It has really been a testing and trying past 2 weeks. Last week my anxiety was at an all time high, which got my defenses down and now I have Flu A. As thing after thing piled up on me last week and the emotions grew, this song is all I could sing in my head......
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=h0K9jxmFMNo
Sometimes I feel as though my anxiety and depression run my life. I try to swim, bike, or run from it, but when it's ready for me too really see it, it slams the breaks on my life and gives me no choice. I think the worst part is no matter how bad people want to help, they can't. You are in this fight with yourself alone.
So for the sake of accountability and for giving those who want to help someone with anxiety and depression but don't know how, here are the 5 things I am going to try to implement everyday to train my brain to be more positive! No it won't take away the things we are fighting threw, but it will help us train ourselves to look at them in a more positive light!
1. Gratitude: Write down 3 new things everyday you are grateful for. Each day your brain retains a pattern to look for the positive.
2. Journaling: Write one positive experience that happened in the last 24 hours
3. Exercise: Teach your body that behavior matters (this won't be a problem here, sometimes it's teaching myself not to do too much 😞)
4. Meditation: Get over the cultural ADHD that we create trying to do multiple things at once. It allows our brains to focus on the task at hand
5. Kindness: Write one positive email or note complementing or thanking someone in your social network
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Part of my journey in triathlon/running is to help those out there like me who feel like they don't have a voice. Or those who feel so far down in their hole of anxiety and depression they can't get out. We can get out, even with silent support, we can help each other by trying one new thing, one new way of retraining our brains to look positive.
Guess this is a little off topic of triathlon, but anyways........
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=h0K9jxmFMNo
Sometimes I feel as though my anxiety and depression run my life. I try to swim, bike, or run from it, but when it's ready for me too really see it, it slams the breaks on my life and gives me no choice. I think the worst part is no matter how bad people want to help, they can't. You are in this fight with yourself alone.
So for the sake of accountability and for giving those who want to help someone with anxiety and depression but don't know how, here are the 5 things I am going to try to implement everyday to train my brain to be more positive! No it won't take away the things we are fighting threw, but it will help us train ourselves to look at them in a more positive light!
1. Gratitude: Write down 3 new things everyday you are grateful for. Each day your brain retains a pattern to look for the positive.
2. Journaling: Write one positive experience that happened in the last 24 hours
3. Exercise: Teach your body that behavior matters (this won't be a problem here, sometimes it's teaching myself not to do too much 😞)
4. Meditation: Get over the cultural ADHD that we create trying to do multiple things at once. It allows our brains to focus on the task at hand
5. Kindness: Write one positive email or note complementing or thanking someone in your social network
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Part of my journey in triathlon/running is to help those out there like me who feel like they don't have a voice. Or those who feel so far down in their hole of anxiety and depression they can't get out. We can get out, even with silent support, we can help each other by trying one new thing, one new way of retraining our brains to look positive.
Guess this is a little off topic of triathlon, but anyways........
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