I do miss the version of me that didn’t have a constant undercurrent of dread reverberating throughout the day. Every day.
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.
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!
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.
