swilow
Bluelight Crew
I don't know if this is the right spot or if such a thread exists but I thought it could be useful for us to share some techniques we may have developed to help reduce anxiety. It seems that anxious people are usually forced to become extra resourceful due to the intensity and ongoing nature of the issue and I think we all come up with different ways to help ourselves, some that we may not have considered before.
Obviously, certain medications are useful in the short term. But lets think of better solutions than that.
For me, I find breath meditation to be super helpful. It doesn't work immediately but ten minutes of slow breathing in a calm environment can feel like a mild benzo in terms of relaxing the body and slowing the thoughts. I find other, similar things, usually repetitive and simple such as drumming can help to slow thoughts too.
One of my preferred methods involves simply reading. I can be jumping out of my skin but if I grab a good book, usually non-fiction sciencey stuff, and get absorbed I sort of forget my anxiety and break the feedback cycle.
What sort of stuff do you do when you are anxious?
Obviously, certain medications are useful in the short term. But lets think of better solutions than that.
For me, I find breath meditation to be super helpful. It doesn't work immediately but ten minutes of slow breathing in a calm environment can feel like a mild benzo in terms of relaxing the body and slowing the thoughts. I find other, similar things, usually repetitive and simple such as drumming can help to slow thoughts too.
One of my preferred methods involves simply reading. I can be jumping out of my skin but if I grab a good book, usually non-fiction sciencey stuff, and get absorbed I sort of forget my anxiety and break the feedback cycle.
What sort of stuff do you do when you are anxious?
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