#Fear And Anxiety

[insideoutfanartist22]

This is my first time posing on Tumblr so HELLO! c: I CANT STOP THINKING ABOUT THEM AND THIS MOVIE SO HERES A DOODLE

I feel like Fear would be the one standing up for her even tho he’s scared too hehe

[pipthegreat]

Yay

[forest-of-snakes]

My question is why is it legal for felons to run for president? Why would anyone vote for this fucking bigoted asshole? We all knew that he could quite possibly be the thing that ends democracy? And I agree Harris isn’t the the best but she is so much better than the alternative. I know I’m just a fucking scared and angry trans guy who wants rights for me for women and queer people and immigrants and people of color and so many more, and I know that this post is kinda venty, and people keep seeing stuff like this but I just need to voice my feelings.

[jakeperalta]

saw this very [ben affleck depressed smoking image] comment and thought why does blue job / pink job sound like an established concept so I looked it up.....

what's next?? having a bank account is a blue job 💙🏦☺️ not being legally recognised as a person in your own right is a pink job 🩷🥰💅

[occastralartarchives]

Sketch /// The Shackles of Fear

A personal piece I created to have a visual representation of my fears that are holding me back from my journey to independence. Each hand represents one of those fears or setbacks: driving, relationships, and my MDD.

[insideoutfanartist22]

Here’s an animation I did a little while ago with Anxiety and Fear!

I like to image that Anxiety tries to learn all she can from Fear so that she can be even better at protecting Riley. Being the overachiever and perfectionist that she is, I image she wants to protect Riley from the things she can AND can't see. Maybe Fear learns from her as well uwu

[thoughtsoflittlesubstance]

January 9th, 2025

I've decided to make a place to record my thoughts, journal entries, beliefs, random ideas, and whatever else I think is good enough to record but not fun enough to put in my other blog.

Today, it's a journal entry that I've been jotting down this morning. Topics of discussion- the new year, spring semester, trying to quit smoking weed, my tumultuous love life (and lack there of). Currently my friends are out of town and very busy, so we only have eachother to talk to :) read if you dare!

Today is Thursday, January 9th, 2025. The spring semester is starting in just a couple days, and I'm incredibly excited (and nervous) to begin my senior year. As it is for most folks, this will be the culmination of all things I've learned during my schooling in higher education. I have some big ideas for my final project, and upon speaking iwht my mentor, shes assured me taht anxierty and nervs about a big project is actually a good sign. I told her my fear surrounding the project, my worries about disappointment, rushing the idea before its formed, it almost feels like I'm setting myself up to stand naked in front of a group of my peers. Though, I can't rationally explain what I'm afraid of. I can't find an actual reason my project or prospective ideas for a project will fail, other than I'm scared that my shoes are too big for me, even though I'll be the one deciding on the size of the shoes. The enormity of it could be one thing, but as I learned this past summer while assisting on an incredibly ginormous project, I can complete things of huge proportion with great care and skill.

I think I want to lean into this fear. I saw a video yesterday that said a few things, almost as if it was speaking directly to me. It was a video from @ rachel.mcnassor on tiktok, a prediction and affirmation video (?) that went as follows, more or less,

pleasure is a more motivating teacher than suffering.

In order to grow, you must confront whatever it is that causes you aversion. The thing that causes you aversion will show up packaged inside a bundle of desire, like some kind of trojan horse, and you will perform it over and over again until you gain mastery.

You will shift from victim to victor.

Love will bubble up from inside my pain and heal me.

The secret is, the poison alwyas turns out to be the sneaky cure. You have to be willing to be a little shameful in order to release shame.

But thats ok, because no one is here anymore to punisyh you.

This resonated with me, in my difficulties with smoking and pleasure specifically. I have been carrying drad wiht me for a very long time. Years have passed, and yet I still haven't grasped control over myself, my urges and my actions.

For the past two days, I haven't smoked weed. I'm proud of myself for this. I have been smoking for years. Since I was 16, when it was cool and bad and fun. Since I began college, and until now. Everyone around me sees it as a fun activity that the cool kids do to unwind. There's hardly a single person outside religious prudes (meant kindly) that has a negative opinion of weed. I have tried to stop so many times. Im exhausted. I've shared my grievances with one of my friends, that's it, and shes listened kindly and never pressured me to make any decisions about change. But I have stayed away from it for these past two days, and I will continue to stay away from it.

In the past, I've told myself to hold back for a week, and then I can smoke again and see how it feels. During that week (which normally is just a couple days before I cave becasue wouldn't it be fun to watch bridgerton high or something), I am reminded that my agency is so incredibly powerful. I have the ability to do anything that I set my mind to. but then I smoke again because I went to a party, or my roomates smoking and she want's company, or just because I do. After that, I just get back into the cycle of smoking day after day. The evil thing is, its displayed as something to help you relax, to help you calm down. I'm an anxious person, and I'm very good at working until my brain can't take it anymore, and I have to sleep with anxious thoughts about the work I could be doing zooming around my head. Smoking forces me to slow down, and sometimes shut down. This doesn't stop the anxiety, now I'm just anxious about what I could be doing if i wasnt high, but I am high and i have to just sit at my desk picking up the pieces of what I want to be creating and knowing that a good execution is just outside of my reach.

I've been noticing that this behavior continues so easily in my life because it helps perpetuate my self doubt. This is a handicap I put on myself every tim eI smoke. Pushing myself down, forcing my brain to turn off and slow down. I can't perform to the best of my ability because im high, and im too tired and i cant remember what iw as doing and im gonna get a snack. I dont thing weed is the enemy. Maybe I should, I've been fighting it for so long. But I think it allows me to hide outside of my potential. I can stay anxious and in the background, suppressing my true abilities while harming only myself, taking part in activity that everyone knows is harmless! Just for fun!

This is January, the month that seems to get everyones best intentions. In years past, my resolutions ahve been to be kind to myself, practice radical self love and kindness, prioritize my health and wellness. Somehow, thought all that, smoking has stayed on the roster of approved activities. I want to love my way out of this habit. I want to stop feeling ashamed for chasing happiness and joy (however fleeting), and find it somewhere else. I want to allow myself to be pushed and pulled and tested and put under pressure, and I want to see how I can flourish like I never have been able to before. Im ready to test myself. This year, I want to see what im capable of making, and doing.

On another note, yet another year has gone by with no romantic success. I feel inclined to specify, not just crappy dates and disappointing hookups, but nothing. Radio silence. Really, is anyone out there??? im begininning to get a little worried.

Ive refrained from voicing my fears with the worry that i might speak some kind of eternal loneliness into existence, but maybe its time to point the attention of the fates in my direction. Everyone who's perpetually lonely (not by choice) will probably say the same kind of things- im actually quite loveable, and I have no idea why ive been single this long. You dont know me and i dont know you, for all you know i could be the worst scrubbly worm known to man, but imagine that ive given my situation my best unbiased judgement and i still am coming short with reasons why i should be single. i have many friends which have reported that im actually really quite swell, funny, creative, uplifting to be around. And yet, a saddening 22 years of my life have came and went and love as remained elusive.

Instead of beating myself up about this like i have in the past, im trying to stay positive. Like i said, i want to love my way into the world, and love is no exception. Im settling with the idea that the universe and the powers of the wind are keeping me single, purposefully not sending just any ole anyone my way, because theres something in store for me. A love so tremendous, so profound that i have to grow a little more to be able to hold it. So, ill keep growing. My love, if youre reading this, know that im terribly excited to meet you, and together we will do so many great things.

[swamibhoomanandatirtha]

Becoming free from anxiety and fear (23-Nov-2024)

Ma Gurupriya ji started the Hindi discourses series titled ‘Becoming free from anxiety and fear’ on Saturday, 23rd November. This four day discourse series is based on Sreemad Bhaagavatam and Bhagavad Gita and will be conducted from November 23 to 26 at CIRD Jamshedpur.

Sharing pictures from the live session.

#bhoomanandafoundation#magurupriya#cirdjamshedpur#spiritualwisdom#sprituality#anxietyrelief#fear#anxiety

[mumigeonjo]

Inside cats,,🐱🐱

[siffrins-therapist]

Me: I will write a slow burn

Also me: *crying sobbing pulling my hair out* why can't these emotionally stunted idiots KISS ALREADY???????

[pearlshomehealthcare]

Navigating the Psychological Impact of Falls

Falls among seniors are not just a physical health concern but also a psychological one. Home care services in Chelmsford, Massachusetts are increasingly recognizing the need to address the emotional and mental aftermath of such incidents. When a senior experiences a fall, it’s not just the physical injury that needs healing. The fear of falling again can be as debilitating as physical injury.

[mintsuwu]

Thank you random Twitter user for providing the world with a way to watch the movie online 🙏

[bamsara]

I think it would be nice to have the option to hide numbers on ao3. Make it where the 'kudos' and 'hits' number is author-viewable only, have an alternate option for when a list is sorted by such so people can read things based off their tags and preferences rather than see big number go brrrr

I speak as someone with popular fics, it doesn't have to be a requirement but like, as an option? This could go for other websites too, tumblr notes and the like.

[akiiame-blog]

Had this image in my head after seeing this post from suppermariobroth

[violetwitchhh]

They make me think cute things every night

[mumigeonjo]