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6 years ago 0 71 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Ugh I hope soon. I'm trying so hard like doing this program, peer support, yoga, counseling and this damn medication. Something has to give and make me feel better. Thanks again for being so supportive. You truly are a great human being. 
6 years ago 0 85 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
We need to awaken that motivation.

Just do and the motivation will follow.

Same idea as fake it til you make it.


6 years ago 0 71 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
I agree. I really need to start pushing myself. I used to wake up and run for at least 20-30 min every morning. Now I wake up and I just have zero motivation and want to lie in bed until I need to get up and get ready for work. 
6 years ago 0 85 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
You definitely need to get back to that because:

1. It burns off that residual adrenaline lingering in your system that makes you feel on edge all the time;
2. According to research it releases happy hormones akin to medication;
3. You feel better about yourself - builds confidence - which helps you face anxiety;
4. Reclaims what was yours. Anxiety stole it. Its time to take it back;
5. It refocuses your mind to something other than your breathing;
6. I can go on and on ... ie. cardio benefits, meeting ppl, gives structure in your day, etc

Try going back in increments ... like working out for 15 mins and gradually building it up.

6 years ago 0 71 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Yup  once I started having the panic attacks I stopped working out. I just couldn't find the desire to work out or to be out at the gym alone. 
6 years ago 0 85 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
See. Thats amazing. All the more reason that youll make a completely recovery.

Awww. Youll be okay. My sister also has anxiety but she also made a complete recovery. In the past she would panic if I wasnt around so that is normal to form an attachment to someone who makes you feel safe. But its definitely empowering to let go of your security person and know that security comes from you. You are your own rock when your anxious. You feel free and you also free the other person (ie. Sometimes i couldnt go far because she would be too nervous)

This is a good place to start. You said you useto work out - why did you stop? Anxiety?
6 years ago 0 71 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Can't imagine how difficult it is to have family not understand. Thankfully mine are so supportive but sometimes I feel they don't know what to say anymore.
I've also been trying to write in my journal sometimes that helps. No my fiancé leaves tomorrow and comes back Sunday. He really isn't gone for long but I feel super sad not spending a weekend with him.

I honestly don't even know what I enjoy anymore. I used to work out and I have been trying to get back into it but it's been hard. 
6 years ago 0 85 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Oh my god. You are so welcome. 

I care because I know how hard it is. My family is middle eastern so they dont know what anxiety is. They told me to get over it like its no big deal. My dad still dismisses it. So its really hard dealing with it with no support. 

Honestly I go on youtube and I search up animal fails haha. It totally takes my mind off. Laugh therapy is better than any pill.  

Also I write in my diary and read self help books because I feel like knowledge is power in this situation. Apparently when you write your thoughts out it is easier to counter. 

What do you do for fun? Thats important. Finding fun activities to do. Is your fiance back?

6 years ago 0 71 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Ugh I can't wait to get to that point. Sometimes I can deal with the anxiety but when it's sadness and anxiety it's like an explosion that I cannot handle. 
6 years ago 0 85 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
I actually used this analogy with myself: 

Think of anxiety as the Big Bang. What happens ... it expands and expands and expands. But then it hits a point that it collapses on its own weight which I call the Big Crunch cycle. Then it retreats and retreats. You my dear are in the end of the expand cycle now with the right stragety and therapy, you will trigger its collapse. Then youll see it retreating and retreating until you be like, what anxiety? Lol. You will reach that point because I have in the past.  


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