to suffer. I don't want to think about what long term damage I have caused myself.

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