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Posted 5/19/2017 1:12 AM (GMT 0)
I know its a terrible excuse. But i recently got a pretty good dr appointment. However i always fall back jnto bad habits that then lead me to more anxiety. Then i just feel like a bad person and that im using anxiety as an excuse. Every loved one says im a good person. Just want to start actinf like one and kick my bad habits.


I don't feel the need to harm myself. Its just these bad habits make the anxiety go away for that moment in time.

I know im stronger than this.

Just a vent. Maybe if i put it in writing it will help. Today I change for good.
Posted 5/19/2017 2:19 AM (GMT 0)
Hey TheIso,

I can't necessarily offer anything concrete without context as to what your bad habits are, but I'd suggest not beating yourself up too much. These things happen to the best of us. I think it's natural to seek relief from anxiety, as brutal as it can be, even when the relief comes in a relatively negative form.

In the past I dealt with some bad habits -- specifically, bad habits that were a result of anxiety -- and I found it's best to recognize it, get back on track, and fight to avoid falling into a pattern of negative thinking. At least take pride in the fact that you are able to recognize it, and are working to change it.

More important, I learned (after years of failing) that finding healthy ways of dealing with my anxiety lead to my being able to cease such habits. Here's to hoping you're able to do the same.


Best of luck (not that luck has much to do with it ...),
TICHWA
Posted 5/19/2017 2:51 AM (GMT 0)
T.I.T.M.,

We all have our habits that we are less than proud of...

...love yourself in spite of them, do your best to make improvemnts, and remember...we are all works in progress!
😊

With encouagement,

S.C.
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