Maybe it's because I'm sleep deprived and over-caffeinated
I think you just answered your own question.
>Maybe it's because I'm sleep deprived and over-caffeinated
I think you just answered your own question.
Magnesium - see this article https://www.chandramd.com/blog/magnesium-supplements-anxiety?format=amp I use Mg glycinate to help sleep quality and reduce anxiety.
Sleep duration and quality.
Physical training to point of failure - basically a couple of max-rep sets of push-ups or bodyweight squats.
Stoicism - most stoic literature is hard work but a very accessible book is ‘The Daily Stoic’ by Ryan Holiday. Builds a daily habit of reading a single stoic quote which is explained and discussed, and it helps start the day in the right mindset. The Gregory Hays translation of Marcus Aurelius ‘Meditations’ is written in a very fluid and coherent language, and is good to dip into at random.
Get outside and walk.
Write down your worries and problems. Most are temporary rather than permanent, local rather than global, acute rather than chronic. Helps to put things into perspective.
I’m trying to do all this myself, and sleep is the big factor. If you can sleep you can be inspired by your dreams. I recently changed jobs, and have an elderly parent and a young child to care for. Some days I want to run away. But it’s my duty and if I see my difficulties as tests from God, training to make me into a better, less selfish person, then I can persevere. Take one day at a time, one problem at a time.
Magnesium - see this article https://www.chandramd.com/blog/magnesium-supplements-anxiety?format=amp
I use Mg glycinate to help sleep quality and reduce anxiety.
Sleep duration and quality.
Physical training to point of failure - basically a couple of max-rep sets of push-ups or bodyweight squats.
Stoicism - most stoic literature is hard work but a very accessible book is ‘The Daily Stoic’ by Ryan Holiday. Builds a daily habit of reading a single stoic quote which is explained and discussed, and it helps start the day in the right mindset. The Gregory Hays translation of Marcus Aurelius ‘Meditations’ is written in a very fluid and coherent language, and is good to dip into at random.
Get outside and walk.
Write down your worries and problems. Most are temporary rather than permanent, local rather than global, acute rather than chronic. Helps to put things into perspective.
I’m trying to do all this myself, and sleep is the big factor. If you can sleep you can be inspired by your dreams. I recently changed jobs, and have an elderly parent and a young child to care for. Some days I want to run away. But it’s my duty and if I see my difficulties as tests from God, training to make me into a better, less selfish person, then I can persevere. Take one day at a time, one problem at a time.
w/ regards to this one detail:
Write down your worries and problems. Most are temporary rather than permanent, local rather than global, acute rather than chronic. Helps to put things into perspective.
Can't overstate the importance of this key component: Turning the chaotic sea of worries into an organized list of things you can change and things you can't.
I've learned there are two huge takeaways from this:
First, actually writing things down I find is more about personal style. My own style I much prefer to talk out loud when I'm by myself, as though I was talking to a future version of myself. Regardless, writing it or speaking it forces you to serialize the emotions, focusing on one at a time. As you read it back or listen to yourself talk, the rational part of the brain kicks in to start the problem solving.
Second, distinguish worries that you can control from those you can't. Focus on the things you can control, while relieving yourself of being responsible for the things you can't control. For problems that you can't control but still have a direct impact on you, you can control your responses to them.
w/ regards to this one detail:
>Write down your worries and problems. Most are temporary rather than permanent, local rather than global, acute rather than chronic. Helps to put things into perspective.
Can't overstate the importance of this key component: Turning the chaotic sea of worries into an organized list of things you can change and things you can't.
I've learned there are two huge takeaways from this:
First, actually writing things down I find is more about personal style. My own style I much prefer to talk out loud when I'm by myself, as though I was talking to a future version of myself. Regardless, writing it or speaking it forces you to serialize the emotions, focusing on one at a time. As you read it back or listen to yourself talk, the rational part of the brain kicks in to start the problem solving.
Second, distinguish worries that you can control from those you can't. Focus on the things you can control, while relieving yourself of being responsible for the things you can't control. For problems that you can't control but still have a direct impact on you, you can control your responses to them.
Sleep more. Moving from 4 hours of sleep to 5-6 is a world of difference.
If you can't sleep at night, learn to take power naps. Try binaural beats for power naps, the military 4-7-8 breathing routine, whatever you do get more sleep.
Sleep more. Moving from 4 hours of sleep to 5-6 is a world of difference.
If you can't sleep at night, learn to take power naps. Try binaural beats for power naps, the military 4-7-8 breathing routine, whatever you do get more sleep.
Get the sleep you need. Without sleep the body can't function. You're destroying your mind and body through lack of sleep.
Get the sleep you need. Without sleep the body can't function. You're destroying your mind and body through lack of sleep.
Dude , a relationship ? You do not have the time or availability to be in a relationship at this point in time.
Get shit at least manageable first Of course exercise and a stoic outlook are great too
Dude , a relationship ? You do not have the time or availability to be in a relationship at this point in time.
Get shit at least manageable first
Of course exercise and a stoic outlook are great too
I got in the relationship before shit hit the fan, I'm not calling it quits over this.
I got in the relationship before shit hit the fan, I'm not calling it quits over this.
Ok I get it , thought this was something just starting
Ok I get it , thought this was something just starting
I'll second this, exercise. Sleep. Hydrate. Until you take care of your body's basic needs you can't move up your hierarchy of needs, like relationships etc.
I'll second this, exercise. Sleep. Hydrate. Until you take care of your body's basic needs you can't move up your hierarchy of needs, like relationships etc.
Work on your body chemistry and being physically fitter each day. Life is not easy or fair and faith is a choice. So is Love.
Work on your body chemistry and being physically fitter each day. Life is not easy or fair and faith is a choice. So is Love.
Hire some help, get your siblings to pitch in.
Hire some help, get your siblings to pitch in.
Let me know when you find out cause I've been.feeling that for similar reasons.
Let me know when you find out cause I've been.feeling that for similar reasons.
Lie down and close your eyes whenever possible. Even if you don't sleep, just pause. It adds up.
Lie down and close your eyes whenever possible. Even if you don't sleep, just pause. It adds up.
Number one rule as a caregiver: If you take on more into your lifeboat than it can hold, you’ve just created a smaller shipwreck.
You need to dial it back and yes, lack of sleep is the top of the list for depression and anxiety.
Number one rule as a caregiver: If you take on more into your lifeboat than it can hold, you’ve just created a smaller shipwreck.
You need to dial it back and yes, lack of sleep is the top of the list for depression and anxiety.
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