the past few months have been deeply miserable. panic attacks, general tingly anxiety and manic depressive episodes. i have not felt ok for a while. waiting on an appointment with the doc in two weeks to get medicated again but i would like to scoop out my brain with one of those funky ball scoops. that would help i think.
i swear this is making me feel sick. in lieu of brain scooping, what are some coping mechanisms that help you that are not drugs (weed makes it worse and i do NOT wish for another ketamine habit)
Besides exercise and stand-up comedy which definitely help me manifest a positive mindset, meditation. But! Because I don’t think you should take life too seriously, otherwise it’ll beat you down, I like this meditation video in particular. Its just 2 minutes.
I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
I just got out of rehab for benzos addiction and they put me on a non controlled, non addictive med called clonodine. Its a beta blocker that lowers your BP and Heart rate and by doing that makes me calm enough to actually try to use coping skills. Also if you abuse you don’t get high, just pass out.
i’ve got propromanol but it makes belly hort.
If anyone finds out let me know.
Breathing exercises help, but lol if I’ll ever remember that in the moment. 🫠
Eat raw fruit and veg: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00487/full
