Fay13
25-01-17, 12:44
Does anyone ever wonder about how much they adapt their life in a reasonable way to accommodate their anxiety, and how much is not reasonable?
Obviously you should try not to let anxiety control your life but some decisions are made with anxiety in mind. For example, you are invited to a party but you know that lack of sleep makes your anxiety worse and the day after the party you have something you have to do which you know will make you anxious anyway and don’t want that exacerbated by lack of sleep and would really prefer a quiet night the night before.
Is not going to the party an example of letting anxiety run your life and therefore not advisable, or is not going a sensible decision as you are recognising how different things affect your anxiety and recognising behaviours that may need to change, given you have an illness?
Another example would be being offered a promotion so that your job would involve more meetings. Meetings cause you anxiety and therefore having that as a key part of your job may have quite negative implications for your mental health. But would turning it down be letting the anxiety “win”?
Sorry if this is a bit rambling, but it’s something I think about a lot when I consider my anxiety and how it is affected, in relation to decisions I make.
Obviously you should try not to let anxiety control your life but some decisions are made with anxiety in mind. For example, you are invited to a party but you know that lack of sleep makes your anxiety worse and the day after the party you have something you have to do which you know will make you anxious anyway and don’t want that exacerbated by lack of sleep and would really prefer a quiet night the night before.
Is not going to the party an example of letting anxiety run your life and therefore not advisable, or is not going a sensible decision as you are recognising how different things affect your anxiety and recognising behaviours that may need to change, given you have an illness?
Another example would be being offered a promotion so that your job would involve more meetings. Meetings cause you anxiety and therefore having that as a key part of your job may have quite negative implications for your mental health. But would turning it down be letting the anxiety “win”?
Sorry if this is a bit rambling, but it’s something I think about a lot when I consider my anxiety and how it is affected, in relation to decisions I make.