How do you generally ease your anxiety?

cuneif · September 01, 2015, 10:02:00 PM

Music

nͫiͤcͫeͤ · September 01, 2015, 10:11:07 PM

by channeling the energy to my advantage

Assassin 11D7 · September 01, 2015, 10:33:37 PM

By spilling the blood of my enemys

🍁 Aria 🔮 · September 01, 2015, 11:14:29 PM

Quote from: Verbatim on September 01, 2015, 09:03:48 PM

Quote from: Prime Snake on September 01, 2015, 08:56:22 PM
Meditation isn't about a pose, it's a mindset. Find a comfortable position and a mantra, then do that for about half an hour to an hour a day. Does wonders.
Half hour seems like a long-ass time just sitting there. I mean, I'm sure if one's anxiety is intense enough that you just can't function unless you calm down, then I suppose there's a cost-benefit analysis to be made there in terms of it being an overall benefit, but... I don't know, meditation is just so alien to me. I'm not a spiritual person, at all.

also go on steam pls

You don't have to be spiritual; meditation is the practice of detaching yourself mentally and reflecting on your surroundings. If academics are a work out of the mind, meditation is stretching; you don't just wiggle around a little bit to stretch, it's carefully testing your muscles to warm them up (or cool them down) for activity. Good relaxation isn't instantaneous, it requires time to achieve.

True Turquoise · September 01, 2015, 11:16:05 PM

Scream

Yu · September 01, 2015, 11:24:27 PM

Thats not really a problem nowadays, but whenever an occasion came up that made me nervous I just trudged on, jumping feet first into cold water kind of thing, bad at first but its not so bad with time.

Anonymous (User Deleted) · September 01, 2015, 11:38:36 PM

Video games, music

The Lord Ruler · September 01, 2015, 11:42:01 PM

Ha-ha what anxiety

N/A · September 01, 2015, 11:43:13 PM

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Nexus · September 02, 2015, 12:59:37 AM

Rape. Murder. Necrophilia.

N/A · September 02, 2015, 01:01:05 AM

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Nexus · September 02, 2015, 01:02:27 AM

Quote from: Awoo~ on September 02, 2015, 01:01:05 AM

Quote from: Nexus on September 02, 2015, 12:59:37 AM
Rape. Murder. Necrophilia.
Are those all different things that ease your anxiety, or do you have to do all three of those things in that order?

They can be done individually, but it's just easier to do them in order.

Bonewheel Barry · September 02, 2015, 10:01:47 AM

Talking with close friends, helping other people with problems, taking long nighttime walks, and going out for pizza.

Azure · September 02, 2015, 10:11:58 AM

Thankfully, I don't have it.

Or don't have it big enough. I help others ease it.

Ásgeirr · September 02, 2015, 11:04:23 AM

good joke

Dopameme · September 02, 2015, 12:14:00 PM

listen to music, smoke a bowl, or a combination of the two

clum clum · September 02, 2015, 12:21:37 PM

By obliterating the comfort zone. You need to FORCE yourself into social situations. It will hurt and it will be embarassing, but it /is/ worth it in the end. Don't worry about fucking up and embarassing yourself, people forget about it pretty quickly as they have a whole life to worry about. If you get nervous, just take a few deep breaths. It helps a metric fuckton.

Whenever you're talking to someone, say whatever is on your mind right away. Don't hold back and think about if you should say it or not. Just say whatever comes to mind (within reason) no matter how "uncool" it may sound. They're too worried about how they're coming across.

That is how people converse without getting awkward. I'm trying these methods and it seems to be taking away my anxiety as it is developing my social skills.