Thankyou for the encouragement
My anxiety still comes and goes, it was helpful for me to write this post so I can look back and see that some days my techniques DO work, so they are worth doing. I have only had a handful of bad anxiety days like the one mentioned above, since that post months ago. Most of my anxiety is due to stress now, and I can get over it a lot quicker now than I used to.
Christmas time can bring a lot of anxiety for me, I will be sure to keep up my self care so it doesnt over-run me again. Goodluck to you all over the holiday season.