These both come to you courtesy of the dude, who, amazing partner that he is, keeps an eye out for interesting anxiety-related stuff and passes it on to me(which is great, considering that most of the articles I read come from the Huffington post). How I got so lucky as to have a partner like … Continue reading More awesome internet things
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Withdrawl: hiding or healing?
Guys. I'm so sorry that it's been a while. I've been really wrestling during the last couple of weeks with the effect that anxiety has had on my social life. For the last two years, the only people I've seen regularly are the dude, my sister, my dad, and my step-mom. And the only people outside … Continue reading Withdrawl: hiding or healing?
The Five Love Languages
I just finished reading The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman, which was recommended to me by my spirit twin. A few years ago, I would have resisted something so seemingly self-helpy. I didn't need that. I was doing fine. But you know what? Self help shit is kind of awesome. Granted, there is some weirdness out … Continue reading The Five Love Languages
The Daring Way
A couple of days ago I got a package from my mom, who had packed up some of my grandma's cross stitch thread and sent it to me. Sure enough, when I opened it, I found embroidery floss tucked into little protectors in plastic sleeves that I could put in a binder, as expected. What I … Continue reading The Daring Way
Rationalizing inertia
As I've written about before, when it's been a while since an intense anxiety day I tend to get complacent. I forget that I'm not experiencing much anxiety because I'm working on managing it. I forget that I need to take an active role in preempting it. I begin to tell myself that it's ok … Continue reading Rationalizing inertia
Anxiety is a partnership
Lately I've been doing the Anxiety pack of meditations on Headspace, and something has clicked for me. It's not about making the anxiety feel consistent: a panic attack always feels this way, small anxieties always feel that way. Because it's not going to be like that. While there are commonalities - tingling and expansion in … Continue reading Anxiety is a partnership
it's only fear 