I do miss the version of me that didn’t have a constant undercurrent of dread reverberating throughout the day. Every day.
Fortunately for me, that feeling is exactly the same as chronic anxiety, which feels basically the same as being over-caffeinated. So as long as I drink a bunch of coffee every day and don’t think about it too much, I can convince myself I just had too much coffee and it’s not just that I’m dying on the inside!
Intermittent anxiety is so much worse than chronic anxiety.
Chronic anxiety: I guess this is how I live now.
Intermittent anxiety: fuck what was that?! Nah I’m ok… FUCK!
…but like all in your head
I have no doubt of that.
My anxiety is a bitch but I have good coping strategies and am mostly able to live with it.
This
So much this. I never had this in my life. Sometimes, you know, you have a bad day and at night you have a bit of this dready feeling but it’s fine.
Then came trump, the world went immediately towards WWIII and I’ve been having a knot in my stomach for a year straight now.
We have a dozen problems out there that can/will kill humanity within a hundred years and in came a retard who said it was all nonsense, and hey, here you have a thirteenth way that humanity will make itself extinct!
I miss those days were the worst I had to think about was finding a job.
As someone who has been on both sides of this I can say that a regular meditation practice can really help. Nothing crazy, just simple sitting meditation (vipassana) 1-2x times a day everyday. Working your way up from 5 to 10 to 20-25 minute sessions.
While I totally agree with you, I think starting with 5-10 minutes for complete beginners (especially people with ADHD) is unrealistic. I think starting with 2-3 mins is a good goal. It doesn’t sound like a lot, but it seems like a lot when you first start sitting, however not overwhelming.
