MrsMurs
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treatment for anxiety and depression and what is effective is entirely down to the individual. I had an eating disorder in my teens, and also suffered with zero confidence and feeling low/depression - not that the world would have guessed as I was very adept at keeping it hidden. I suppose key for me - without going into too much history - was getting a few more years under my belt and being able to put how I was feeling into perspective. Sometimes anxiety is triggered for real, genuine reasons which should be listened to, but sometimes, and more often, it is just there in your every day life, escalating and building itself up to become a very paralysing state of mind. I still feel anxiety and I'm sure I always will. It's part of my make up now, but I try very hard to rationalise and break it down so that I understand if it is a real concern or not. I also don't listen to it sometimes, and that is an art for in my opinion, to override what your gut is winding you up about and telling it to shut up and go away. Again, that comes from approaching your anxiety and saying, "come on, what's this all about?".
Please don't laugh, but in the last month or so I've also started with a mantra. I think I read about it in a magazine. Really give time thinking about your core qualities, and the person you know deep down you are. I say to myself if I'm having a wobble, "I'm strong, I'm kind, I'm capable. Those 3 values are important to me. I'm strong - I overcame an eating disorder and I'm winning against anxiety. I'm kind - always. I'm capable - because I am, no matter what my anxiety tells me.
Anxiety isn't your friend, so tell it to do one.
The only other thing I will add, is break experiences down into bite size pieces - much easier to digest! If your planning a hack and you can feel the impending dread coming, don't out pressure on yourself. Tack your boy up, breathe. Jump on him, breathe. Take him out for 5 minutes, breathing. Extend the hack if you feel good. I tend to do alot of over thinking beforehand and it allows anxiety to take hold. Cut it off at the pass. Don't push yourself to go for an hour hack. Do what feels manageable to you at the time.
Hope this helps
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Please don't laugh, but in the last month or so I've also started with a mantra. I think I read about it in a magazine. Really give time thinking about your core qualities, and the person you know deep down you are. I say to myself if I'm having a wobble, "I'm strong, I'm kind, I'm capable. Those 3 values are important to me. I'm strong - I overcame an eating disorder and I'm winning against anxiety. I'm kind - always. I'm capable - because I am, no matter what my anxiety tells me.
Anxiety isn't your friend, so tell it to do one.
The only other thing I will add, is break experiences down into bite size pieces - much easier to digest! If your planning a hack and you can feel the impending dread coming, don't out pressure on yourself. Tack your boy up, breathe. Jump on him, breathe. Take him out for 5 minutes, breathing. Extend the hack if you feel good. I tend to do alot of over thinking beforehand and it allows anxiety to take hold. Cut it off at the pass. Don't push yourself to go for an hour hack. Do what feels manageable to you at the time.
Hope this helps
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