I’m not trying to minimize your feelings at all but you have two choices. Give up or survive this. Somehow.

We all have struggles. Serious ones. Every one of us will face things that seem impossible. Divorce, abuse, losing a job, losing a child, financial trouble, illness, disabilities, addiction, family problems, and so on. If you’ve ever been to the point where you get down on your knees and beg for help-you know how desperate and helpless you feel. It’s like the sun may not rise tomorrow. But it always does.

And those problems I listed above-some people don’t survive. But this is different because we aren’t alone in this. Sometimes it feels like an individual struggle but there are at least 75-80 million Americans who know this is effed up beyond all recognition. I have no idea how many people come to this board but I bet it’s thousands. You’re not alone, we’ve got each other’s backs.

So the choice is all up to us. Are we going to survive this one way or another or are we going to give up? I’m not going to give up on me or you. We WILL get through this. We will help each other. We will sort it all out.

Things you can do to help yourself right now is pray, if you don’t already. Really take time to do it. Meditate. It’s amazing how, if you block out the rest of the noise, you can really clear your mind. Tell yourself to relax. Lots of apps etc to help you with it. Listen to music. Classical is one genre that will help to calm and motivate. Take a walk, exercise, blow off some steam somehow. Start a project. There’s always cleaning and organizing or yard work, etc. do things to better your environment or help someone else. See if other family or friends need help. Volunteer your time. This may require some coffee. That’s ok.

As someone with anxiety, keeping busy is the thing that helps the most. If you tire yourself out, you sleep better. If you don’t want to make long term goals, that’s fine, but you can make short term ones. Make a list of small things that need to be done. Tick them off one by one. You won’t feel as frustrated or at a standstill if you do something productive every day. If it’s just cleaning the bathroom-whatever. At least you’ll feel like you did something good. I’m not saying I have perfect days or days when I don’t completely lose my shit. I do. But you have to keep reminding yourself you're not alone. President Trump has our backs as well. I’ve never doubted that for a second. Please hang in there.

I’m not trying to minimize your feelings at all but you have two choices. Give up or survive this. Somehow.

We all have struggles. Serious ones. Every one of us will face things that seem impossible. Divorce, abuse, losing a job, losing a child, financial trouble, illness, disabilities, addiction, family problems, and so on. If you’ve ever been to the point where you get down on your knees and beg for help-you know how desperate and helpless you feel. It’s like the sun may not rise tomorrow. But it always does.

And those problems I listed above-some people don’t survive. But this is different because we aren’t alone in this. Sometimes it feels like an individual struggle but there are at least 75-70 million Americans who know this is effed up beyond all recognition. I have no idea how many people come to this board but I bet it’s thousands. You’re not alone, we’ve got each other’s backs.

So the choice is all up to us. Are we going to survive this one way or another or are we going to give up? I’m not going to give up on me or you. We WILL get through this. We will help each other. We will sort it all out.

Things you can do to help yourself right now is pray, if you don’t already. Really take time to do it. Meditate. It’s amazing how, if you block out the rest of the noise, you can really clear your mind. Tell yourself to relax. Lots of apps etc to help you with it. Listen to music. Classical is one genre that will help to calm and motivate. Take a walk, exercise, blow off some steam somehow. Start a project. There’s always cleaning and organizing or yard work, etc. do things to better your environment or help someone else. See if other family or friends need help. Volunteer your time. This may require some coffee. That’s ok.

As someone with anxiety, keeping busy is the thing that helps the most. If you tire yourself out, you sleep better. If you don’t want to make long term goals, that’s fine, but you can make short term ones. Make a list of small things that need to be done. Tick them off one by one. You won’t feel as frustrated or at a standstill if you do something productive every day. If it’s just cleaning the bathroom-whatever. At least you’ll feel like you did something good. I’m not saying I have perfect days or days when I don’t completely lose my shit. I do. But you have to keep reminding yourself you're not alone. President Trump has our backs as well. I’ve never doubted that for a second. Please hang in there.

I’m not trying to minimize your feelings at all but you have two choices. Give up or survive this. Somehow.

We all have struggles. Serious ones. Everyone of us will face things that seem impossible. Divorce, abuse, losing a job, losing a child, financial trouble, illness, disabilities, addiction, family problems, and so on. If you’ve ever been to the point where you get down on your knees and beg for help-you know how desperate and helpless you feel. It’s like the sun may not rise tomorrow. But it always does.

And those problems I listed above-some people don’t survive. But this is different because we aren’t alone in this. Sometimes it feels like an individual struggle but there are at least 75-70 million Americans who know this is effed up beyond all recognition. I have no idea how many people come to this board but I bet it’s thousands. You’re not alone, we’ve got each other’s backs.

So the choice is all up to us. Are we going to survive this one way or another or are we going to give up? I’m not going to give up on me or you. We WILL get through this. We will help each other. We will sort it all out.

Things you can do to help yourself right now is pray, if you don’t already. Really take time to do it. Meditate. It’s amazing how, if you block out the rest of the noise, you can really clear your mind. Tell yourself to relax. Lots of apps etc to help you with it. Listen to music. Classical is one genre that will help to calm and motivate. Take a walk, exercise, blow off some steam somehow. Start a project. There’s always cleaning and organizing or yard work, etc. do things to better your environment or help someone else. See if other family or friends need help. Volunteer your time. This may require some coffee. That’s ok.

As someone with anxiety, keeping busy is the thing that helps the most. If you tire yourself out, you sleep better. If you don’t want to make long term goals, that’s fine, but you can make short term ones. Make a list of small things that need to be done. Tick them off one by one. You won’t feel as frustrated or at a standstill if you do something productive every day. If it’s just cleaning the bathroom-whatever. At least you’ll feel like you did something good. I’m not saying I have perfect days or days when I don’t completely lose my shit. I do. But you have to keep reminding yourself you're not alone. President Trump has our backs as well. I’ve never doubted that for a second. Please hang in there.