I’ve been dabbling in meditation off and on for years but I’ll be honest in that I never really “got” it. Yet something changed for me recently and I’m excited to explore it more.
Empathy for the Anxious
The other week I posted about anxiety and how through the course of the pandemic how I've begun to suspect that maybe anxiety is something I’ve been dealing with my whole life. Listening to different books, I again had that strange experience of having my internal dialogue deconstructed and explained back to me in ways that allow me to step outside my own mind for a minute and get a more objective view of what’s going on.
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Anxiety in the Time of COVID
Over the course of the pandemic, I've come to realize that I've probably always been dealing with some low-level anxiety disorders. Now COVID anxiety is striking right where I'm most vulnerable! I’ve developed some personal tools to help me deal with it better, but the recognition of anxiety has got me motivated to investigate it further and learn what I can.