This afternoon my anxiety is elevated. I've been dealing with a health anxiety situation for about 3 months and it's generally gotten much better lately. I'm going to clean up my diet to help just feel better physically. It's not terrible but can be better. I plan to start Monday and decided to eat a few of my favorite things before that. Unfortunately that includes caffeine and sugar, which is horrible for my anxiety. True to my normal anxiety MO as soon as one situation gets better or resolves a whole new situation starts. As my body isn't feeling terrible at the moment my anxiety has decided to worry about other things, which is sometimes does. This time it's finances. I know that one of the techniques suggested is to talk back to your anxiety and tell it the reality. I've never found that to work for me. Continuing to think about or talk back, just keeps the topic on my mind. I just need to detach and let the anxiety punch itself out. When I'm full of sugar and caffeine that's really hard.

I'm really at a point where my life situation is getting dire. I had been waiting for my dogs to pass and then I'd follow them. One died about 7 months ago. The other is doing well and should have a few years ahead. I just don't know that I do. Just when I start to feel positive about the future my anxiety knocks my progress backwards and I'm forced to start over from further back.

Anyway, today my anxiety is elevated and I'm tired.