Rose Walker
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Professional anxiety-sufferer, practising overcomer, learning to use my weakness as my strength.
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Unplug!
Limit your social media usage, or go the whole hog and ditch it completely! I totally get that some people's jobs or other commitments require people to use social media for important ends, but on the other end, tipping the scale considerably, are those of us who you could say are addicted to social media.
By Rose Walker7 years ago in Psyche
Embrace the Suck
This is a phrase I try to tell myself as often as I can. Sometimes, life just sucks. It really does. This situation sucks, or this person sucks. But that's really, really ok. Life isn't supposed to be easy. What’s life without a little drama, or bleakness?
By Rose Walker7 years ago in Motivation
There Is Always Something to Be Thankful For
You may sometimes or often have days where you feel deeply sad and/or fed up about life. Maybe it's your home life, finances, job, friends, relationships, mental health, or the many other factors that can come into play. But a really important thing you can do is not focus on what you don't have, or what you wished you had or didn't have, but rather on the good things you do have, the things you’re thankful for.
By Rose Walker7 years ago in Psyche
Exercise, Exercise, Exercise
One of the most important things you can do to help your anxiety and/or depression symptoms is to EXERCISE. I know It sounds cliche, "healthy body, healthy mind!"—but it is TRUE! When you are anxious and stressed, your body produces a steroid hormone called cortisol, which is the adrenaline that pumps round your body, making you feel those classic feelings—shaking, sweating, light-headedness, faster breathing etc...
By Rose Walker7 years ago in Longevity
The Storm Never Lasts Forever
These four words held so much strength during one of my most intense panic attacks, even in my frazzled mind at the time. Because it is 100 percent true. The storm will never last forever. Your panic attack will NEVER last forever. No matter how frightening or gruelling or exhausting it is, it will ALWAYS pass.
By Rose Walker7 years ago in Psyche
Inside the Hidden Circus of Your Mind
Having an anxiety disorder, particularly a high-functioning anxiety disorder, is like having a conjoined twin. A very loud, disruptive, pessimistic conjoined twin. It is with you when you try to go to bed at a decent time, it is then with you two hours later when it wakes you up multiple times by shouting frightening things at you, and it is still with you in the morning, to which it gleefully follows you, taunting and prodding at you as you try to survive through your day.
By Rose Walker7 years ago in Psyche
