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Coping mechanisms for anxiety?

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Does anyone have any good coping mechanisms you use when you have bad anxiety that would could share?  
I stopped taking my medicine 2 months ago and was doing great until I “found a reason” to obsess about my health again.  Now I can’t even lay down without a racing heart, I’m crying a lot, and everything is just so overwhelming.! 
how do you move past the anxiety?  I don’t want to depend on pills forever.  
im gonna try another counselor, but all the ones I’ve saw before haven’t been helpful.  Example: “put your worries in a “worry box” and only take them out at a certain time each day” ......ok if I could do that, I wouldn’t need a counselor in the first place!! 

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I distract myself and keep my mind occupied. 

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I separate the worry into something I can control and something I can't.

I let go of what I can't control, then use positive thoughts and self-reassurance to handle the things I can.

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7 hours ago, MARC said:

I distract myself and keep my mind occupied. 

Even when I try to occupy myself , a lot of the time I still think about whatever is causing me the anxiety 

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4 hours ago, Ironman said:

I separate the worry into something I can control and something I can't.

I let go of what I can't control, then use positive thoughts and self-reassurance to handle the things I can.

I have no clue how to let go of what i can’t control.  I wish I did.  

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5 hours ago, Jessi said:

I have no clue how to let go of what i can’t control.  I wish I did.  

It's things you can't do anything about and focusing on what you can.

One of my areas is worrying about what other people think of me - not putting as much emphasis on that and more on knowing who I am.

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On 3/11/2021 at 6:08 AM, Jessi said:

I have no clue how to let go of what i can’t control.  I wish I did.  

That is totally me too. I try so hard to sort that out, but still can’t set it aside. 

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1 hour ago, SighNoMore said:

That is totally me too. I try so hard to sort that out, but still can’t set it aside. 

I understand that!!  Feel free to message me anytime.  I get the struggles of anxiety 

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7 hours ago, SighNoMore said:

That is totally me too. I try so hard to sort that out, but still can’t set it aside. 

 

6 hours ago, Jessi said:

I understand that!!  Feel free to message me anytime.  I get the struggles of anxiety 

You have to let go of things you know you can't control - that's a facet of anxiety - the control.  You can only handle things you can change.  Break up those things into manageable pieces.

Otherwise, you are making yourself sick over things you have no power over.

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