I have come to the conculsion that I need to move on from my anxiety. I still don't know what is causing it but I need to say something to myself or look at a different way so I can live with it. Be okay with the pain.
>>34464653Based you're in the right track. Move on with anxiety, do not try to move on from it. It will always be with you, so you may as well make a companion out of it. When you do that, you will notice the anxiety eases up.
>>34464672I can probably do that now but It makes me physically sick
>>34464672Hijacking this thread, I have IBS which makes it a lot harder for me personallyWhenever I get anxious I enter a snowball where my stomach starts twisting so I get more anxious so it starts twisting harder
>>34466660Yeah I have IBS too. So when I feel psychosomatic anxiety (anxiety that I feel in my body) I just remind myself not to mentalize it. I don't let myself treat it as something about my self image or mental identity, I just regard it the same as having a flu or a sprained ankle or something like that. Helps me from falling into anxiety death spirals.
>>34466748>IBSwhat has helped you manage that?
>>34466748>I just remind myself not to mentalize it.Massive respect for being able to do this, I never managed to stop the snowball no matter how hard I tried to trick myself, I guess being depressed and low self-esteem really doesn't help
>>34467011>what has helped you manage that?Took myself away from stressful environs aka away from my crazy ass family home. Also avoiding eating mushrooms or onions, those will fuck IBS up good.>>34467968>I never managed to stop the snowball no matter how hard I tried to trick myselfThat's the neat part, it's not a trick. It's actually what's happening physically in your body. The human stomach is like a second brain, it has it's own nervous system like a brain, not as many connections obviously but it's true. When people say they have a "gut feeling" it's not just a concept of a funny turn of phrase, it's a real thing. When your body anxiety flares up, it's a physical thing and not a mental. But if you mistake it for mental anxiety, you will become mentally anxious as well.
>>34467995That kind of helps with mentalizing the problem, I'll try to use it during my next spiral. Still, I find it hard to ignore the brain-bowel connection. "Body anxiety" is a very alien concept to me, I only treated anxiety as a mental problem
>>34468187>"Body anxiety" is a very alien concept to me, I only treated anxiety as a mental problemYeah it was for me too for a very long time. Once I started to notice the patterns it got easier. It takes practice bro. But you will notice it, start making predictions or bets with yourself. For example if you feel down or melancholic for no reason or anxious, check yourself and see if you have eaten or not. Chances are you haven't. Chances are you ain't drank much fluid either. And chances are you ain't showered that day or something like that. It cbs get very specific too, having a coat of plaque in your teeth if you forgot to brush that morning can give you mysterious mental discomfort that you can't seem to trace.When you have IBS it's usually a sign you are probably adhd. And if not that, you are at least someone who is an external professor. Aka your body below the neck is actually where your mind lives, not inside your skull. So all the controls to regulate your mood can be chosen by your own body. Get good with practicing it and you will be feeling solid in no time.
>>34468488>External professorExternal processor*
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