Someone please figure out how to turn off the fear center of my brain which causes so much anxiety.
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Replying to @evilgaywitch
@evilgaywitch i have some suggestions if you want them, having dealt with incapacitating monkey brain myself1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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Replying to @mendel
@evilgaywitch i tried a *lot* of things for years, and the framework that ended up working was ACT: https://contextualscience.org/act (1/5)1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @mendel
@evilgaywitch having an actual therapist that practiced ACT was a big part of it for me, but I know that's not always practical (2/5)1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @mendel
@evilgaywitch but you can do self-directed too, there's two books that I review regularly to remind me to keep certain practices up (3/5)1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @mendel
@evilgaywitch very specific to anxiety: http://www.amazon.com/Things-Might-Terribly-Horribly-Wrong/dp/1572247118/ … and a more overall approach to ACT: http://www.amazon.com/Happiness-Trap-Struggling-Start-Living/dp/1590305841/ … (4/5)1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @mendel
@evilgaywitch the key for me was the shift from “how do I make this stop” to “how do I make this no longer an obstacle”. (5/5)1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
@evilgaywitch oh also handy is https://contextualscience.org/civicrm/profile?gid=17&reset=1&force=1 …
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