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lawfullybroken
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I love dogs, Disney, art, baking, and writing. I have 2 dogs who keep me going all the time. I'm looking to overcome my anxiety and calm my life down a bit.

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Managing work anxiety.
Anxiety Support / by lawfullybroken
Last post
 March 30th, 2022
...See more I've been heavily procrastinating working on my business since I started it. I have a few clients that I work with continuously but, for the most part, I don't seek out new work. I was doing okay with my anxiety and had been going strong with my talk of wanting to ramp up business. In my mind I knew I would probably fizzle out of my motivation soon but tonight one of my previous clients came back and now I have more work than ever and only myself to do it. I feel like I don't know which way is up, much less how to get all my work done. How do you manage your anxiety with work?
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Beyond Stressed
Anxiety Support / by lawfullybroken
Last post
 December 26th, 2021
...See more It’s getting close to Christmas and I’m having loads of anxiety. Christmas Day is my son’s 1st birthday and as much as I would love to make a huge deal and spend it with family, I’m having trouble convincing myself to make that happen. Now, bear with me, I know this may seem selfish but for some background: we moved just over a year ago across the country because of COVID. We were forced to live for 7 months with my mother-in-law who is a gaslighting, toxic person who openly told me how horrible of a wife and person I am and how sorry she felt for her son that he married me. When she moved out, I set boundaries with the rest of the family that I didn’t want to see her or talk to her or have my son around her because she’s always been like this for the 5 years that I’ve known her and it isn’t healthy for anyone. Now, because it is Christmas, they are all like “we don’t want to hurt her feelings by not inviting her.” This isn’t the first time they’ve expressed sentiments like this but normally they don’t come to anything. This is different though because they’ve already invited her because she asked what we, including her, were doing for the baby’s birthday. I’m not trying to be a pain but am I wrong in upholding my boundaries and what I believe to be best for my son at the risk of upsetting the rest of the family? It has been grating on me for days now and I am just dreading the possibility of having to be near her. I already compromised once and saw her for my husband’s birthday where she told me she can’t change. Sorry for the monologue!
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