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A lot of people (myself included) really struggle with anxiety generally and more so at the moment, and advice like “keep yourself busy” can feel redundant when your mind refuses.
So here are some resources like sounds, images, and excercises that might help us cope:
So here are some resources like sounds, images, and excercises that might help us cope:
Here’s an article that has some very useful excercises to help break an anxious spiral: https://www.healthline.com/health/anxiety-exercises
Also, because soundrown is still down sadly but which used to help me immensely in calming myself down, this is a good, if limited, substitute: https://rainymood.com
Another resource for calming sounds is A Soft Murmur, which has a wider range of sounds, that are layerable too: https://asoftmurmur.com
Finally, a lot of articles talk about how images of nature, cute animals, and the colour blue (ominously the Pantone Colour Of The Year for 2020) can help lower anxiety levels (I picked these up off of google bless).
If you have other ways that help, please add to this thread and share!!
New ideas to help cope are brilliant and you never know what might help someone.
New ideas to help cope are brilliant and you never know what might help someone.
