Recently diagnosed and the anxiety bit is where I'm struggling the most, working with professionals who know me better is clearly going to be more helpful, but is there anything you can think of that helped you in that respect?
Box breathing helped me more than anything else getting a handle on my anxiety. Breathe in four seconds, hold four seconds, out four seconds, hold four seconds, repeat until heart rate calms the fuck down and you can get a handle on things. Learning how to quiet your thoughts is big too. Me, I figured out imagining a physical sensation in place of words or images helped. Imagined myself performing a glottal stop then mentally moved the sensation to my brainstem.
It's gonna be frustrating as hell but you gotta mentally experiment and figure out what works for your specific shit. It will be painful. But it is eventually rewarding.
Recently diagnosed and the anxiety bit is where I'm struggling the most, working with professionals who know me better is clearly going to be more helpful, but is there anything you can think of that helped you in that respect?
Box breathing helped me more than anything else getting a handle on my anxiety. Breathe in four seconds, hold four seconds, out four seconds, hold four seconds, repeat until heart rate calms the fuck down and you can get a handle on things. Learning how to quiet your thoughts is big too. Me, I figured out imagining a physical sensation in place of words or images helped. Imagined myself performing a glottal stop then mentally moved the sensation to my brainstem.
It's gonna be frustrating as hell but you gotta mentally experiment and figure out what works for your specific shit. It will be painful. But it is eventually rewarding.
Thank you!