I read a couple of books lately, mainly DARE by Barry McDonagh (the name always makes me think of drugs but no, it's about overcoming anxiety)

and it's made me aware of how often my thoughts become so negative

the process of having to go no, stop, brain and then try to force the thoughts in a more positive direction instead is... wheeze!!

granted i have made a LOT of progress... like 25 calls or so in the past 5 days, which is pretty insane for me

so that's good on the anxiety front, but the positivity front...

that is. still very much a WIP

bless that book, though, for advocating the idea that anxiety is treatable and there are strategies you can do to reduce it both immediately and in the long-term

sooo current mh goals are:
- be more aware of negative thoughts/feelings
_ trying replacement with positive thoughts
- gratitude journal at the end of each day of 3 things

i am heckin impatient af so i'm like ughhh why's this gotta be a daily habit thing that'll start showing results in like a month but alas

aerynaeacus: holy shit, i need that shirt

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