#yoga

I used to have really bad anxiety, particularly social anxiety stemming from childhood and onwards, but it manifests more so as depression nowadays (or has done for years, rather).

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I guess work can be a good distraction; you have to get out of your own head and put on your customer service/professional face aha, but it does actually help me feel better.

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Being out in nature, spending time with animals, doing hobbies that bring you joy, being around people you can be yourself and have a laugh with, it all helps.
If you’re like me and it’s due to an actual chemical imbalance, then taking meds that help stabilise the serotonin will help too. Vitamin D is known to boost mood levels, as well as being good for other purposes.

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Looking after yourself physically and spiritually helps too (aka, some people find yoga very good for anxiety, or exercise in general, mindfulness, etc). I hope that helps a little. It’s a learning process and some days it’s not easy to shake at all, but that’s part of being human. You’ve got this :)

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Meinen zwei engsten Freunden gelingt es immer meine Gedanken zu erhellen. Einer der beiden verfügt über eine naive kindliche Ader, die mich stets zum lachen bringt, während der andere mir mit Rat und Tat zur Seite steht. Zumindest sofern ich überhaupt in der Lage bin, auf soziale Interaktionen einzugehen. Denn diese kosten mir für gewöhnlich viel Kraft.

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Ungeachtet dessen ist der mit Abstand bedeutsamste Faktor in meinem Leben mich körperlich und mental zu fordern. Wenn ich nach einem langen Tag die Gelegenheit habe, meinen Körper über jede erdenkliche Grenze zu führen, fühle ich mich unheimlich lebendig. Es setzt Emotionen frei, die ich sonst nur unterdrücken würde. Gibt mir das Gefühl, es mit der gesamten Welt aufnehmen zu können. Es gibt nichts, was meine Gedankenwelt mehr erleuchtet.

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Diverse fiktive Charaktere - allen voran Vegeta aus Dragon Ball - inspirieren mich, permanent voranzuschreiten und mir treu zu bleiben, statt alles zu verdrängen.

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Tagträumerein, Videospiele oder auch Wrestling dienen mir als gelungene, manchmal überaus nötige, Abwechslung. Schließlich muss auch ich dem ganzen mal für ein paar Augenblicke entrinnen.

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Meine Routine (in Form von Meal Prep, Yoga, Meditation, positive Self-talk, die Pflege meiner Haustiere) hilft mir dabei meine Gedanken in der Realität zu wahren und nicht vollkommen abzudriften.

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Insgesamt sehe ich es für mich als nötig, mich auf das hier und jetzt zu fokussieren. Anderenfalls gerate ich lediglich in eine anhaltend negative Gedankenspirale, die ich dann nur schwer unterbrechen kann.

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Here are some of my hobbies:
-Geography
-Astronomy
-Altering states of consciousness
-Walking
-Lifting weights
-Meditating

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Geography: It was inherited from my dad down to me. I was always fascinated by how the world works, how many countries there are, and so on. It's always fun to test out my knowledge whenever I play on Sporcle because sometimes the quizzes are easy, and sometimes it's difficult. It's a nice contrast.

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Astronomy: I loved astronomy growing up. Space was, and is, a marvelous place that is full of magic and majestic.

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Altered states of consciousness: I've always been intrigued by the ideas and thoughts that pop up when one smokes weed, drinks wine, drinks tea, drinks coffee, meditates, etc. I find this practice of psychonauting to be amazing.

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Walking: I first started around 2014 when I had to lose weight. At first it was hell, but it got much much easier. One time I went for a 6 hour walk, and had many blisters, but it was totally worth it.

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Lifting weights: I first started around 2016. I just like how it makes me feel and how my body feels. I've been hot and cold with this hobby.

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Meditating: I was first introduced to meditation in Yoga in high school. I never practiced meditation seriously until 2016 or so. Then I was off and on but I always do my best to incorporate some form of meditation into my daily life.

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Ich selbst trinke viele Teemischungen - ob Baldrian, Melisse, Lavendel, Passionsblume oder Hofenzapfen. All diese Pflanzen wirken, aus eigener Erfahrung, nicht nur schlaffördernd sondern auch beruhigend, was wiederum den Stresspegel senkt. Sollte man kein großer Teetrinker sein, gibt es diese ebenfalls in Tablettenform. Klosterfrau bietet beispielsweise in vielen Drogeriemärkten Seda-Plantina an - Tabletten aus Passionsblumenkraut, Baldrianwurzel und Melissenblätter. Mir helfen diese sowohl beim Schlaf als auch bei meiner Panikstörung. Kann sie also nur wärmstens empfehlen. Abgesehen davon gibt es diverse Lebensmittel, die auf ihre eigene Art und Weise die Melatoninproduktion ankurbeln. Haferflocken, Bananen, Mandeln und insbesondere Kiwis sind mir hier bekannt. Zu empfehlen sind außerdem abendliche Atemübungen und Yoga, da viele Schlafprobleme das Resultat aus ungesundem Stress und innerer Unruhe sind. Mir persönlich hilft es auch Podcasts, Hörbucher oder Youtube Videos zu hören, möglichst aber mit ausgeschalteten Bildschirm, da mich diese erfolgreich von meinen eigenen Gedanken ablenken.

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Practice yoga
بقول اشياء يمكن ماتصدقونها لكن فعلًا تبعد الطاقات السلبيه اولا تنظيف المكان والمحيط من اي شي لازم نكون في مكان مرتب ومتجدد و هواء نقي و حتى الارض نمسحها بماي و ملح ونغسل كلشي
ثانيا نشتغل على تنظيف ذاتنا يكون عبر تنقية كل شي بدايةً الذِهن نحاول يكون صافي نكتب ف ورقه كل الاشياء الي مضايقتنا او سلبيه او عالقه فينا و نشق الورقه و نحرقها و نحاول نكون متسامحين مع اي شخص فحياتنا (لازم نبتعد عن كل الصفات الي مو زينه مثلا حقد خصام الخ لان كل ما طاقتك الخاصة مسمومه أي ان انعكاسك الداخلي يبين على الخارجي ف الشي بياثر عليك والعقل الباطني "النفس" تكرر كل شي انت تصدقه فلازم نتدرب على ان نقول حق روحنا كل يوم كلام حليو ما ننتظره من احد واخر شي عشان ما اطول واجد، نطلع نمشي نشم هوا او نسوي شي نحبه." الشي الي بيصير ان الانسان بيحس بتغيير و ايجابية وتكرار هالعمليه مهم عشان ماترجع السلبيه او الطاقه النازله الى حياتنا.

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Para nada. Estando en casa sola he podido aprovechar el hacer un sinfín de cosas. Como el hacer unas modificaciones a la casa, más que todo mi dormitorio, el poner música de las bandas y solistas que más me gustan – claro, en un volumen moderado –, el hablar por teléfono todo el día y cotillear de lo que me ha pasado en el día, semana. El tocar un poco de mi bajo, componer alguna melodía, el jugar con mi pequeña mascota – no le puesto nombre, ayuda –, el ir a la cocina y hacer un rico, delicioso pastel de manzana. El practicar un poco de yoga y medicación porque ando muy estresada, ya será casi un mes en el que estoy muy tensionada, eso apesta. Y como no, el hacer una maratón de Harry Potter, sigo diciendo que valdría la pena verlas todas, quien quiera hacerme compañía, sea bienvenido/a acá.

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Planning on cleaning out my closet and making a few trips to Goodwill at some point. Then I want to level my void elf as high as I can. I have a raid on Saturday night in WoW. I also need to hit the gym a few times, but I prefer going in the morning when it isn't as busy.
My daughter's birthday party is Sunday, so Saturday will be spend furiously and pointlessly "cleaning" the house as my wife demands it. The only people coming over on Sunday are family, and they damned well know we have three kids. I don't get my wife's blind rage over the house looking like people live there.
I slept in, which was AWESOME! I've been getting around 6-7 hours of sleep recently and I got 9 today! As soon as I woke up, my mom told me she had my dinner ready (I work nights, so my breakfast is dinner). I ate that and chilled for two hours, then did my workout (p90x yoga)... and I kicked its ass! Well... it was yesterday's workout, so I still have to do today's workout (which is just stretching). I ate something after my yoga and now I'm letting my food settle, then I'm gonna stretch :) So yeah, great day so far!
When I first moved into my current rental the oven/stovetop/grill unit was dead and we had to wait three months for the landlord to put in a new one. All the microwave food, we did buy a small electric hotplate as well though. Not having a functional kitchen sucks so bad! Nice! May your team win many victories! I have family members who played VFL back in the day but none who could have gone pro. I inherited the Essendon way, whole family goes for one team. I want to work my way through the 'best ever' books too, but money. When it's not during semester I read quite often, used to devour libraries when I was younger and had more free time. I actually broke my rule of no reading until after end of semester exams and started on the Diskworld series. Once I start a good book I NEED to finish it. I have several books for this coming break, but also several video games I need to beat.
I ate cupcakes at the beach with my family. Afterwards, I laced up for my Sunday afternoon run (Australian here!). Then, I sat on the couch and watched the football team I support win in epic fashion! Maybe I'll read tonight before sleeping. It's been a great day!
At around midnight I decided I wanted to drive around some, and I ended up on the road for like 4 hours. Passed through some medium-sized cities. Drove through the University of Maryland campus. Now I'm at home feeling kinda mentally reset, eating leftover Chinese food.
Well, it's only 6:30, but so far I've woken up, gotten dressed, come to work, and worked about 2 hours. I get out at around 4:00 this afternoon, and after that? No idea, go home and eat something, watch a movie and go to sleep?

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Ciao carissima! 🧘🏻‍♀️

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Guarda, questa tua domanda mi capita a pennello. Sarà un po' insolita come risposta, io in primis non mi sarei mai aspettata di scriverla. Ho diverse / cose / che a loro modo mi suscitano good vibes, a partire dalla musica passando anche per la piccola coccinella che ti ritrovi improvvisamente sulla mano. Poco fa, entrando su instagram, il primo post della home era proprio di Salmo, il quale con una sua bellissima foto artistica annunciava l'uscita del suo nuovo album l'uno ottobre. Così, nel silenzio, ha scatenato il pandemonio. Posso dire che sia sempre stato lui, tra le tante altre cose, a suscitarmi maggiori vibes. Con le sue sciocchezze, con le parole delle canzoni, con il suo essere burbero e umano, con una virilità mancata e un'euforia contagiosa. Come personaggio pubblico, Salmo è tante cose e questo suo essere tante cose mi ha coinvolta molte volte. Frattanto, questo suo improvviso post, ha scombussolamento totalmente la mia attuale situazione. Era inatteso. E mi ha smorzato, positivamente.

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Ciao cara, le tue domande mi mancavano molto: sanno sempre distendere il mio umore 🐱
Ho provato io stessa a fare yoga, ma tuttavia ho avuto modo di comprendere che non fa per me: oltre al fatto che facendolo percepisco ancor di più il mio reflusso gastrico e i miei problemi d’indigestione, devo dire che non riesco davvero ad entrare dentro al mood. Sono sempre stata affascinata da tale pratica, però, e mi piacerebbe continuare a coltivarla.
Io le good vibes, in realtà, riesco a percepirle in qualsiasi attività, purché sia qualcosa che mi piaccia, neanche a dirlo: può farmi stare bene condividere il tempo con le persone giuste, guardarmi in solitudine qualcosa su Netflix, conversare in modo intelligente con persone interessanti, applicarmi nella scrittura, leggere un buon libro, ascoltare della musica che mi piace. Tutto, se fatto nel momento giusto, può riuscire a donarmi gioia.
Quello che invece riesce sempre a farmi sorridere, nonostante possa star male per tutto il resto, è lui: stare con lui è la migliore vibrazione.

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