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Originally Posted by Sober Man
There is always a negative thought associated with anxiety. You may not realize it but it's certainly there. Anxiety is also habit forming so breaking the negative thought habit will break the habitual anxiety. I struggle with this myself but it is the only way to overcome it. There is nothing wrong with you at all. Anxiety resides in all of our brains and people like us just need to learn how break the cycle. It's a difficult road but very possible. One more thing, anxiety and hungers are often confused with each other. Many times I think I'm feeling anxiety and actually just hungry. Just a thought that's helped me in the past.
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I don't know sometimes I have noticed a negative thought, other times there is no specific thought at all...might be overwhelmed/stressed but don't know exactly why. I also am on the autism spectrum so sensory imput can overwhelm me more than other people which also adds to my anxiety. Also if one cannot figure out what the negative thought is how would they change it?
Just not sure anxiety is as simple as 'a negative thought habit' that can be solved by simply changing the negative thought pattern...depression is closer to that and even that is a lot more complicated at least in my case. Either way what I am getting at is anxiety still effects me even if I am thinking more positively though I have to admit my situation in life is not amazing so there is only room for so much positivity before it starts becoming a phony attempt at lying to myself about my situation being better than it is.
Also I get irritable when I'm hungry, it is a similar feeling to anxiety and can certainly contribute to it so sometimes eating something helps settle my mind....though much of the time anxiety gets in the way of me eating since it screws with my digestion/appetite. I also have ptsd in addition to regular anxiety....but yeah not so sure I agree nothings wrong with me if that where the case why am I going to therapy, attempting meds and considering other forms of treatment?
But if it works for you that's good, I just have not had any luck though the ptsd kind of complicates things so my experience is probably a bit different than people who just have Generalized Anxiety disorder it gets confusing since both are anxiety disorders. Certainly do not want to deter anyone from trying to look at things in a positive manner as that can be helpful, though too much in the wrong situations might not be the best thing.