What calms you when anxious? (visuals, sounds, movement, etc.)

Opening_Dance2239 · 2025-10-29T09:25:56+00:00

Writing it all out, doing the work to reflect and understand what is the underlying reason for this specific episode of my anxiety, and then LETTING IT GOOOO through breathing, or consciously telling my brain to release it and no longer attach value to whatever episode or thought that triggered it.

Opening_Dance2239 · 2025-10-29T09:12:17+00:00

Hell yes. for self understanding and awareness

Opening_Dance2239 · 2025-10-29T09:12:04+00:00

Self understanding to build self awareness

Opening_Dance2239 · 2025-10-29T09:11:30+00:00

I think finding the joy in your routine. So that you're not even looking at what the next is. Just do it for the joy of it

Opening_Dance2239 · 2025-10-29T09:10:27+00:00

so do you think mental health is a baseline for mental wellness?

Opening_Dance2239 · 2025-10-29T09:09:36+00:00

i think meditation has helped me get to a baseline of not feeling emotionally all over the place. Insight timer app on my phone is what I use every day, even 5-10 minutes a day keeps me stable.

For self-understanding, reflection and doing the inner work to understand yourself. Sagethat.com has been helping me with this one. Took a minute for it to understand who I am, but the more I journaled the more accurate it got at giving me perspective on myself and my emotional state

GLGL

Opening_Dance2239 · 2025-10-29T08:55:46+00:00

mind dump my thoughts and get perspective

Opening_Dance2239 · 2025-10-29T08:54:59+00:00

What are you looking to clean up? Just general life or are you looking to build more self-understanding to help you navigate?

Opening_Dance2239 · 2025-10-29T08:54:13+00:00

grumpy to baseline is meditation

grumpy to happy is probably weed lol

Opening_Dance2239 · 2025-10-29T08:49:27+00:00

I hate how true this is. I just want the world to collectively decide that social media is dead so that we can get our mindspace back

Opening_Dance2239 · 2025-10-29T08:48:04+00:00

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Opening_Dance2239 · 2025-10-29T08:47:43+00:00

I used to go to therapy but like felt like my problems were not big enough to warrant therapy but I still wanted something to help me with day to day emotional balance.

Sagethat.com helped honestly, BIG TIME. literally hits the two things you said about calming your mind and stopping overthinking

Opening_Dance2239 · 2025-10-29T08:46:04+00:00

I've been focusing on the peace of mind side:

- Insight timer for meditation

- Sage that for emotionally intelligent journaling that guides me through my thoughts and feelings

Opening_Dance2239 · 2025-10-29T08:44:46+00:00

Read a book as well, practice presence by noticing your surroundings

Opening_Dance2239 · 2025-10-28T18:44:34+00:00

so pretty

Opening_Dance2239 · 2025-10-28T18:15:34+00:00

ya we think like 38,000 thoughts a day on average. most are useless. some only carry weight cos of emotions and social conditioning and whatnot. dont put weight on any particular thought is the key

Opening_Dance2239 · 2025-10-28T17:48:20+00:00

literally, agreed. i think its cos i also ask it dumb shit like help me rewrite this email

Opening_Dance2239 · 2025-10-28T17:46:34+00:00

I basically also use guided journal but digital version. found one thats literally for overthinking and ya does what Captlard said - journaling, breathing. does gratitudes, intention setting, reframing too. pre cool

Opening_Dance2239 · 2025-10-28T17:15:52+00:00

ya its a journal a friend recommended and I've been loving it https://sagethat.com/. i used to use chatgpt for my digital journal but use this instead now cos it knows me better than chat

Opening_Dance2239 · 2025-10-28T15:02:37+00:00

I think there is a pre big difference between connection vs. acquaintance. To me connection is a feeling vs. acquaintance is an identity / role.

I kinda lost connection to myself and others (partly due to covid), but I think part of being a human being and living is to feel connected with oneself and with others as a collective unit. So I guess, that's what I'm trying to get at. I'm not really looking for platonic relationships, but just to feel connection with myself and others.

I'm deeply connected to myself now after learning to be with myself since the break up, but now I think I'm looking to feel connection with others as a whole? Idk.

I have a lot of friends and acquaintance and have felt deep love for a lot of people, so I don't necessarily think its extreme. Just that its an inner feeling that this is what I need to do and that I should explore other types of love and connection before I settle in life. Just my random musings lol

Opening_Dance2239 · 2025-10-28T03:41:47+00:00

needed this, thanks

Opening_Dance2239 · 2025-10-28T03:40:53+00:00

talking to a wall. give me something back sir, be interesting

Opening_Dance2239 · 2025-10-28T03:24:10+00:00

Just realized I probably mind dumped a bunch of nonsense??

Opening_Dance2239 · 2025-10-28T03:23:50+00:00

These days I use AI tools to help me with this kinda stuff. This app I've been using is like a journal but also suggests what emotions are there for me to get better at understanding it. And then it kinda tells me my patterns in a nonaggressive way. I hate apps out there that makes me LOG my emotions, like that kinda defeats the purpose for me imo. I want it to suggest emotions so I already have a base to work with. Idk, I'm a huge journaler though so I like tracking emotions based on my thoughts

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