Generalized Anxiety Disorder ( some tips )

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So i have GAD . It's a mild form of anxiety disorder that in simple terms mean that i overly worry about things ( moderate to high hypocondria , worried about that mentally unstable guy living 2 miles away hurting my family, worried that i ruined some guys life that i particupated in teasing for his ugly jacket 20 years ago when we were kids . And the list goes on and on. In fact , when i dont have anything to worry about my brain is literally searching for a new threat. ( my doctor told me this )

Now i know theres about 1/25 who suffer from this ( and thats just the GAD portion) so i thought id share a short tale on what helps me out alot.

First i started seeing a therapist . This i recommend as a starting point for everyone. It helps just talking shit out and processing the underlying reasons for your anxiety . In my case i have an alcoholic mother with severe anxiety and she is more or less the root og my condition. It's a bit weird the first time you to see a psychologist and you might have to try a couple before you find your match but when you get past that initial nervousness it's all good. You learn all sorte of techniques on how to handle your thought processes.

Then theres working out. I cannot stress enough how much this helps me out. I spend about 5 days a week in the gym and it's a huge stress releaser. I also box on a amateur level ( sparring ).

Another thing that works is a healthy diet. I discovered this when i did my first bulk/cut . I had to cut about 15 pounds to get muscle definition and in that process i ate/drank zero sugar ( obviously some got in there with fruit etc ). Ive noticed that my anxiety level got much much lower from eating healthy. I use a kind of paleo diet but not as strickt ( i use low salt soy sauce and drink some diet soda etc ).
Ps. Eating super healthy is super expensive , so be prepared to work extra and/or re-prioritize how you spend money

Thats my 5 cents on the topic, AMA i guess....
 
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Sounds pretty normal to me.

My wife probably has this condition
 
Weed may help

Sure , but even though weed isnt dangerous it does have it downsides, it's also the easy way out. There are no downsides to eating healthy and working out but it does take willpower. If you manage to work out several times a week and cut out suger , eat vegetables etc then you have actually accomplished something ( and that again help on self esteem and so on ) . Even a lazy bum can smoke weed ( no offense )
 
I turned to God and that has helped me extremely. Not religion though. Of course ditching drugs and alcohol helped too
 
Heroin makes you forget about your problems and want more heroin. You down?
 
I'll tell you what, I suck at therapy.

Despite occasionally drunkenly dropping my feelings on Sherdog, I'm terrible at talking about myself. I become hostile in therapy and even though I'm aware of that, I can't seem to stop it.
 
Exercise a lot, join a BJJ gym, take up running etc... I suffer from anxiety and migraines but I'm super active and have a good therapist, as soon as I get lazy things get 100x worse. Good luck bro....
 
I'd imagine I'd probably be classified GAD as well, not really coming out in any one respect to the degree I'd be called OCD, an insomiac or a hypochondriac(although probably closer to the latter) but the general tendency towards anxiety is there. Some tendency towards migraines but luckly their mostly visual ones not actual pain so just a short term distraction.

Self awareness I think helps massively, knowing you can't trust your own gut feeling doesn't come easy but I think can help a lot avoiding destructive cycles. I must admit as well that generally a lot of my career choices have been based on limiting stress, putting a Uni education to use working in a not very well paid warehouse job for years and more recently setting myself up as an art photographer. All of that definitely seems to have had an impact when it comes to angst and the hypochondria and insomnia especially dropping off, a bit less so with fear of guilt I spose.
 
I'll tell you what, I suck at therapy.

Despite occasionally drunkenly dropping my feelings on Sherdog, I'm terrible at talking about myself. I become hostile in therapy and even though I'm aware of that, I can't seem to stop it.

Tell me about your feelings
 
Fuck you.

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