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Living with generalize anxiety disorder

I was diagnosed with GAD a little over four years ago, right before I got pregnant with my son. The doctors didn’t want me on meds to treat it while I was pregnant and I suffered, a lot. I’m sure many can relate. My husband doesn’t fully understand mental illness and didn’t truly believe that I suffered from anxiety until after our son was born and he witnessed me have a panic attack; it’s sad that he had to see that in order to understand, but nevertheless I’m glad he does now. Throw in being diagnosed with bipolar 2 disorder after I checked myself into a psychiatric hospital, and you’ve got yourself a whole lot of crazy pie. I try to tell myself that my anxiety is a liar, that my emotional brain needs to meet up with my logical brain and find a happy medium, but the inner turmoil makes it hard to fight against those cognitive distortions. My motto these days is “C’est la vie.” #GeneralizedAnxietyDisorder #Childhoodtrauma #CPTSD #BipolarDisorder #Bipolar2Disorder #Cognitivedistortions

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Madi Williams

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@madiwilliams

Anxiety 4y

The Power of Words

Struggling with anxiety and depression, racing, negative thoughts occur quite often.

"I'm not good enough."

"Why me?"

"I don't deserve the good things I have in my life."

"I should be doing. . ."

It's so easy to get into this negative spiral of negtative thinking, but it's not easy to get out of it or talk about it with others. However, there is so much power behind words. Whether it's journaling and challenging your negative thinking with a positive, realistic spin, saying "stop" to yourself when you notice your negative thinking, or finding a trusting person to talk to, these skills takes the power away of what you're struggling with. Using these skills feels like a weight is lifted of your shoulders, clears your mind, and helps you identify the lack of truth behind those thoughts.

I'm not saying it is easy to use these skills, or they will take the negative thinking away forever. Learning these skills takes a lot of effort, and it definitely isn't a perfect process. However, once you are able to identify your negative thinking and use these skills, it can make the negative thinking less severe, less impactful, and less often.

#Anxiety #Depression #challengingnegativethoughts #Cognitivedistortions

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I'm conflicted by this book #CBT #selfhelp #Depression

It seems too easy a fix after 20 years of fighting the darkness. My therapist recommended it and I trust her and every therapist except my first used Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in there approach.

My depressed brain has used every cognitive distortion to trick me into hating myself. And yet I don't want to believe that I've been that irrational. How could I have functioned at all if my thinking was so distorted?

I want to think that my illness has given me so great philosophical insights into the absurdity of life, that it has cleared away the delusions of meaning . However, if CBT is true than I have walked right into a delusion of insights seduced by the Siren song of depression.

O waa tuu goo sss am I!

On the other hand, what if I can be confident, hopeful and happy? What if sorrow and suffering weren't a daily routine?

What if... ?

Stupid brain.

#Depression #CBT #self-sabotage #selfhelp #Cognitivedistortions

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RatChild

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BorderlinePersonalityDisorder 4y

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#Strugglebus has three of the four tires flat

Where to start... I am new to the BPD diagnosis extremely frustrating that it took 20 years to get to this point trying to make sense of it all and honestly feel like since the diagnosis every aspect of my life has gone downhill.

I thought things were going really well and I’ve been honestly consciously trying to pay attention to the cognitive distortions I don’t know what happened tonight but my husband completely flipped and behaved in a manner that was so different from anything he’s ever exhibited in the last 11 years I’m trying not to allow the distortions to take over but it’s so hard I’m trying so hard not to spiral and end up in a manic depressive state. He’s frustrated I’m out on a medical leave and I’m swinging from super focused and energized towards getting our home put back together to scatter brained, easily confused with no will power towards my impulses.

Honestly, this diagnosis is hard enough to handle/manage internally let alone cater to someone else’s moods.

#BorderlinePersonalityDisorder #ADHD #MajorDepressionDisorder #Cognitivedistortions #Anxiety #Depression

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What has helped to quiet or change you cognitive distortions?

We all have cognitive distortions from time to time; just like we have anxious thoughts from time to time. For both cognitive distortions and anxiety, they are constant. Needing to be a Perfectionist is closely related to anxiety and these types of distorted thoughts. The picture above describes some distortions in a summarized version. These are constant in my mind and wanting perfection is overwhelming. Anyone experience this as well and have found a way to quiet these thoughts before they push you into a bad day (anxious type of depression/emptiness) #Anxiety #AnxietyDisorder #GeneralizedAnxietyDisorder #perfectionism #Depression #Cognitivedistortions

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Living with generalize anxiety disorder

The Power of Words

I'm conflicted by this book #CBT #selfhelp #Depression

#Strugglebus has three of the four tires flat

What has helped to quiet or change you cognitive distortions?

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