Anxiety

Do something (challenge)

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Hi, I have a little challenge for you guys I want you to go out and do something that worries you. It doesn’t have to petrify you it might just be take the bus instead of the car if that worries you slightly. Just try and push yourself a little bit and if you want comment what you did below. If you see any comments below, spread positivity by replying something nice and encouraging. If you can’t do anything today comment what it is you want to do and once you’ve done it reply to it saying how it was.

Anyway,

(I’ve managed 3 days so far),

Thanks for reading, Worry Warriors,

Win The Worry Wars

Zone out

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So the second day and I’m still uploading. YEEEEEEYY.

Down to business, I want to talk about ‘zoning out’ I often do this for a little bit in the evenings a couple of times a week. Some days I find it easy but other days I find it quite hard.

Different people do it in different ways. My favourite way is listening to music and at the same time writing a post or doing a hobby or going on a walk.

I find this really relaxes me especially if I listen to Shawn Mendes or something similar. (Don’t judge my taste in music – hahahaha)

You could maybe try yoga or swimming to ‘zone out’ as well

Anyway, that’s all I’ve got for today don’t forget to do all those lovely things below ( liking, following and sharing) and (hopefully) I will see you tomorrow,

Thanks for reading, Worry Warriors,

Win The Worry Wars

The start

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Today is the start of ‘Mental heath awareness week’. For those of you that didn’t see last weeks post you can see it here. Last week I said that this week I will try and upload a post everyday in honour of mental health week. They do have a topic this year which is mindfulness but I think I’m going to freestyle it as this is the first time where I have blogged every day for a week. Quick note they might not have as much writing as they normally do but if you have been here from this time last year I used to upload on a Wednesday so the posts will sort of be like that. Anyway after a long ramble lets….. DO THIS THANG !!!!

I want to talk about looking forward.

When we look forward we always do it negatively. Don’t believe me…

How many times have you thought:

  • I’m going to win the lottery
  • I’m going to be able to cope with going to another country
  • The flight I’m going on will be perfectly fine
  • I’m going to get an A* in my exams

Chances are you haven’t but if you have then these things probably aren’t what you’re worried about. But I bet you that when you look forward you do it negatively and you probably think…

  • I’m going to fail that exam
  • That plane is going to crash
  • When I get to that country everything is going to go wrong and I will want to come home and It will all be a disaster.

The thing is the reality of what happened was probably like the first list (except of it was the lottery, because thats just luck really isn’t it) and OK you may have worried at the start a bit but that’s fine. I bet what ever it was or is that you are going to do or have done will end up or did end up like something from the first list and not the second list.

It is really hard to tell our brains that it won’t happen and I do know this but if we try every time and change our mids a little bit every time eventually it will become second nature and you will be flying through your worries. After all it’s the thinking thats the bad part not the actual doing.

Thanks for reading, Worry Warriors,

Let’s see if I can keep this up ,

Win The Worry Wars

Positive qualities & ANNOUNCEMENT

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So I want to talk about positive qualities. I have lined up some questions for you to answer yourself. Now I know we were always taught to be modest and not think loads of yourself but for this exercise I need you to be honest. What most likely will happen is that you won’t give yourself enough credit for the amazing things you do, so if that happens give these questions to a friend or someone you know and trust and get them to answer them about you, you’ll be surprised about the nice things they say :).

What do you think is good about yourself, however big or small?

What good qualities do you have?

What things have you achieved, however big or small?

What challenges have you faced?

What skills do you have?

How do you make other people happy?

What is one good unique thing about you?

What are some qualities you glad not to have?

What is the best thing abut you?

What is one thing other people want that you have?

Thanks for reading, I really hope you enjoyed. Oh, wait I forgot the announcement. So from the 11-17 of May it is national Mental health week so as a challenge and a big thank you to you guys I thought I would TRY and upload a post everyday. Now don’t hold me to this but I will try my best and there will be at least double what I do every week (2). I will, like I said try my hardest but I can’t promise. Also this may be a perfect time to follow so you don’t miss when I upload 😉 and go and tell one friend right now about this blog, you never know they might have anxiety but too scared to tell anyone or they might not know it’s anxiety and then you would have helped. That could be the one way you help someone today. Anyway ….

Thanks for reading, Worry Warriors,

Enjoy the rest of the bank holiday,

Win The Worry Wars

It’s OK not to be ready

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Sometimes you do have to say no because you aren’t ready….

I have talked about this topic before but I want to talk about something particular today.

So in the Easter Holidays which feels like ages ago and I wish I was still enjoying doing what I want when I want, playing in the garden (coughs) I’m getting off topic here. Anyway, this Easter I really wanted to dip-dye/ombre my hair. I did it but I faced challenges.

  1. I knew I didn’t want it permanent as I had school in a while
  2. I was scared of allergic reactions
  3. I knew my parents weren’t allergic but it still scared me
  4. I always remember watching ‘Watchdog (a british programme)’ and them taking about the severe reactions
  5. I did have other options

In the end I was too scared to buy the temporary hair dye. I still wasn’t giving up though so I bought hair chalk in the end. I must say I have been enjoying the pinky-purple tips (lol).

The message here is a couple of things:

  1. There is a way around things
  2. You don’t have to jump in the deep end
  3. It’s not avoidance
  4. It’s still progress
  5. I suit pinky-purple ombre (off topic again…)

Thanks very much for reading and make sure you are following and are a Worry Warrior because that would be EPIC. Also maybe drop a cheeky like and a five star rating and I will see you soon 🙂

Thanks for reading Worry Warriors,

Win The Worry Wars

 

Ear seeds

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So your probably really confused and lIke what are ear seeds, well I was to.

Ear seeds are little metal balls attached to a sticky plaster. It is the same principle as acupuncture but nothing pierces the skin. You stick the balls onto your ear and squeeze them when you get nervous in order to touch a pressure point which is supposed to stop/ help the anxiety. In the case for anxiety, stress, depression, insomnia, pain, addiction and detoxification you place it on the shen men. You can attach them on other places on the ear for different reliefs.

I am trying them for the first time so far they are great as far as I can see they are supposed to stay in for three days and one of the best parts is instead of having to get needles and going to a special place you can order them online and put them on at home which is great for me!

They don’t cause any pain and you can barely see them which is great. I bought a packet which easily has at least 6 months worth and they were only 7 GBP which is great so they are very in expensive.

TIP: IF YOU CAN GO FOR THE CLEAR PLASTER ONES AS THEY ARE MORE DISCREET AND LOOK SLIGHTLY BETTER.

Thanks for reading Worry Warriors and I will see you next week. Don’t forget to like,rate comment if you’ve used ear seeds or would use ear seeds and follow to become a Worry Warrior. Until next time…

Thanks for reading,

Win The Worry Wars

A close up .

A close up .

These are some clear ones on the ear. As you can see they are very discreet

These are some clear ones on the ear. As you can see they are very discreet

What a sheet looks like. you tend to get several sheets in a packet.

What a sheet looks like. You tend to get several sheets in a packet.

Friendships – The bad ones

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So first off I’m really sorry I haven’t update for a while I was busy doing other school stuff – But I know that’s not really and excuse. Anyway, I’m back and there will be more chance for me to write as I have a school holiday at the moment :).

I want to talk about friendships – they can be the best things and worst things especially when you are a teenager and going through a tough time. As I’m still at school there’s a lot of people that I don’t necessarily want to be with but have to. Honestly, that’s just horrible and in some circumstances it makes it even worse having anxiety.

So this was like maybe 6 weeks ago but there was a girl that said I was spreading rumours (which I wasn’t). She’s one I never have really got on with and still don’t. She came up to me with all these people that started shouting at me and then they started talking really loudly like I wasn’t there and being REALLY horrible. I started panicking and it really wasn’t nice but I told the person that helps me at school with my anxiety and she got t sorted which was good.

Thorough-out my whole high-school/secondary school experience, there has been a girl that is really annoying she grabs my stuff and shoves it over the other side of the class room. It has been really getting on my nerves recently and then that causes me to worry and it’s not really very nice. To deal with this one I have literally just been ignoring her – not horribly but just when she throws something instead of asking her to stop I just go get and carry on. This has so far been working she’s getting annoyed that I’m not reacting. I will keep this going and let you know how I get on.

Soon I will do the good things about friendships to counteract these anyway I hope you enjoyed and I will talk to you next week. Also I think that I have decided to call all of you lovely followers Worry Warriors, and don;t forget to follow this blog to become a Worry Warrior. Let me know if you like it by hitting the like button and sharing it and if there are any friendship things you would like me to cover or any other topics for that matter. Anyway….

Thanks for reading Worry Warriors,

Win The Worry Wars

Overcoming anxiety is like a bikeride

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Hi guys so I was going to put up the rest of my Disney trip but my Mum has the other laptop so I’ll put it up asap.

Overcoming anxiety is like a bike ride.

Yeah it is. It’s hard to learn how to control it.

Your younger and you get the bike (the anxiety) .

It takes you a while to figure out how high you need the seat and how to use the bell. (figuring out what your scared of).

You need stabilizers to start off with. (all the people giving you support most of the time)

You are wobbly (you learn the first couple of techniques)

You fall off (this is to represent all the days that you feel like giving up)

You get back up ( your determination reappears)

You can go short distances (you can do it most of the time)

Then…

Your riding miles and miles not even realising how far you have come and that is the last stage, the stage we all will reach if you just believe. I believe in you and you will get there. I bet you don’t even know how much stronger you are and how far you have come.

I hope you enjoyed today’s post, I love you guys you will get there I promise please like comment follow and share with your friends.

Goodnight

Thanks for reading

Win The Worry Wars

Surprise trip diaries #1

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So the Friday just gone was quite a big deal I woke up and did the usual boring stuff. The day was ok and normal it was half term so my Grandparents have been looking after me it has been great. I am not too confident yet with going out with them because that’s hard even with my Mum and Dad but I do go on walks several times around the block with them which is an improvement from before. Anyway that’s not what I want to talk about today if you do want me to talk about the half term the leave a comment but it’s not something on planning on doing.

Anyway, as I am writing this it is actually Friday night, I’m in the back of the car and we have just got off of a ferry. So let’s start from the beginning shall we. My Dad came home with my Grandad and my Grandma had been looking after us all day. My Grandad took my dog I was confused and my Dad said see you in a couple of days. I was like what is happening, then my Dad was like we are going away for the weekend. I didn’t believe him because it is very much like him to joke about stuff like that. Anyway, (I feel like I am saying anyway a lot here) basically I am on the way to Disneyland Paris for the weekend.

Now this will give a lot of different people different levels of anxiety, type of anxiety and different things they are worried about. About a year and a half ago it would have been fully exited, a year ago exited but nervous, six months ago i would have said ‘I can’t’ but today I am mainly exited about going there it’s just the traveling. Right now I am on a really fast motorway and it is dark I can feel my muscles tensing and the nervous thoughts but I am writing this and being distracted. Back to what I was saying before, I’m nervous about the two boats and the driving, the thing I feel most safe about is the driving but that still does give me nerves as where I live it is very small roads and hardly and fast-moving traffic. So I’m not that used to it.

On the first boat that took about 40 mins there was a small bit of rocking which I was very cautious of and I cried a tiny bit but I didn’t really have a panic attack I just felt very scared of the bad possibilities. So I distracted myself with UNO and a new game I got for christmas called Dobble. After that experience i’m a bit worried about the next ferry but I’m just trying to get as exited as possible about Disney. After all that is my favourite place in the word. I can’t wait tonight we are going to a hotel near the boat and then early in the morning we will be getting the ferry.

It’s slightly annoying and reassuring ,at the same time, that I have done this at least seven or eight times before. I’m going to go now and I will update you guys in the morning.

Goodnight x

A mixture of things

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So this week some random stuff happened which I’m going to tell you about.

  1. The dentist. So lucky me had to go to the dentist on Tuesday I had little sleep on the few nights leading up to it but some things you just have to do. I went into the waiting room and felt quite nervous. I got in the actual room and cried. I sat in the chair worrying. But she just poked about and said come back in six months. So I am very happy about that.
  2. IKEA. So this weekend we went to IKEA which meant going on a boat. I was quite nervous but I took a camera and took some photos which kept my mind off of it which was good and I mainly just used distraction techniques and a few months ago I would have been panicking so bad but I managed it with little to no worries.
  3. So the other thing I want to talk to you about is as it’s half term friends are asking to go to a load of really cool places and do a lot of cool things. I would love to but I don’t think I’m ready just yet and I mean it could be fine but I just think it’s one step too far. Don’t worry I’m going to work on it and maybe in a couple of months I will be able to.

Anyway, that’s all I want to talk to you guys about this week, don’t forget to like, comment, follow and share if you enjoyed it. And I will talk to you all you guys next week.

Thanks for reading

Win The Worry Wars