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Anxiety Heroes

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FriedGold · 20/04/2024 06:12

At the start of this week my anxiety was so bad that I made the firm decision to call in sick to work for the second half of the week. I planned my “phoning in sick call” in my head, decided what illness I would have, what time I should ring, etc etc.
But when it got to that time, somehow.. I didn’t do it. I got dressed for work, went in, and did my last two days of the week. I’m actually so bloody proud of myself!

I just wanted to say that if you battle constant anxiety, all the time, and manage to get through the day somehow, then you’re a fucking hero. truly. It’s SO HARD and often such an invisible battle to others. You’re not alone, keep going x

”Give yourself credit for the days you made it through when you thought you couldn’t”

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daisychain01 · 20/04/2024 06:19

Power to you! I hope you can keep using the 'feel-good' to reassure yourself that you can do it again and again in future.

Funnily enough I had exactly this convo with DH yesterday. I was really anxious about my end of year review as I'm in a new job and wanted to get a decent rating just for the reassurance it was all OK. I went in (and the EOY was OK, so what I was wittering about, heaven only knows anxiety doesn't have logic), even though I was absolutely churned up and could have quite happily stayed in my PJ with a hot cuppa and my creature comforts! x

Eyesopenwideawake · 20/04/2024 08:23

The other truism to remind yourself of is "my record for getting through bad days currently stands at 100%"

@FriedGold I don't know if it will help but it certainly can't hurt you to have a look at this video;

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How to stop feeling anxious about anxiety | Tim Box | TEDxFolkestone

NOTE FROM TED: While some viewers might find advice provided in this talk to be helpful as a complementary approach, please do not look to this talk for medi...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=64s&v=ZidGozDhOjg

Ilovedogs1 · 20/04/2024 12:56

@FriedGold you make a bloody good point. Don't know about you but I'm always thinking badly of myself. Such as 'if I didn't have an anxiety disorder I could be a better mum, wife, friend' etc etc
Or 'DH deserves someone better than me, not broken ' or listing all the things I haven't got done yet blah blah blah.
Your right, we should be proud of ourselves because most of the time we are dealing with life aswell as anxiety.
However easier said than done. X

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