barefoot
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I realise that's a pretty binary question and that there are options in between, but I'm curious:
When people are struggling (high anxiety/low mood/perhaps when triggered) do you find it more helpful to rest, relax, try to remove whatever stressors you can, cancel stuff, sleep more etc?
Or do you tend to do better when you do stuff (whether that's clean the house, do some work, do grocery shopping etc?)
I'm in a place of: feeling exhausted all the time, whole body hurts, want to cancel the world and do nothing, be nothing, see no-one.
But also – relaxing is hard. I did a relaxation class today (an online yoga for long Covid people – which was really just sitting, doing body scans etc, doing a few stretches and breathing exercises....all very gentle and no getting into tricky yoga poses) I found it very difficult. Not just hard to concentrate....but hard to tolerate anything about it. I quite like deep breathing exercises etc usually (when I don't massively need them in the moment)....but not when I'm in this state....calming things make me feel more anxious and edgy and intolerant somehow, even though I think I want to rest.
But the idea of being around people, moving, leaving the house, getting something done...also creates anxiety and makes me feel edgy.
As I say, I'm sure there's a balance to be found, but I'm wondering which way others here tend to jump and which way (if either) tends to help people most.
Clear the diary, rest, do nothing? Or get going, get moving, get busy?
At the moment, I'm really struggling with either. And can't seem to find an effective mid point either!
When people are struggling (high anxiety/low mood/perhaps when triggered) do you find it more helpful to rest, relax, try to remove whatever stressors you can, cancel stuff, sleep more etc?
Or do you tend to do better when you do stuff (whether that's clean the house, do some work, do grocery shopping etc?)
I'm in a place of: feeling exhausted all the time, whole body hurts, want to cancel the world and do nothing, be nothing, see no-one.
But also – relaxing is hard. I did a relaxation class today (an online yoga for long Covid people – which was really just sitting, doing body scans etc, doing a few stretches and breathing exercises....all very gentle and no getting into tricky yoga poses) I found it very difficult. Not just hard to concentrate....but hard to tolerate anything about it. I quite like deep breathing exercises etc usually (when I don't massively need them in the moment)....but not when I'm in this state....calming things make me feel more anxious and edgy and intolerant somehow, even though I think I want to rest.
But the idea of being around people, moving, leaving the house, getting something done...also creates anxiety and makes me feel edgy.
As I say, I'm sure there's a balance to be found, but I'm wondering which way others here tend to jump and which way (if either) tends to help people most.
Clear the diary, rest, do nothing? Or get going, get moving, get busy?
At the moment, I'm really struggling with either. And can't seem to find an effective mid point either!