Posted by beckett2 on March 13, 2020, at 13:09:12
In reply to Re: stimulants and social anxiety, posted by undopaminergic on March 13, 2020, at 4:24:54
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> > I've had GAD. Social phobia is avoidant, while my experience of GAD was jackhammering thoughts, crying, and handwringing. It might be an expression of bipolar for me.
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> Avoidant?
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> > Have you experienced GAD?
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> No. But I've had anxiety that I don't know what to call it. I mean I have felt anxiety without obvious reasons, but I think GAD is more serious. I coped with it by taking a walk. I have also found another trick, which is to allow oneself to fully feel the anxiety: concentrate on it, and it will go away much faster.
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>> Avoidant?
Sorry. I didn't mean like Cluster C. Basically if one avoids social situations, the anxiety decreases. With GAD, simple avoidance isn't enough.
>I coped with it by taking a walk. I have also found another trick, which is to allow oneself to fully feel the anxiety: concentrate on it, and it will go away much faster.Interesting. I'm glad to hear it. This sounds like the DBT distress skill of distress tolerance.
If you do not mind me asking, what are your mental health issues? If I recall correctly, you experience AD induced apathy. And didn't you recently say medication caused depersonalization, (which, by the way, can be temporarily induced by panic attacks)? Free-floating depersonalization sounds different.
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