How to be less anxious?

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Help me be less anxious

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I hope you feel better soon. I have bad anxiety and nothing much helps besides klonopin as needed. I wish I knew the answer to help you. Anxiety is awful.

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I agree it is awful i wish it would go away but its getting worse lately idk

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Breathe, smile, relax, meditate, don’t worry, believe everything will be okay :blush:.

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Yeah I’m pretty sure mine is brain damage or something. Even anti-anixety meds don’t work for me. So I’m here with you. Nonetheless I’ll continue with experiments.

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I like that @see121 i will keep trying better to be happy…think happy thoughts more

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Do you have counseling? There with you now. All I have is vistaril. Hope you get a break from your anxiety. Hugs.

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Thanks @roxanna i have diazepam but low dose, pdoc wont let me have more than 2’s she thinks i’ll get addicted on 5 or 10

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Mine only happened with medication unfortunately and meditation. But my buspirone* and trileptal works wonders.

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@Ducky my therapist has adhd and recommended the balance app to me. I try to meditate with guided meditation 5 minutes a day. They teach you how to meditate without guided like counting your exhales and saying in and out when you breathe. That plus medication plus radical acceptance and coping statements really helped me also. My favorite coping statement is : “Everything worked out” and “This is just a season” DBT therapy helped with my anxiety. Sitting with the feeling first, processing it, then distracting myself with emotional regulation list/ activities ( sometimes called soothing activities list) They have those online.

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I find this book very helpful.

I do ACT exercises regularly.

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Thats great advice @anon91889455 i will try those, thankyou!

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Thanks @shutterbug i will look into that

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You can meditate on a regular basis, do heart coherence , see a sophrologist, drink chamomile tea, put essential oil on your wrist and smell that

Hopefully you’ll feel better soon

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Thankyou @Vaiana how are you?

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You’re welcome :blush:

I’m fine, I worked today, I’m back home for a bit more than one hour

And you?

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why are you anxious? is it from over thinking?

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@POET its kind of stuck the anxiety mode. Ive been trying to think happy thoughts but it isnt working. Constant

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