Hi. I've been struggling with depression and anxiety for years, sometimes it would get better but then it would get worse and so on.
I don't really struggle as much with depression anymore and I think that's because I met someone who helped me look forward to life more, and also I got rid of some toxic people that were in my life and I rarely visit my toxic hometown anymore (my parents live there and they are okay, but there is something seriously wrong with that town bcs whenever I go something not good happens, and most people there are awful), and also I started going to the gym and caring a bit more about what I eat. All that helped me with depression...
But, the problem is that my anxiety is still making me struggle. I think it's because life is finally good now and I'm scared of something bad happening again, because I'm so used to being sad and miserable. Also, maybe my brain is uncomfortable with happiness or smthng like that, because it's so used to being miserable and me hating myself (I don't hate myself anymore :D).
Anyway, I get random anxiety, sometimes for no reason, or sometimes I overthink abt some random bad stuff that can happen. I also realized that I get anxiety or just feel like I don't wanna do anything every time after spending a lot of time with this one person, like I just wanna spend even more time with them. It's probably because I get used to spending so much time with them that when they have to go it feels weird spending time without them. I also did an online quiz on attachments once and it says that I have an anxious attachment, so that's probably the reason why.
So, my question is how do I work on my anxiety? Are there any good journaling prompts that might help? Also, I've heard of something called self-soothing but I'm not sure how to do that. I really wanna work towards being anxiety-free. Thank you in advance to everyone who answers to my questions. :>
#Struggles with anxiety
onyx sentinel
tired fiber
i'm in therapy, and something that's repeated a lot is that the feeling of anxiety itself is normal, but what people with anxiety (me included) have trouble with is that it shows up at "inappropriate" times. what we have to do is question why its happening
i found that trying to work through them logically/rationally helped me a lot. there's a CBT (cognitive behavioural therapy) workbook that was recommended to me called "mind over matter" and it gives you scenarios that you can read and work pages where you can work through - about those stories, but you can also use for yourself
people also recommend meditating, breathing techniques, some kind of exercise, etc. to be more aware of the feelings you're feeling, and to get some of that anxious energy/restlessness out