My anxiety has been so bad lately and there seems to be no end in sight. I don't know if I have actually regressed or not, but it seems as if I have in some ways while I've gotten better in other ways. For a long time now I've needed to go get "professional help" again ...
You could try professional help again, or you could go down the self-help route?
I just have this very deep desire to emotionally safeguard myself from the painful anxiety I face there. I want so badly to just stay hidden in my house with my family, just reading and cooking and avoiding the outside world, sort of like the girls in We Have Always Lived in the Castle
You have major trait anxiety. I have this also :sad: (i always wanted to escape outside world)
I feel very very depressed. Not like, I'm so lonely someone rescue me depressed, more like a deep, painful ache and dread that bad things will happen to me and my life is hopeless and I am and will be judged harshly by many. I can't explain it. Every little thing makes me feel depressed lately
I've been reading this book
Feel The Fear and Do It Anyway. It talks of the 2 inputs into our conscious mind - "Higher Self" and "Chatterbox". Basically, the Higher Self is positive (self-affirming, loving, giving, abundant, etc), and the Chatterbox is negative (fear-producing, self-defeating, scarcity/lack, etc). Then, what's in the conscious mind gets sent to the subconscious mind, which in turn generates the good or bad results (feelings, events, ..) in your life. Simplistic, but it does ring true.
So basically, the goal is to feed yourself with as much positive/etc stuff as you can (via affirmations, positive thinking, tapes, books, sayings, other tools), so as to develop the habit of listening to your "higher self" much more than your "chatterbox".
Maybe you could read or buy this book?. It might help you... :question:
