I’m learning that not telling my wife about every little physical issue and not having hours of reassurance talk actually makes me feel STRONGER later after the anxiety goes away! It’s hard sometimes and sometimes it’s REALLY hard but when I don’t give in to the fear I feel more like I AM MY SAFE PERSON! Loving it!!
To break my incessant need to discuss symptoms or seek reassurance I’m using a habit tracker to break this cycle. I’ve made it 5 straight days soon to be six. 😁
Although it may seem difficult to know if it's the right time to express your anxiety consider: 1) Frequency - do you seem to be speaking your anxiety a lot of the time? 2) Purpose - It's certainly fine to express how your feeling, but not to seek reassurance or validation. You don't need other people to tell you how bad it is. You know how bad it is. You don't need other people to tell you that you will get through it. You know you will. 3) What will happen after you express your anxiety? The best way to take the power out of speaking your anxiety is to do something, anything, after doing so. My partner and I both struggle with anxiety and depression. We may often say "I'm having an anxious day", but we continue to do we what we were doing (knitting, reading, chores, etc...) or get up off the couch and do something else. Best of luck!
Trying to practice this one. I usually just say, "I am having an anxious day." There really is no purpose for this except to obtain validation. Anxiety gets high the days I reframe from doing this. I am counting it as a win the days I dont seek that validation. #workinprogress
I’m learning that not telling my wife about every little physical issue and not having hours of reassurance talk actually makes me feel STRONGER later after the anxiety goes away! It’s hard sometimes and sometimes it’s REALLY hard but when I don’t give in to the fear I feel more like I AM MY SAFE PERSON! Loving it!!
To break my incessant need to discuss symptoms or seek reassurance I’m using a habit tracker to break this cycle. I’ve made it 5 straight days soon to be six. 😁
Although it may seem difficult to know if it's the right time to express your anxiety consider: 1) Frequency - do you seem to be speaking your anxiety a lot of the time? 2) Purpose - It's certainly fine to express how your feeling, but not to seek reassurance or validation. You don't need other people to tell you how bad it is. You know how bad it is. You don't need other people to tell you that you will get through it. You know you will. 3) What will happen after you express your anxiety? The best way to take the power out of speaking your anxiety is to do something, anything, after doing so. My partner and I both struggle with anxiety and depression. We may often say "I'm having an anxious day", but we continue to do we what we were doing (knitting, reading, chores, etc...) or get up off the couch and do something else. Best of luck!
Trying to practice this one. I usually just say, "I am having an anxious day." There really is no purpose for this except to obtain validation. Anxiety gets high the days I reframe from doing this. I am counting it as a win the days I dont seek that validation. #workinprogress