{"id":57389,"date":"2018-01-15T06:31:28","date_gmt":"2018-01-15T06:31:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xenodochial-archimedes.45-76-20-142.plesk.page\/2018x101x1thats-not-how-anxiety-works\/"},"modified":"2022-11-29T18:13:24","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T18:13:24","slug":"thats-not-how-anxiety-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/2018\/01\/thats-not-how-anxiety-works.html","title":{"rendered":"That’s Not How Anxiety Works – Mrs. Bishop"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

Calm down.<\/em><\/p>\n

Chill out.<\/em><\/p>\n

Just take a deep breath.<\/em><\/p>\n

Stop stressing about it.<\/em><\/p>\n

Just don\u2019t let it get to you.<\/em><\/p>\n

You\u2019re being ridiculous.<\/em><\/p>\n

All things that I\u2019ve been told when anxiety has me freaking out. All things that I\u2019ve told myself. It\u2019s just not that easy. That\u2019s not how anxiety works.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I wish it was! I wish I could just stop being nervous- stop the heart pounding, white knuckle gripping fear that overcomes me sometimes.<\/p>\n

I have anxiety. <\/em><\/p>\n

Ever since becoming a mother, I\u2019ve suffered with this affliction. Panic-stricken, sweat inducing,\u00a0paralyzing worry.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been doing really good keeping my anxiety under control. Now that my son is 5, my\u00a0 body has started to feel more like mine. My mind as well. I was starting to feel pretty \u2018normal\u2019 again. But, it never completely goes away.<\/p>\n

There have been some events over the last few months that have really messed with me. I haven\u2019t been sleeping well. Decisions, stresses, all kinds of things have snowballed and over the last couple of weeks, my anxiety has been back full force.<\/p>\n

Thinking about it now, sometimes it\u2019s the strangest things that trigger my anxiety- riding in the car on the interstate for example. It nearly cripples me with fear. Or when I\u2019m faced with too many decisions in a situation, instead of handling it rationally, I tend to shut down.<\/p>\n

I share this not so that you feel sorry for me. Not that you think I\u2019m crazy. But, so that if you too suffer from this affliction- you know you\u2019re not alone. There\u2019s someone here who understands. A woman that usually hides behind a brave face, but is sometimes suffering in silence. It\u2019s easier for me to compartmentalize that part of myself- to hide her away. However, this is a new year and I promised I would be more transparent. More real. More me.<\/p>\n

So, if you\u2019re suffering and need help- reach out to someone. Ask them to pray with you. Ask them to talk with you. Ask them to lend you a hand. I\u2019m thankful for a Husband, that may not understand anxiety, but is there when I need him. That takes over when I need to tap out. That doesn\u2019t yell or make fun of me when I\u2019m stressed. He promised to love me for better and for worse- and he does.<\/p>\n

And I\u2019m no expert, but if you are having a really hard time- get some help from your doctor. There\u2019s no shame in needing help. Anxiety can make you feel so isolated and alone, but it doesn\u2019t have to.<\/p>\n

Please remember you\u2019re not alone and there are so many others like you.<\/p>\n

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If you’re suffering from anxiety and need help- reach out to someone. Ask them to pray with you. Ask them to talk with you. Ask them to lend you a hand. It’s not a cure, but it helps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":58905,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-anxiety","category-thoughts","has_thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57389"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57389\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}