The real hell on earth...

It's anxiety, but it's not the end of the world.

Anxiety always wants to sell us a lie and tells us "you can't, that's too much for you, that's why you can't measure up", and of course it takes us to the limit.

That's his favorite way to screw up our lives... "Overwhelm" us, confuse us and put us down the street of mental and spiritual bitterness. Although it may be weakness, it may be that our human system is really super saturated and when our body can't take it anymore, and it talks like it can, it screams "I can't even breathe".

In fact, I have learned this with my therapist, that: Breathing DOES NOT "cure" anxiety, but it can give us margin, pause not to run away, not to fight with ourselves, and to begin to understand what is happening to us.

In addition, in that way, at least, she loses strength when I no longer see her as an enemy, with therapy, with love, affection and presence it ceases to be a sentence.

Fortunately anxiety is not contagious but if you learn in regulated environments, that is why it is so important to set emotional limits, regulate yourself and take care of mental health in our homes, integral health belongs to everyone.

I'm going to share some ideas and actions to reduce the intensity of anxiety... They work for me to be more present and aware when anxiety, asks me to be heard and at least understand it when it wants to rule me, I start by walking consciously, and when walking, I notice the contact of my feet with the ground, the air on the skin and the sounds around.

Meditating, and actively listening in conversations focuses us on the other person, without planning my response, I take short breaks during the day every hour, I stop for 1-2 minutes while scanning my body (from head to toe, noticing tensions) or using the 5 senses (what do you see, hear, touch, smell and taste now).

I am very interested in learning to be more present, I feel that we are in a world that privileges social and work, hectic life and that we have to enjoy our loved ones, respond to daily challenges, be for ourselves.

Being exhausted today is a logical response, when we live a lot of emotional load, it is normal that uncertainty and anxiety wins us over. With certainty, friends at Hive, our greatest act of resistance is to protect our mental health and this is not indifference, it is strategy so as not to break down.

If we can't change reality then why bother. Focus only on what you can do for yourself and yours today. Set goals per day or per week, those that always bring you closer to your best version and how you want to see yourself in the future.

My heart tells me that this is the best way to turn my head away from the fear of the chaos outside... That's why, at least for today, I decided to be happy, I'm taking risks and I'm not running away, even with anxiety.I'm going for more, even if it gets more and more uphill. It's time to shine. 🤍

Janitze.🌷