I asked 50 people how anxiety feels to them, and what gives them release
Video games are really great, like Stardew Valley
Showers, video games, drawing
I'll listen to instrumental music- Stoick's Ship, ALice in wonderland theme, all Spirit Stallion of the Cimmaron sound track and doodle pictures
i put on glitter makeup and let myself wear the socks i like, i read/listen/watch to fics podcasts videos
Sex
Writing
Play games, or watch youtube.
I try to take a minute and give myself a break by either watching videos, playing video games, or doing a different assignment that's less stressful
Pray
Blow stuff up in video games
Honestly, I just work on solving whatever problem stresses me out. I hate not being able to fix my problems more than anything
Hang out with people!
Paint models
Talk to my mom
If my anxiety gets to the point of a panic attack, I smoke weed to force myself to calm down. My panic attacks put me out of commission for an entire day, sometimes two, but when I smoke it calms me down within a few hours, and I can still have a productive day.
Organize myself by scheduling and executing my plans. Actively solving my problem helps keep me calm, which leads to overworking.
I find comfort in listening to my peers venting, it reminds me that we all have issues (big or small) and that we just need to do our best and support each other
Tea, knitting, breath work, snuggling, warm delicious meal, watch my little pony rainbow rocks or tangled to have a good cry and cheer yp. Aggretsuko is is a great cheery cartoon too. And Steven Universe. Held by a friend or a partner while i cry or tell them about the fears and anxieties
I like to play games
I like to talk to my close friends. Sometimes voicing my issues and trying to plan a schedule helps. I also like taking 2 or so hours to take care of myself. (Like showering, shaving, brushing and washing my hair, putting on clean clothes.)
I guess gaming in it's own way is therapeutic
Get near friends for distractions or close people for physical contact like hugs
Watch something calm for me
I like to talk with my friends online.
Read or draw
Weekly therapy sessions to work on better coping with my anxiety
draw, write, scream, anything to get it out
I blast music! I love music with fun rhythms. Because I'm super jittery and have a need to just /move,/ finding music that I unconsciously bob my head to is awesome. It redirects anxious energy away from the need to scratch at myself or wring my hands or whatever, and I can sing along!
I just let everything out, whether it be crying or venting to a friend about what im stressed about
I love to draw, play my violin, and listen to music. All of those things seem just kind of freestyle to me, and I usually just can relax when I do those things
Draw
Games/drawing
Being around my dog is a good stress reliever
Indulge in speculative fiction. (Movies, games, books, etc.)
sometimes i let myself daydream (cutesy + domestic life stuff about/involving said closest friend), other times i draw my ocs or canon characters from my fave shows, sometimes i'll watch anime
Go for walks
get away from everyone, sleep, sometimes pray
Read a book , take deep breaths
meditate, play video games or watch Netflix
Burn a candle
I try new things either arts and crafts (sewing, doll sculpting, yarn things ect.ect.) or cooking and baking because making food is very familiar and comforting since i have been cooking since i was 4 (first two things i made were caramelized onions and scrambled eggs xD )
I try and see my boyfriend, who is very supportive of me and keeps my trichotillomania from acting up
Cry eventually
Sleeping
I guess the main thing is I sit in the dark alone and either listen to or play music
I practice mindfulness
Sleeping
Running, reading
Color, deep breaths
When I’m into a panic attack I count my breaths
Stupid, scared. Like I'm running out of breathe. Like the walls are closing in on me. Trapped, unable to move
Horrible, exhausted, worn out
Anxious and tired some days
scared, paranoid, self conscious, jumpy, no impulse control, without inner worth, a burden, etc
Like i'm constantly worried about every single thing on my mind no matter how big or small
General stress, feeling a desperate need to take action without a direction to act
Its like that feeling when your about to fall and you cant do anything to stop it, only its constant
It makes me feel like I can't do anything
Pressured
Apathetic
It makes me worry about whether or not my life is going to go well, and it makes me dread upcoming (sometimes imaginary) problems
Tense
Jittery
Paranoid, and exhausted
Like a grip in my chest that makes me feel scared, and I'm so much more aware of how fast my heart is beating and just unsure of everything, especially myself
Scared, irritated, intense sense of dread, like I can’t breathe
Stressed. Panicked. Nervous. Worried. Hopeless.
looming sense of doom
Nervous, Shy, Overtly Self Conscious
It makes me feel overwhelmed and emotional shutting down higher functioning and bubbling things to surface quickly
Uncomfortable
Like there's a pressure in my chest/ overthinking things like breathing
Tired
Out of control and powerless to change
Uncontrollable
Very insecure..nervous??
Like I want to cry
It makes me feel sadder overall
High-strung, overstimulated, & filled with a need to either flee or take immediate action
Horrible, never wanting to leave bed but getting too scared not to because of the possible work loads
Anxiety makes me feel jittery and so out-of-control. It makes me feel powerless, and I hate talking about it. Especially with my dad; in our household, 'everything is a choice.' So if I'm freaking out and take a nap because I tire myself out, that was a choice of mine, and thus, my dads allowed to be angry about it
it makes me antsy and irritable, super sensitive
awful, like youre trapped behind walls and you arent able to do anything about it
I feel really nervous a lot of times, especially when I have to talk or perform for people that I don't know very well or am out in public for too long
Trapped
Sick/scared
Like everything is wrong
Tired, Sad, Defeated
Isolated, out of the know... I get all clammed up and tend to cling to my closest friends for comfort bc I can't handle myself
panicked, stressed, impending doom
catatonic, useless
Sick and gittery
existentially lost
Hopeless. Like I'm always waiting for the shoe to drop
Instant stress. It gets my heart going like i had been running. It makes me say things i don't want to and be very short when there is no reason to be (im rude for no reason or i just say things out of order). It also make me feel guilty even if i did nothing wrong. As though everyone around me is staring at me or making comments about me
My heart feels like its being crushed or squeezed, and my entire body heats up. I begin to sweat. It can also cause my trichotillomania to act up, resulting in hair loss from my eyelashes and eyebrows
Focused, but too much causes extreme social withdrawal and suicidal tendencies
mostly insecure
It makes me feel cold and not in control
Harried, tired, unworthy