Welcome to General Chat - GAW Community Area
This General Chat area started off as a place for people to talk about things that are off topic, however it has quickly evolved into a community and has become an integral part of the GAW experience for many of us.
Based on its evolving needs and plenty of user feedback, we are trying to bring some order and institute some rules. Please make sure you read these rules and participate in the spirit of this community.
Rules for General Chat
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Be respectful to each other. This is of utmost importance, and comments may be removed if deemed not respectful.
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Avoid long drawn out arguments. This should be a place to relax, not to waste your time needlessly.
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Personal anecdotes, puzzles, cute pics/clips - everything welcome
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Please do not spam at the top level. If you have a lot to post each day, try and post them all together in one top level comment
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Try keep things light. If you are bringing in deep stuff, try not to go overboard.
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Things that are clearly on-topic for this board should be posted as a separate post and not here (except if you are new and still getting the feel of this place)
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If you find people violating these rules, deport them rather than start a argument here.
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Feel free to give feedback as these rules are expected to keep evolving
In short, imagine this thread to be a local community hall where we all gather and chat daily. Please be respectful to others in the same way
Rules For the rest of the Site also accessible on the sidebar.
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I hear ya. I used to have serious anxiety and had to seek all sorts of knowledge and I think I was in my early 20s, went to Hare Krishna gathering in NYC, behind the old CBGB club.. haha.. I read so many self help books too. In the end it was Jesus Christ who gives me true peace..weird to say now.. but I remember a preacher who said Faith is like a muscle and you have to practice calm amidst the storm little by little until it becomes the norm.
The hubby still gets anxious, can't blame him, because his mother drives him nuts, and he watches William Donahue to make sense of the Bible and this channel Be Something Wonderful, if you want to check it out. It's just like a daily reminder to basically control your thoughts and visualize what you want instead of negative thinking and constantly worrying and thinking of things you don't want to happen. Good luck!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0pauieg-fE
Thanks I'll check it out!