Anyone else's life fucked up by anxiety? >have to force

have any green text stories to share or anything?
if you realize your exhibiting behaviors your already ahead of most. how old are you anon

>>34179108

don't really have any good stories. it's just small shit that happens a lot.

i'll be 29 in a few days.

I don't seem to be able to do anything about the behaviors, though. They just kinda happen.

>>34179376
are you KHV? Have you tried to /fit/? havehobbies, etc?

well, basically what's going on is that you have constant automatic thoughts that are not representative of reality. Your system isn't fucked, you fucked your system by constantly interpreting everything as dangerous. Multiply this by years of thinking this sort of thing and you literally learned to be afraid of all those things.
So, the way past it is through it. You have to write down those thoughts and discuss with yourself whether you are really in danger and what you actually have to lose. It's your 3 or 4 year old self basically telling you that mommy will be mad if you do X, and all of it isn't bullshit.

It's only difficult because you actually believe all that bullshit, and your brain itself has been repeating it for years. So the basics are journaling, challenging negative thoughts and situations and viewing the situation as it is rather than what your brain tells you automatically, and consciously choosing against your anxious thoughts to break down and confront what bothers you.

I used to be afraid of writing anything, now I wrote about four novels worth and posted them online. I still have difficulty with people but it's a process. It's not a competition, you've got to make your own way in your own time and spend time around positive information and viewpoints.

So, /r9k/ is probably the worst place to be. Since I left my life has gotten better just from that. It's an addiction so give yourself other things to do with your time that's more rewarding to you. It's not easy, but it is an answer.

>>34179994

Thanks, anon. That's better advice than I usually get. I'll give that a shot.