#isolationanxiety

[aspiringpoet-ca]

Loneliness in 2020

A quiet room with walls coated in silence. A feeling like your body is submerged deep underwater. I hear nothing but muffled sounds of the teal clock on the wall going “tik, tok, tik, tok”. Silence is suffocating in this dark room with only my inner demons to speak to. I haven’t reached out to anyone in fear of rejection, nor have they reached out to me for that matter. I feel like no one wants me anymore, like I was a throw-away friend. When it comes down to it, I am completely, and utterly alone. With no one to talk to and no where to go. With nothing but my scary thoughts and a blade beside my bed ready for tomorrow.

- Jo

[mindtherapykent]

WHAT YOU FOCUS ON GROWS TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR ANXIETY BY CONTROLLING WHAT YOU FOCUS ON RIGHT NOW. Ok it’s so hard not to focus on the lock down right now and like me I’m sure you are losing your patients. It’s the frustration of the limitations of the current situation, It is a very difficult time for sure. However we need to remind ourselves that, what we focus on grows. The point is our conscious focus acts like a magnifying glass and therefore the longer we focus on a certain situation it gets larger in our perception. The problem with focusing to much on things we have no control over (like this pandemic )it can make us convince ourselves that we are out of control of everything. This can then spiral as we start to focus more and more as we grow our thoughts with all those things that we are no longer in control of, before we no it we feel out of control of everything in life in general. Yep there is ANXIETY! This is where you need to be choosing where your focusing your thoughts the most. It’s time now to be choosing to focus on the things you can control. This is how you start to feel in control and less anxious. So of course you won’t avoid the upset and frustration going on in the world right now, but it is so important we limit our time and emotional energy on what we can’t control and don’t lose our focus on the things we can control and start enjoying Life. Of course we are invested in the outside world, and yes there are bound to be aspects of what is going on right now that upset and frustrate us, but it’s important we don’t lose ourselves in the things that are out of our control. Limit your time, focus and emotional energy on those things and live YOUR life. Enjoy the fact life has got a bit more simple and enjoy those aspects and don’t put energy into trying to solve a puzzle that can’t be solved, because we haven’t got all the pieces and it’s not yours to solve. Take care, stay safe, focus on what you can control cause what you focus on grows!!! #anxiety #anxietycontrol #covid19 #isolationanxiety #lockdownanxiety https://www.instagram.com/p/B_zqpZTFc7v/?igshid=z2myuhsbwziu