My Support Forums - View Single Post - Anxiety Daily Check-In point #5

stephnickie · Aug 11, 2018, 03:56 AM

I have been posting on this thread for a few days now to really immerse myself in keeping better track of how I feel and why I feel that way. Things in my mind are chaotic so all the information gets jumbled up.

The exposure, an artist I was going to run into at a tattoo shop where I was going to spend two hours getting a new tattoo, so two hours ten feet away from someone I am uncomfortable around (due to a bizarre interaction, not because they are bad or abusive, just emotionally selfish which caused them to unintentionally hurt me emotionally) was causing me a lot of nervousness. Turns out he isn't even in town! *Insert eye rolling at my own self emoji here, haha!*

I did meditate last night as much as I could to bring my stress level about it down, but I waited until I had already been obsessing about it all day. This caused the meditation to not be very helpful. So I got no sleep last night and was so anxious on my way to the shop this afternoon. It was a good reminder that sometimes things completely work out for the best and that obsessing does not change things that I can't control. It also reminded me that I often worry about things that aren't even going to happen.

So, after getting a really great new tattoo and feeling relaxed while it was being done, I feel that I had a nice day and my anxiety is lower because of that.

Feeling grateful