#fighting anxiety

[ghostoflillith]

Meditation really is such a huge game changer when it comes to mental health and self improvement.

Yet so many people misunderstand it, or just don't want to try it bc they think it will be boring.

Was using your imagination as a child boring? Meditation is as boring or exciting as you make it.

Many people don't know where to start, or claim they just "don't have the time," but we make time for that which is important to us.

Do you smoke cigarettes or weed?

Even just 5 minutes a day, hell, a week, can cause such a massive change in your perspective of life.

Taking the time to slow down, breathe, and sort through your brain, in a world that is so "GO GO GO," all the time, is so crucial to keeping a clear head.

Getting in touch with ourselves, who we really are, our desires and fears, in a world filled with overstimulation and escapism has never been more important.

If you are curious, or would like to get started, or even just try it out to see "what's up," I highly encourage snooping through the "guided meditation" section of youtube.

Start off small, 5 minute, 10 minute, whatever feels right to you. What videos call to you? What seems interesting to try?

(I can send you a playlist of some of my favorites if you like!)

If you are serious about bettering yourself, meditation is a GREAT and FREE way to start!

I have learned so much about myself just through 5-10 minute daily guided sessions.

I took a break but just got back into it again and I already feel so much better.

When I first started, I was in a very very low place. Each meditation I did would leave me crying and shaking, not because I was sad, but because I was purging trauma trapped in my body.

Mediation helped me learn to regulate my emotions, feel them, and allow them to pass, instead of getting trapped in them. It has given me so much clarity about myself and the world around me. It's truly one of the best things I may have ever done for myself.

It has helped me build confidence, self assurance, helped me let go of things that desperately needed to be released, helped me connect with myself and my spirit guides, taught me patience (still working on that one lol) and so so much fucking more.

It has brought me feelings of true peace, which I had not experienced before. I am not so quick to be angered or triggered, I think much more logically and am less trapped in my emotions. It's actually kind of crazy how much my brain has changed in the last 3 years from meditation. If you knew me irl, you know I used to be VERY emotional, suicidal, prone to self harm tendencies. That's not who i am anymore, and a big chunk of that is due to meditation.

I respond more frequently, not from a place of trauma, but from a place of understanding and kindness. Coming from someone who's whole personality was nothing but trauma responses....I am forever grateful to myself for deciding to begin this journey.

Meditation is one of the most powerful forms of self care I have ever encountered. It is long lasting, unlike face masks and bubble baths.

Some of the most profound meds I have done are for emotional release, and I cannot recommend this more for people with trauma of any kind. Let that shit out of your body, instead of keeping it trapped and poisoning your spirit. (Only if you feel ready)

If you can learn to control your emotions, you can truly do anything.

Do you Meditate?

What kinds of meditation are your favorite?

Do you have any favorite guided meditation channels on youtube?

If so, drop them shits in the comments!

#meditation #meditative #guided meditation #mental health #healing #releasing #cleansing #grounding #centering #spirit team #spiritual awakening #spirituality #spiritual development #spiritual disciplines #self discipline #self development #self discovery #neurodivergent #fighting depression #fighting anxiety #self control #thoughts #trauma response #trauma recovery #emotions #emotional #self care #self love #self aware #self help

[thesconesyard]

Me and Gary King and The Sisters of Mercy fighting anxiety.

#slice of life #fighting anxiety #had a long day #Gary King #the world’s end #sisters of mercy

[unlovablereject]

I got to play the drum and guitar during sukkot, in the beautiful sukkah they built at Shula. I was so lost in the music that I lost track of the time! I am so proud of myself for winning over my anxiety and being able to physically go to Shula and play in front of most of the congregation (it was a small party). I will be a Rabbi one day, and my congregation will flow with traditional music that pulses through you. I look up to my Rabbi with so much honor and she is a role model for me. She is able to talk to me and read me. She let's me know she's proud. She encourages me to pursue my dreams, and my faith. Being Jewish to me isn't just in my blood, but it's in my soul. I walk into my Synoguage and I feel warmth and love like never before. People actually want to get to know me!

I won one battle. A lifetime more to go!

#pride in myself post #positive post #jewish #sukkot #austism #anxiety #drumming #sukkah #playing music in the sukkah #playing music for sukkot #i won over my anxiety last night and it was worth it #im a jew and im proud #proud jew #Jewish High Holidays #fighting asd #fighting anxiety #fighting depression #fighting bpd #fighting to win my life back

[sewgeekmama]

Dealing with Anxiety, a Pandemic and Quarantine

A pandemic is enough to stress out anyone. Throw in a possible quarantine and a lot of unknowns, and it’s easy to fall into the anxiety spiral. Here in Jacksonville we aren’t on total lockdown yet, but you can feel it coming. Every morning I check the news and see it creeping closer and closer to us. And now that they’ve taken the beaches away here, it’s leaving me wishing they’d just do it and…

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#anxiety #coping #coronavirus #covid-19 #fighting anxiety #Mental Health #Mom Life #quarantine #stress #virus anxiety

[thankyouforyourletter]

010 :: a room full of strangers.

oh my goodness guys. hi. it's been a while. i mean very nearly two years can definitely be classified as "a while". that's a long time to keep my many devoted followers wondering what has happened to me.

the short answer is: oh so much.

but let's just skip ahead or this post will be forty five minutes of reading that nobody cares about. not even my most devoted reader: myself.

so what's going on with me now?

i did a big hard thing for my home body, being alone loving self. i've been settled in my safe&secure bubble for many years. but i signed up for a course that has me going from wild and free, empty days full of whatever leisure i want, to sitting in a room full of strangers trying to be taught skills that will make me a potentially valuable asset in a workplace setting.

i didn't even want this. i was just trying to help my dad out and thought i would be able to do that better if i took a course. it turned out to be a much more involved process than i expected. multiple interviews and an intake process that overwhelmed me to the point of hoping that maybe i wouldn't be qualified and i could get off by a technicality. i didn't. i got the acceptance phone call. and i had to get straight to setting my mind on being excited about what i was going to be learning, over the discomfort of what that might involve.

day one went fine. but still i woke up day two with anxiety. not wanting to go back. i just found it overwhelming to realize i had committed to three months of full time expectations. having to be up early and looking put together without an appropriate wardrobe. listen. even if i did have the clothes, i have no idea how to dress myself. i've never needed to. every morning this past week felt like i was struggling just to put clothes on my body. not the best way to start a day.

because this course is not only meant to train you on a specific subject, but also to prepare you to find you a job suited to you, we aren't just learning a skill and moving on. we're learning self awareness. self management. thought patterns. there'll be training on writing cover letters, resumes, and how to interview. ew. mock interviews. the piece i'm blocking out of my mind so i don't panic and crawl back into my cozy hole of comfort.

there have been plenty of moments over the past week, and weeks leading up to this past week, where i felt like maybe i'd gotten myself into something i couldn't convince myself to follow through with. while simultaneously understanding that backing out was not an option for me. it was time to remind myself that i'm strong enough. and brave enough. to do this scary new thing.

i successfully completed my first week. i've met people who i get along with incredibly well. i can see myself leaving this experience with not only skills and a potential job that has been vetted to suit me personally, but with friends too. which, if you've read any of my previous posts, is a pretty big deal for me.

erin.

#new student #what i learned #back to school #fighting anxiety #i can do hard things #personal blog #journal entry #blogger #tumblog #how i grow #tumblr blog #writing for myself #writing is my therapy #room full of strangers #trying to make friends

[antvnger]

((Hey, it's the anon that asked for the second opinion about blocking. In the end, I finally went through with it. I figured my mental health was more important than someone constantly giving me anxiety. I'm still a bit uncertain about the other people involved.

Have you ever been worried that, when you're not around, your friends talk about you behind your back? It's highschool bullshit stuff but it still happens with friend groups. At least in my experience. You seem to have a good group of friends who actually respect and care about you though, so I doubt it.

But if you have had that, do you have any tips on how to overcome the insecurity of stuff like that?))

((Hey, Anon.

First of all, good for you! I'm proud of you! I know that was hard to do, and it took a lot to do it. But I'm proud of you.

I'll be honest, Anon, sometimes I still wrestle with that kind of thing too, even though I know it's silly to. But when you have anxiety and not that many close irl friends, sometimes you second guess interactions and wonder. At least I do anyway.

But! I do have some tips that I hope can help you too.

Verbally tell yourself that their negative opinions do not matter. Say it out loud. Because it's true. In the end, their opinions aren't important. They won't remember what they said about you next week if not tomorrow, and if they do say anything? The problem lies with them because they're annoyed for the wrong reasons.

Verbally tell yourself 3 good things about yourself, especially things that will counteract what your brain is telling you those people are saying. Remind yourself of true and good things about yourself. If there's a mirror around, look in the mirror and tell yourself those things. And say them with conviction. Mean it. As cheesy as it sounds, just saying it isn't enough. Say it and mean it. If you don't feel like you do mean it, then work on getting to that point. But definitely tell yourself those good things about yourself. And try to tell yourself 3 different things each time.

Surround yourself with a good community who can and will tell you those good things about yourself too. Whether irl or on here or discord or wherever. Find your people, and they'll tell you the good and true things about you.

If you need a quick pick-me-up in the moment, find a song that makes you happy that you can dance to or find a funny video on YouTube or something like that to give you a nice little boost to move beyond that moment. Find and keep something on you or on your phone as a nice little dopamine boost.

If all else fails? Come back here. Scott and I will be happy to help try to cheer you up and tell you good things about yourself.

I hope this helps, Anon. Our door is always open if you need anything else.))

#for the ant mun #ant mun #anon asks #fighting insecurity #insecurity #anxiety #fighting anxiety

[happystarfishcrusade]

I made a cake today.

I hate baking, I become a nervous wreck almost every time but I really wanted to make a chocolate.

So I made a box mix cake and I'm so proud of myself because I did something that scared me.

Even though it was just a box mix cake it gives me confidence.

#cake #food #fighting anxiety #small wins

[iaintnoflower]

All is good

Try this

Picture yourself telling your worries to someone else, someone you trust. Try to imagine what would they say to you. At some point they would find that there's no sense in being so worried.

The string of thoughts you are unraveling it's not coherent, it's not lineal. It's hard to become aware of that. But if you try, eventually you will realise you're not actually worried, in fact you are anxious.

To stop this you need to step out of the line of circular thoughts, and cut it, get distracted, think of something else.

When you get back to the problem, you won't find it.

The thing is things just need time, they take time to unravel. When being anxious, it's hard to stand this. Anxiety causes you the need to have everything under control. But that's impossible.

Sometimes to solve something you just need to wait, to do something else in between, to see what happens. You need to allow yourself to get surprised.

I tell myself this when I'm anxious. It works pretty well for me. Just sharing in case it helps someone else <3

#me #fuck anxiety #anxienty #fighting anxiety

[unworthylivingdead]

What you can control is your own Mind.

You cannot control what's happening, what had happened or what will gonna happen.

But you can control your mind, towards on how will you react to those events.

Read it again.

#fighting anxiety #mental health #mental illness #mentally unstable

[ghostoflillith]

How I saved my own life:

I hope this can help someone someday.

#mental health #dopamine #fighting depression #fighting demons #fighting anxiety #trauma #trauma recovery #healing #happiness #pursuit of happiness #how to #save yourself #save yourselves

[mamajecshub]

"If you want to conquer the anxiety of life, live in the moment, live in the breath." - Amit Ray

#positive mental attitude #positive affirmations #positive quotes #positive thoughts #positivemindpositivelife #fighting anxiety

[brainrotcharacters]

the man trained by the shimotsuki since childhood, the mind behind the three sword style, the demon pirate hunter, vice captain of the Strawhat Pirates,

easily stopped with a hand on his shoulder by his captain (currently in a silly hungry vibe)

#he blink #HE'S SO CUTE #help #zolu #zoro #luffy #one piece live action #one piece #roronoa zoro #monkey d. luffy #my thinking is that zoro's survivalist (glorified anxiety) instincts found some peace in Luffy's presence at this point in the opla #any other person who tries to pull zoro back by the shoulder the way luffy just did? gone. zoro is suddenly fruit ninja again #any other person who even tries to REACH for him gets sliced n diced #especially to reach from behind him which is a general blind spot #someone with zoro's training would know how to track what happens in his blind spots #but someone with zoro's heart recognized luffy and said 'oy chill he's good he's the homie' #outside of his fight or flight mode #zoro feels safe enough now (in Luffy's presence) to become his true self #A Tired Stormcloud Character #who's going to tell opla zoro this is only the start #Strawhat shenanigans #on another note his earrings are so fkn pretty like *makes grabby hands*

[the-rainbow-of-doom]

(This post was sponsored by a 1+ hour commute)

#I'm so frustrated how little time and energy i have after a day is done #i didn't win the fight against depression to have lofe ruined by THAT now #lacking time and energy to go on job hunt.. it's all very small steps only #a part time job would be marvellous but what flat can be paid with that #maybe also my anxiety is stopping me from getting a new job. what if i get fired. what if it's horrible there. ahh.. i need more courage #mine capitalism #anti-capitalism #work

[johnnymcnasty]

Fight...

...like your life depends on it, because it does. Even if you're getting your ass beat, even if you're going down, go down swinging.

I love you.

#depression #mental illness #fighting anxiety #learning self love

[elitadream]

What if this was Luigi's fight all along?

#Alternatively: what if Luigi finally snapped? #And what if he had the chance to save and protect Mario? #He would take it in a heartbeat. Danger and anxiety be damned. #There's nothing he wouldn't do for his big brother #Including facing his single greatest fear #And Mario knows this #bless them both #Also when I said I was going to bring my Bowser back as himself... This was the piece I was talking about! #I've had this scene in mind for a whole year omg #But could never seem to find a good opportunity to finish it #The recent talk about Luigi for the body swap concept was just what I needed #And now I finally get to share it with you all! #Luigi #Bowser #Mario #Fire Flower #power-up #angst #drama #fight #family #bravery #heroism #Super Mario Bros #fanart

[turtleblogatlast]

[ cw: trauma / mind control / separation anxiety / autophobia / ]

Something that kills me is that there’s no way in hell that Raph’s debilitating separation anxiety isn’t infinitely worse after the movie. The trauma of being Krangified like that, all alone, would probably regress him so hard.

Not to mention his worries of getting “weird” would likely get mixed up with his experience while Krangified - aka, he loses full awareness, and when he’s brought “back” it’s to the understanding that he attacked his own family (of course not to his own fault at all, but how much of that does he believe?)

The fear of being alone would take on another layer and become a fear of himself.

#rottmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rottmnt raph #rise raph #trauma / #mind control / #separation anxiety / #autophobia / #codependency mention in tags / #after the invasion he checks up on the others multiple times and guiltily hopes one of them asks to stay with him for the night #he’s the big brother so it feels - wrong. to ask them to stay with him. #but his plushies don’t have heartbeats. and neither did the krang #and guiltily - guiltily - Raph is relieved when someones doing bad enough to stay with him each night #he doesn’t know it but the others see he needs it so they offer #man idk I just want Raph to be safe and happy #me having Raph feels at 3 am #I raise you: codependent Raph and Leo post invasion #they both dealt with losing the other #going from fighting and high tensions pre invasion to being scared to leave each others’ side post invasion #god wait this concept is so sad wait #but it works #may address this in a later post/fic ngl