...First got treated by the high school psychologist in 62 or 3. What do you do?...Anything to keep going...
(except booze or over-dosing medication...over-dosing kills) Went to Emotions Anonymous meetings,
AA meetings. Overeaters Anonymous meetings, read books, exercised, took all kinds of medication, got
addicted to a couple meds, got off successfully, try to keep busy, go for walks, go to exercise groups............... from time to time, call people & talk about it, pray, feel bad, feel good, go on the computer, clean the house,
try to not give up. grow houseplants, call other people just to talk, try not to give up if I feel particularly
bad, have had 2 heart surgeries, 3 cancer surgeries...etc.etc.etc. and ETC..
....How do I keep going?...It is a one day at a time thing. "This too shall pass" as they say.....Sometimes one half day at a time, or one hourat a time...or less. I have good friends, was active in volunteering till this pandemic hit, and am now trying to clear a lifetime of clutter out. When people say,,Don't worry about it...I laugh inside, these people haven't got a clue.
.... I have managed the anxiety...but it is not easy. Not far away, there is a forest I can walk in when the weather get warmer...I spend a whole lot of time on the computer..I clean up the house, walk the stairs, watch TV, and do other types of activities. I was into a jig-saw puzzle phase, and had a friend helping me put them together. I could go on and on...How does one survive? 41 years ago I started gong to Overeaters Anonymous and met some fine people, that had similar problems. Then other 12 step programs..I accept some of it and leave the rest. Yesterday, I went to the doctor, and he says that I am ok. I guess I just don't give up, but I learned that at the meetings and through good friends. I used to go to the library often, but that is hard to do now.
....So, it is hard some days. But yes, I call friends, visit people, try to not give up, pray, go out, go to
a botanical garden about half hour drive, take pictures, arrange pictures..and try not to give up.. Without the meetings and the people I met there, I would have given up. .So that is it.. Would you like some old magazines that I have saved...??? I would send them if I could...but who knows where or when?..
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..........Sometimes it is just being grateful to be alive today and walk up and down the stairs where I live.. I don't know anything else..Does anybody have any other ideas? .............. I would like to hear them all..
Oh...I forgot one way to beat anxiety...deep breathing often works and works well...If I go for a long walk,
I have to breath more deeply and that helps a great deal..as said earlier...exercise also works..
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