Posted by rainbowbrite on May 19, 2005, at 14:52:02
In reply to How to stop constant fear, worry and rumination?, posted by pinkeye on May 19, 2005, at 14:13:37
Your dad sounds like a version of my mom. my dad is the complete oppostie but i am still incompetent in certain ways to my mom. Like she feels the *need* to tell me repeatedly to say back away from a ledge (becasue you never know about the huge gusts of wind that could push me to my death lol)
anyway, i know that its hard to get out of your parents ways...I dont find I ruminate or worry excessively but I worry more than Id like to.
The worst time for me is night time and i worry about death, losing people. this sounds psycho I know. IS this what you mean by ruminating? My body starts feeling really sick and I have a physical reaction in my chest etc. because I cant stop thinking about it?
So I will try to turn on the TV or read, reading is sometimes very helpful. If that doesnt work and I just cant sleep then i have to get up and do something else.
I think I got lost again sorry :) but my point is that just doing stuff keeps your mind occupied. i honestly think it is the best way to kick the problem.
Do you work? go to school? Or is your day pretty open? i find the more spare time I have the worse it gets.
I hope that helps a little. ok I take back what I said, I often worry about what I say here becasue of my personality I find I can come accross very wrong and upset soemone becasue they dont know 'me', so I just avoid saying things sometimes becasue even if I had good intentions I worry it will come out cold or flip or whatever. So I soemtimes worry about those things and I would do the same thing in that case. I just destract myself with friends or whatever. im not good at it but it has helped some.
Oh and being in quiet can make it worse too. music is good.
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