Hey Anxious
You sound like you have a good survival strength, keep that, it'll get you through this
It seems distractions a good deterrent even if only temporarily it gives the mind a break from the stress building and wanting an out which I think could be what anxiety is...an outlet
I have times of anxiety when I'm in Bipolar & on two occasions they were full blown episodes, but knowing what they were was able to pull out so hope this helps.
I said in a matter of fact voice to myself (not verbally but no harm in that) basically to settle down, that this is anxiety so while you're taking control over the situation concentrate at same time all the time on breathing slowly and steadily, take nice deep breaths in an out, don't allow any thoughts that distress you to come in, just work on those two things.
It seems to come on strong with extreme tiredness & exhaustion I'm noticing and was just talking to friend today that backed that who suffers from it biggly.
Do you have any stress release techniques in place like excercise is good wether walking or gym or home stuff, even ram the volume up and dance for a while at home, let loose, sing loud, cop the neighbours later 🙂
Excercise is good cause it helps with sleep too.
Meditation can sound like a lot of hard work but recently I've realised it's actually not cause our imaginations are powerful & you can work exactly where you want to be for peace and tranquility. What I did was first up was saying to myself I"m going to be totally relaxed and feel so good rested and release stress.
Tell yourself you're comfy, warm, secure, concentrating again on breathing slowly and steadily and focus on feeling stress and tension leaving your body that parts very important and don't put a time limit on it. I suggest if you do this don't take your mind anywhere that involves activity or pace, you want to be relaxed, tell yourself you are, keep reiterating how good you feel.
Believe in yourself Anxious, you can get through this
All best 🙂
