I've touched on my anxiety a bit on my blog and while I don't want the majority of my blogging to be anxiety based, I do want to share struggles here, because lets face it, most times we get the BEST parts of someones life on social media and then we think they live in a fairy tale land filled with rainbows and butterflies, while you're over there just trying to keep your head above the water! Well, everyone has their moments and while I love to focus on the positives, I think that anxiety is something LOTS of people have, but for some reason we keep it hush hush.
Yesterday was one of those tough days for me. Unsure just WHY I felt the way I did but I will tell you that I was up the majority of the night, with a racing heart and just this gut wrenching feeling that I couldn't talk myself out of. Here's what I did throughout the day that was SUPER helpful: (Maybe a few of these things will help you)
1. A friend told me to take long deep breaths in, 10 seconds at a time, then hold that for 10 seconds, releasing slowly.
2. Get OUT of the house. Make yourself leave! I know we want to curl up in a ball but just go do SOMETHING.
3. Workout. I absolutely was dreading this part of my day yesterday, but after I was done, I felt MUCH better.
4. DOVE into my Bible and Daily Devotional (Jesus Calling).
5. Asked my momma to come over and have a Bachelor snuggle fest. Sometimes there is just nothing better than your family telling you ALL is ok. And lastly, a dance party with my babe to top it all off.
Anxiety WANTS to control your life...But you have to remember that its all just a mental game. God controls my life, I control my thoughts and my feelings stem from all of those things. <3
Just don't think about it, ok? ;)
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