#Overcoming anxiety

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Something that makes me happy #11:

When I get to take a nap and snuggle with my son.

[supernightboy08]

“You don’t get to choose who Riley is”

- Joy

[gabatelepsychiatry-blog]

How to Fulfill Your New Year Resolutions?

Why are most of us unable to achieve our New Year's Resolutions?

The obvious answer is that even though the year has changed our habits, our behaviors, fears, and defenses have not changed. How many of you made ‘New Year’s resolutions’ last year but failed?

The same difficulties that were holding us back in 2024 will still persist in 2025 unless we work hard to change the way we approach challenges. If nothing has changed but the actual year, then the outcome will most likely be the same!

Ultimately, “New Year Resolutions are not achieved by setting the goal but by changing the process or habits.”

Most people welcome the new year with optimism. Common positive resolutions for the new year can be:

Eating healthy

Losing weight

Exercising more

Spending more time with family

Spending more time studying

Spending more time working on your career.

Maintaining a better work-life balance and improving efficiency

Spending more time with friends - Working on your relationship

Showing appreciation to your partner.

Pursuing hobbies and interests.

Most people fail to fulfill these resolutions because they may often be unrealistic. For example, if you have not worked out your entire life but want to lose 10 kg of weight in a month, this will ultimately lead to disappointment.

Three steps that can help you achieve your weight loss goal are:

Set realistic targets: setting a target of three pounds a month for a year is more realistic than ten pounds a month for three months.

Positive steps rather than denying yourself: Add healthy food to your diet rather than focusing on restricting.

Involve other people: Involving other people is the key to helping you change your habits and achieve your goals, as involving others does both: Involving others motivates us. and Involving others holds us accountable.

Examples of involving others to help your weight loss goals include:

Cook healthy food for your family or with your family. Engage your partner and children with recipes.

Find restaurants that deliver healthy but tasty low-calorie foods, and go out with others or have food delivered for you and your loved ones.

Find a friend or gym buddy. Try to engage partners and family members. Join weight loss groups.

Another example of involving others in New Year's resolutions is your career progression.

Go to the library after work if not doing anything constructive at home.

Join networking groups and meet like-minded people.

Join live courses that involve Zoom meetings or live classes.

Spend time with colleagues outside of work who are focused on your careers and motivate you to do better.

Set career progression meetings, where you can complete courses together.

Document your goals and ask someone else to hold you accountable.

If working from home, block social media, shopping sites, and other distractions during work hours; ask a trusted colleague to check your screen and hold you accountable.

Typical advice to help achieve New Year's resolutions includes:

Set a realistic goal: Divide your goals into parts and then achieve these milestones. This will motivate you to do better. For example, instead of targeting to lose 20 kg of weight, target to walk daily for 30 minutes.

Discuss goals with someone: You can share your goals with your friends or family members so that they can support you in your hard times.

Take actions: It is true that ‘Actions speak louder than words,’ so do not just think or plan to achieve a target; just keep moving and take action.

Stay excited: It is important to add some fun elements so that your goal looks more attractive. You can plan to reward yourself after completing a goal. This keeps you excited.

Analyze your progress: It is important to track your progress to understand your strengths and weaknesses. You will be able to work more on the areas that need improvement.

Stay motivated: Be motivated towards your goals because there will be times when you may fail to achieve the desired milestone or feel discouraged or hopeless. It is time to self-motivate yourself because you are doing something that makes you happy.

While cognitively, most of us know what we are supposed to do, implementing it is hard. As social creatures, we tend to mirror the behavior of those closest to us.

Therefore, the greatest chance of success comes from teamwork and seeking like-minded people to support you, encourage you, and hold you accountable.

To achieve our goals, we should try to identify factors that may be holding us back and start the process of addressing them, such as:

Procrastination

Depression

Anxiety

Untreated Attention Deficit Disorder

Toxic relationships

Low self-worth

Fear of failure

Fear of Success

Poor motivation

or any other reason. It is important to address these reasons because they will follow you every year if you do not accept and work to resolve them.

If any of these factors are causing you significant difficulties with your career, academics, or relationships, consider visiting us at https://gabapsychiatrist.com

We would love to hear about your New Year's resolutions. Hopefully, 2025 will bring you happiness and success!

[therapycenterofny]

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[nascenterror]

Things I'm Grateful For:

...the courage to stand in front of things that once made me anxious and cringe in fear.

...the thoughtfulness to know i need to work on my physical health.

...that i have a roof over my head, healthy food to eat, and a clean place to shower.

[julitapurity28]

From Surviving to Thriving: A Deep Dive into My Journey with Anxiety

Anxiety is a word that gets thrown around a lot these days. You hear it in conversations, read about it in articles, and see it depicted in movies. But no matter how universal it seems, experiencing anxiety is deeply personal—what it feels like, how it shows up, and how you deal with it. My journey with anxiety was no exception, and the lessons I’ve learned go beyond the clichés. This is the story I’ve never shared, a story not about a battle, but a transformation.

The Silent Language of My Mind

What nobody tells you about anxiety is that it doesn’t always scream. Mine didn’t. Instead, it whispered—constantly, relentlessly. It filled silences with a quiet hum of doubt and worry. It made me question my every decision, replay every conversation, and anticipate disasters that never came.

The worst part wasn’t the fear itself—it was the shame. I didn’t want to be seen as weak, so I buried it deep. The result? I became a master at surviving: smiling when I felt hollow, working harder to avoid facing myself, and pretending everything was fine. But surviving is exhausting. And I knew I couldn’t keep it up forever.

When Survival Became a Trap

What people don’t tell you about surviving is that it can become a prison. I thought I was managing my anxiety because I was getting through the days. But survival kept me small—it kept me from taking risks, speaking my mind, or dreaming big.

One day, I caught myself turning down an opportunity I secretly wanted because I was afraid of failing. That was my wake-up call. Surviving wasn’t enough anymore. I wanted to thrive, to live fully, to break free from the cycle of fear.

The Breakthrough Moment Nobody Talks About

The pivotal moment in my journey wasn’t glamorous or dramatic. It wasn’t a sudden epiphany or a life-changing event. It was this: I admitted, I don’t have all the answers, but I’m ready to try.

I stopped looking for a single solution and started experimenting. Some things worked, some didn’t, but every attempt taught me something. Anxiety is deeply personal, and so is healing. I learned that thriving doesn’t come from following someone else’s roadmap—it comes from building your own.

Redefining Strength: My Unconventional Tools

Most advice about managing anxiety centers around what to do: meditate, exercise, eat better. But what transformed me wasn’t just action; it was a shift in perspective. Here are some things that might surprise you:

1. I Befriended My Anxiety

Instead of fighting it, I started asking, What are you trying to tell me? Anxiety, I realized, was often a sign that I was pushing too hard, ignoring my needs, or stuck in old patterns. Treating it as a messenger rather than an enemy helped me work with it instead of against it.

2. I Stopped Trying to Be "Fixed"

There’s a myth that healing means eliminating anxiety. I let go of that. Instead, I focused on learning how to live with it. Some days are better than others, and that’s okay. Thriving isn’t about perfection—it’s about resilience.

3. I Created Space for Stillness

Anxiety thrives on noise—mental, emotional, and physical. I started carving out moments of stillness, even if just for five minutes. These weren’t moments to solve or fix anything; they were moments to simply be. This simple practice taught me to find calm even amidst chaos.

4. I Celebrated Tiny Wins

Thriving doesn’t happen in giant leaps; it happens in small, consistent steps. I started celebrating the little things: speaking up in a meeting, getting through a tough day, or even just choosing to rest when I needed it. Each win reminded me I was moving forward.

The Power of Rewriting My Narrative

Here’s something I don’t see discussed enough: anxiety often thrives on the stories we tell ourselves. Mine sounded like this: You’re not good enough. You’ll never get it right. What if you fail?

I started rewriting those narratives—not by denying them, but by challenging them. When the thought You’re not good enough popped up, I’d ask, Good enough for whom? I’d remind myself of times I had succeeded despite my fears. Slowly, the old stories lost their grip, and new ones took their place.

Thriving: What It Really Looks Like

Thriving isn’t a destination; it’s a way of being. For me, it looks like this:

Taking Risks Despite Fear: I’ve learned to step into discomfort, knowing that growth lives there.

Honoring My Needs: Whether it’s setting boundaries, saying no, or taking a break, I’ve learned to listen to myself.

Living Authentically: Thriving means showing up as I am, imperfections and all, and trusting that it’s enough.

Your Journey, Your Way

If there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s that thriving doesn’t have a formula. It’s messy, nonlinear, and deeply personal. But it starts with one decision: to believe that you’re worthy of more than survival.

Wherever you are on your journey, know this: you are capable of transformation. Not because someone else says so, but because the strength you need is already within you. It’s not about becoming someone else; it’s about uncovering who you’ve always been beneath the fear.

Surviving may have been your starting point, but thriving? That’s your birthright.

What’s one step you can take today to start rewriting your story? Share it with me—I’d love to hear about your journey.

[neverlessonlyblessed]

i need to stop repeating myself. once it's been said, its been said. trust that other people heard you, even if they don't react the way you predicted.

[beejsdevilishsoulmate]

🎶Young Volcanoes - Fall Out Boy🎶

Last night was amazing! I was super anxious until the guys came on stage, and then my mind was occupied with having an awesome time and singing (terribly 🤣🤷��‍♀️) to all the songs.

And to the woman who offered me a bracelet, I'm sorry if I seemed weird when we spoke, I just get really anxious speaking to people I don't know 🤘🏻

[realmermaid333]

I wanna make a post for my anxious and traumatized homies. I have mild agoraphobia and i experience lots of cognitive distortions regarding being in public alone, driving, and just simply fear for the future I guess. It doesn’t help that my complex trauma makes me fear people will be hostile towards me in public for no reason. And I am autistic so I have just developed slower than my peers in general. This impacts milestones like driving and first time employment. But us anxious people will be okay, we will persevere. I am going to drive to the library tomorrow and hang out there even though it makes me nervous. I am also going to apply to another job and hope they don’t turn me down again even though it makes me nervous. I don’t want to keep having these issues and I don’t want to live my life in fear or miss out on things. I want to do so much that I can’t do right now because I am scared. I think y’all should do something that challenges your cognitive distortions as well tomorrow, or the next day. I wonder how many others have the same fears/issues as me or similar ones. Feel free to comment here or DM me let’s start a tiny little comments section support group lol

[shxxtingstarss]

I like the person I'm becoming

I really feel kind of proud and happy about this. I just came back from a very spontaneous trip to italy with a friend I've known for only 7 weeks when we booked the trip. After arriving back here I went to my fav coffee shop, had a nice chat with one of the owners as always, had some great coffee, then proceeded my way home and couldn't help myself but smile almost all the way back.

Yes, I'm still having rough symptoms, especially the ones of ptsd and bpd, but I'm currently not carrying the extra weight of one of my depressive episodes, and I've really learned A LOT during my last stay at a clinic. I've handled my problems so well during the trip, used skills, talked about at least a small part of it... and despite some really tough symptoms here and there, I was able to have a a great time in between.

I like that I was so spontaneous about this trip. That I acknowledged my anxiety around travelling, unknown places and people, the insecurity of sleeping at an airbnb that didn't have any reviews yet... but still did the stuff and tried to overcome my anxiety, and: everything turned out great, and the stuff that wasn't so great I handled really well. I would like a person like me if I met one on the street or in the gym. I actually think I can be nice to be around, even funny sometimes, calm in very chaotic situations, happy over little things like lizards recharging their batteries in the sun, vegan cornetti filled with amazing jam (and love) or the smile on faces when I'm trying my best to speak Italian to the locals.

I wrote it in a very romantically-idealized way a few months ago in my diary-kind-of-book, but it is slowly becoming the truth: I am starting to love myself, I love the person I'm slowly becoming (and the person I'm working for so so hard).

[wisedreamerreview]

A Home Run of a Different Sort

I did a thing today. I attended a Jeep group event at a local baseball game, without my son. Only I, could make getting there as difficult as it was. I will also tell on myself because even in the difficulty, there is pride in the accomplishment. We were scheduled to meet at two in the afternoon at a location near the ball field. I had a vague memory of where this place was, but I don’t make a…

[truenarracounseling]

Social anxiety can feel overwhelming, but with the right approach, it’s possible to take small steps toward overcoming it. One effective way is through goal-setting, which allows you to break down the larger challenge into manageable pieces. Starting with simple, achievable goals is key. For example, setting a goal to speak up in a small group or engage in brief social interactions can help build confidence. Mental health counseling in Frisco, Texas can provide valuable guidance in creating these initial goals tailored to your specific needs.

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The tricky trap of transference

Photo by Juan Pablo Arenas on Pexels.com I’m so dumbfounded by the cascade of conspiracies. Nah, that’s not right. I’m heartbroken by them. Because they say a heck of a lot more about our societal temperature than the fires in LA themselves. I had a friend very recently ask me why I’m not “weighing in��� on what caused the fires in LA. I’ll tell you why. We live in a timeframe where people are…

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Gazing into the Future: Trusting God in the Present Moment

Introduction We have a tendency to gaze into the future with a mix of hope and apprehension. It’s natural to think ahead, planning for what’s to come and trying to anticipate challenges. But sometimes, those thoughts come with questions and concerns: Will I have enough? Enough time, energy, money, or resources to face what lies ahead? What if the challenges outpace my ability to handle…

[dbcjr3]

What shepherds on a hillside 2000 years ago can teach us about our anxieties and worries today.

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Be Your Own Therapist in 12 Simple Steps

Life throws challenges our way, but what if you could navigate tough times with confidence and clarity—without waiting for external help? In my latest story, I share 12 powerful self-therapy steps to empower you during life’s storms. This is not about replacing professional support, but about equipping yourself with practical tools to maintain emotional balance, build resilience, and rediscover…