LadyButterfly she/her@piefed.blahaj.zone to Mental Health@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoHow much do you avoid things that make you anxious?message-squaremessage-square8linkfedilinkarrow-up124arrow-down12
arrow-up122arrow-down1message-squareHow much do you avoid things that make you anxious?LadyButterfly she/her@piefed.blahaj.zone to Mental Health@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square8linkfedilink
minus-squarefts9@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 month agoIt depends on my energy levels. If my mental health and sleep is otherwise OK, I usually just make myself do it. If not, then yeah I tend to avoid stuff that makes me anxious. Sadly, a lot of the time, that includes leaving the house. I kinda wish that making myself do stuff thst makes me anxious would work as exposure therapy but it hasn’t made a difference in the last 20 years
It depends on my energy levels.
If my mental health and sleep is otherwise OK, I usually just make myself do it.
If not, then yeah I tend to avoid stuff that makes me anxious. Sadly, a lot of the time, that includes leaving the house.
I kinda wish that making myself do stuff thst makes me anxious would work as exposure therapy but it hasn’t made a difference in the last 20 years