Do you suffer from anxiety? If so what are some of the ways you choose to deal with it so it doesn't affect you negatively?

[thegreenyogi]

[NathanDavis]

it was only till my adulthood that, I realized about having in part, some anxieties as a kid, and a teen...

I knew I had to deal with depression and few other milder challengers as a kid, and a young teen but I was not diagnosed, so anxiety was something I didn't hear much back then but I do recognize it now, in retrospective

as an adult though... my depression has remained dormant (I don't like to consider it ever gone) but in situations that have been very demanding and draining due to extreme stress and pressure, and you know... few bad things that do happen in life, I sometimes felt similarly to when I was a kid, but it wasn't like depression was... it was more like anxiety bouts so, that's how I ended up looking up more about and that seems to be the situation in my case

I would not say that I have a generalized anxiety though... but just some symptoms of it, do manifest when taken to the brink you know, the very edge of my limitations and, fortunately... is not something I have to deal with quite often, fortunately... (KnockingOnwoodATrillionTimes)

[Ironco]

I drink... then I drink some more.

But seriously, I sleep on it. Then I work my way out of the problem and move on.

[Potteplante]

I reason with it, shut it down with "logic" since my anxiety is rooted within "what ifs" and "worst scenarios". Tell myself that of course I'm not going to be hit by a car when I go outside, or that Peter is not going to assault me if I'm alone with him - there is no earthquakes or volcanos going to be erupting since it doesn't happen here (yes, anxiety can be illogical as fuck) and the world isn't out to get me and I remind myself that 99,9% of the world doesn't give shits about me, they're busy with their own lives and struggles.

If that doesn't work, I distract myself with a hobby.

[IslaTheWitch]

I know the roots of my anxieties... I know what situations trigger them... I simply take care of myself if such situations happen... safe space, known routine, my hobbies... it all helps greatly... but the most important is to know the roots, to know why it happens... because when you know "why," your actions are based on facts not guesses... so the chance it will work well for you is much higher...

[NewWaves]

I don't suffer from it as much as I used to. It pops up but a few hail Marys help. And I love magnesium supplements.

[KittygosMeoWW]

I have ptsd and still working on coping mechanisms

[Staximus]

I eat hot sauce when I have anxiety

[Darkest-Knight]

I take a high dosage of medication.

[phraseology]

Nope.