This is a gift #2

[Core]

U, I'm so sorry for all the [bleep] you are going through. That anxiety cycle is kicking in, you're aware of it which is in tune with emotional awareness which you advised me of, yet still can't snap out of it. I know the feeling. Exhausting, cant focus on anything else, and no matter what you tell yourself, its not fully alleviating the anxiety and the other feelings it brings.

Self validate my friend, its doing so much for me. I can tell you're trying to fix or stop your own feelings to get relief from the anxiety. Stop invalidating and avoiding. Validate.

Its weird but ask yourself out loud..:

What am I feeling? (Identify it by name...fear, worry, frustration) Why are you feeling that way?

Explore it, is it normal to feel this way (yes), do others feel this way in similar situations (yes).

Tell yourself, it is totally normal and justified to feel how I am right now. I'm in an emotionally and physically exhausting situation.

Dont tell yourself to get over it, that you shouldn't feel this way, and dont tell yourself you dont want to feel this way. You do feel as you do, why not face and embrace?

The drummer from the band Skillet once said about anxiety along the lines of, "dont let anxiety chase you. Flip it around. Chase the anxiety". Chase it by validating.

You got this, U.