therapy is the thing that will help you. Also medication can help. Taking anxiety medication felt like turning off a switch that controlled an alarm siren in my brain. Some people are opposed to medication, and to them I say: grow up. Talk to a doctor.
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#532. Probably, but you can only work with what you've got.
3. Work on being comfortable in your own mind, and make a home that reflects your mind, then you will be comfortable in your own body. In that state, your existence is self-explanatory.
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Until they don't.
The pharmacopeia is vast.
The only plus I see is your corpse becoming impervious to decomposition, providing a post-life career as the Amazing Mummy Man in traveling freak shows. And as the fellow cleaning up after the elephants in the circus said, hey, at least you’re in show business.
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#59Drugs work.
Whatever you do just make sure you are informed, psychoactive drugs are a serious matter.
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#60I'd recommend trying daily meditation for a couple weeks, see if it helps you. Otherwise check in with your doctor, you could have anxiety. It's normal to have these feelings every now and then. It's not normal to feel like that all the time.