I had a spell of anxiety yesterday which took hours for me to calm down from. It wasn't a 10, more like a 5 but that's still enough to make it hard to function. And I was determined not to take an Ativan, instead deal with it using DBT. I've had delusions that Dr Phil is stalking me and I was having images of him attacking me and coming after me while I was trying to draw.

I tried mindfulness and meditation, which didn't work. I tried watching a funny TV show. Nope, didn't work. But in the evening, I watched a movie comedy which did work. I really tried to get into the plot of the movie and it was a successful distraction.

Now I'm having my usual post-anxiety euphoria and am in a good mood. (that always happens after I calm down from anxiety.) Plus it's Friday and I'll be seeing family today which I always look forward too.

Hang in there today everyone.

Ceara