Hey True Spirit, welcome to the forums. There is so much information and people willing to help out, so great stuff.
With anxiety, first of all, you can get on top of it and function normally as a human being. You are certaintly not alone in your journey.
To keep on top of my anxiety, i practice mindfulness every day. It is a great way of grounding yourself when your brain starts to get out of control.
Listening to my fave music is the best and easiest way, deep breathing exercises are also very powerful. There are some wonderful apps that you can download that will guide you through deep breathing. Really important that you learn how to do this. If i am starting to get anxious, i immediately start to breath deep and then look at the clouds, stars or other things that i use to ground myself.
Have you been to your GP as yet to discuss? If not, might be worthwhile and then if need be, go and see a psych.
With your time management, perhaps make a plan at the start of the day where you right down what is urgent and what is not. Work your way through the list. Get some locked in structure into the life.
Get back into exercise. It doesnt take long and if you can do 22 minutes per day, then that would be beneficial. Go for a walk or run or swim. It doesnt take much.
Put some time into yourself. Connect with an old friend and go out for tea, you deserve to. Go to a nice quiet place where you can relax.
Head to the supermarket at a quiet time and stock up on healthy food. Re-create those old habits you used to do.
You will be fine, just need to make some small adjustments and introduce a couple of other things.
As i said earlier, have a look around on the forums, there is so much info on here.
Cheers
Mark.
