deadtom,
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Generalized anxiety really, really sucks.

This overwhelming fear of impending doom, with no cause what-so-ever. The feeling that I'm in trouble for something, with someone, but of course I can't nail down what that is, or who that might be, because there is nothing.

Just sitting here with my stomach on its own, personal roller-coaster ride, trying to breathe my way through it and continue on with my day.

Anyway, good morning, Fedi.

Mrfunkedude,
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@deadtom I know the feeling. Are you on any medication for it or have you tried picking up any techniques to learn to manage it better?

deadtom,
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@Mrfunkedude I'm not on any meds, but will be asking my therapist about that, this week.

Up until the last year, I've always been able to manage it on my own, without it getting in the way of my day-to-day activities. It is beginning to become a more significant problem, though.

Mrfunkedude,
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@deadtom I learned to deal with it through meditation and mindfulness training. Basically every day I would imagine that my anxiety was a cloud, and that it would come to sit in a room with me. It taught me to look at it more objectively and be able to mitigate it's effects on me.

Here's a workbook that REALLY helped me learn to manage it better. I bet your therapist will know about it. https://www.amazon.com/Mindfulness-Acceptance-Workbook-Anxiety-Commitment/dp/162625334X

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