I gave re-uptake inhibitors a try
hoping to counter the angst. No thanks.
The cure came, quelle surprise, from the web.
“Don’t ruminate.” That’s it. “Don’t ruminate.”
Trained myself to think other things
and a bridge formed over the abyss.
I’ve had my challenges since late 2007, a fair amount of disruption and economic setback. Doing OK all things considered, but the stress is a problem at times. I’ve considered prescription meds to deal with the rough patches, but the side effects always put me off. So, I’ve looked for other ways. Prayer is good, lift your burden up to God and give thanks for what you do have. There are a few supplements that I’ve found to be beneficial. One did me a lot of good for quite a while but, but the stimulant qualities it has eventually started causing panicky feelings, so I dropped it: SAM-e. Sundown makes a “stress formula” with L-Theanine that is doing me a fair amount of good currently. I’ll stick with it for as long as it provides some upside. But, you’re right, ruminating, obsessing over this or that problem, psychologists would call that perseverating. That will keep you in a state of angst. So, don’t do it. Easier said than done, but learn to avoid it and you’ll be the better for it.
Yes.
Easily the most profound thing I took away from the book “Flags Of Our Fathers” was how Navy corpsman Jack Bradley managed to be the only one of the three Iwo Jima flagraisers who both survived the nightmare of Iwo and went on to live a normal life:
“...He coped by making himself not think about Iwo Jima. He coped by getting on with life.”