How do you calm your anxieties?
@Lovely4864 Meditation, breathing exercises, arts & crafts & tending to my plants. 🤗 I do my best to shift my current headspace and distract myself as much as possible. Ooh, another thing Ifind that helps me with my anxiety is taking an icecube, holding it or even trying to consume it. I guess the fact my body gets distracted by the temperature helps me a ton.
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Daily Calm. Or if you dont wanna pay for that or Headspace, any good guided meditation you can find. Then once you get good at it you can do it with some ambient noise/music or just simple background noise. Good stuff
Other recommendations:
A good ambient playlist that relaxes me. I recommend Rain Temple by 2814.
Any creative hobby where you can work in solitude. Cozy gaming, coloring, drawing, reading, crocheting, knitting, etc.
Journaling always works. Venting in some type of way.
Going for a walk or to the gym. I did this a lot in undergrad. I would sometimes walk out and around the student housing complex when stressed.
@Lovely4864 I practice exposure therapy and focus on my breathing when anxiety occurs.
@Lovely4864 i cry and go to sleep
@Lovely4864 what helps me when I’m anixous I meditate sleep and close my eyes be with my dog just sleep use aromatherapy I cry