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Anxiety 1d
it’s so crazy that anxiety has negatively influenced almost every aspect of my life and some people barely have it at all. what’s up w that.
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Anonymous 1d

how to make it stop no borax no glue

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Anonymous 1d

LITERALLY. I have existential anxiety and wonder what normal people feel like on a day to day basis

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Anonymous 1d

My life is fine-ish but I met a guy who allegedly had anxiety who said “sometimes you have to take a step back and say ‘I’m being stupid’” like wow i didn’t know I could just stop being anxious by being smart enough to stop. Thats very helpful. Unfortunately I am very dumb and stubbornly convinced of every anxiety

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Anonymous 1d

Literally. Agoraphobia I used to be housebound checcckk 😍 now I’m 23 and feel like I missed out on making memories as a teenager like a normal person

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Anonymous 1d

Typo: MOST don’t have it, even if they say they do, their “anxiety” is nothing near actual stuff

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Anonymous 1d

try lexapro it was a lifesaver for me :)

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Anonymous 1d

Same

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 1d

I meant most regular people

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 1d

I do the step back and “I’m being stupid” thing and it def doesn’t make the anxiety go away but it is like how I kick myself out of rumination cycles but it only works when I also have distraction and other support lol

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 1d

I’ve gotten multiple existential panic attack (on top of GAD), it was legit the worst & scariest feeling I’ve ever had. I feel for you.

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 1d

The “I’m being stupid” just makes me feels 10x worse by feeling guilty and anxious that I have anxiety.

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Anonymous replying to -> #6 1d

Technically I have people in my life I can go to. I just always want to talk to whoever I’m ruminating about and it’s difficult to remember other people exist/i start ruminating about them too. So I have to rely on hobbies that often make me think of them and want to text them anyway. I’m never free.

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Anonymous replying to -> #8 1d

Honestly felt. I feel like it only works if you had parents who pulled off the tough love thing well and doesn’t work for spoiled brats like me or people with shitty abusive parents

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Anonymous replying to -> #8 1d

How did you work through it? I still get them 😭 I also have thanatophobia and will throw myself into a panic attack thinking of my own death

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 15h

I can only stop a panic attack in the very beginning of it starting, if I feel like my thoughts are going that way I need to distract myself asap. Once it starts there’s no stopping…it usually helps when someone else is there

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