While your anxiety could definitely stem from trauma or childhood, you can’t go wrong with learning somatic healing. Talk therapy can help with the rest. Combating anxious thoughts is a huge part of it, but it’s not complete without tuning into your body. It can be helpful to dig into why those specific people are making you feel anxious, and target those underlying thoughts and feelings. There’s a possibility they just suck and your body is alerting you of that šŸ¤·ā€ā™€ļø Anxiety is our amygdala alerting us of danger. In the modern world, that can get trigged by things that aren’t actually dangerous. Deep breaths work because in actual danger we naturally do not breathe deeply. It signals to our brain to be calm. Everyone’s why for anxiety is going to be personal to them, although not always different. Finding ways to activate your vagus nerve can help you enter into a relaxed state more often. I’m a put an ice pack on my chest, deep breathe with my legs up the wall, and maybe throw on a guided mediation gal myself. You’ll find what works, try things out.
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If aint nobody got me i know the vagus nerve got me can i get an amen šŸ™ŒšŸ»
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sillygirltypebeat aaaaaaamen šŸ™
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Thank you so much angel <3 I was not expecting such an amazing and informative response! This is such great advice <3<3
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vague_magenta_porpoise you’re so welcome I hope it’s helpful šŸ’—
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And maybe omeprizole for heartburn I never could explain where my anxiety came from and medication makes it happen less often. And therapy helps me try to see the actual reasons I’m anxious. If that’s not possible for you, hopefully someone will know a YouTube series or something to walk you through things you’d learn in therapy (I can only paraphrase so much!)
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But as someone who is emotionally distant and whose emotions are basically perpetually trapped beneath an ocean 1000 leagues under the sea of my mind and heart here are some other suggestions: * chakra yoga… starting at the root to help you feel safe enough to even explore and embody your emotions, sacral chakra to feel those emotions, solar plexus to feel empowered and confident, heart chakra to feel strong compassion for yourself and others, throat chakra to EXPRESS these emotions. Honestly I haven’t gone beyond throat chakra I’m getting there * also just regular yin yoga for the hips because stuck emotions generally are stored there * meditation… body scans and Tara Brach’s RAIN method. Becoming aware of where these emotions sit in the body and learning to process them is key * reading emotional awareness educational materials for parents of toddlers.. actually very helpful at the most basic level * watch movies that relate to the emotions you feel distant from so that you can experience those emotions through the conduit of a fictional story. i call this an emotional enema
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deep breaths, paying attention to how your body feels, who knew it would make you feel better?
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