• Monster@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    My anxiety is particularly bad today. I woke up with my hands shaking and I got so nervous I started to dry heave.

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        1 month ago

        I usually distract myself with a YouTube video or a movie. But it’d be nice to have some help with it

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      1 month ago

      Would you consider trying a meditation app? A medical professional recently recommended “insight timer”, which has guided meditations and somatic tracking programs and things.

      Just a caution, if you do check it out, it will ask you to start a free 7-day trial for their “plus” version, you have to find the “skip” button, and avoid starting the trial so you don’t get charged. I can see how that bit might not be anxiety relieving! But otherwise she had a lot of praise for it. I haven’t tried it myself, but I have it ready to go. I’m in a pretty good place at the moment… I hope I remember it’s there when I need it.