How?

[shan shan]

How do you cope with anxiety and keep from using ed symptoms when you feel like that's the only way to fix something? I would really appreciate any advice on this question. Thanks!

[ducksquack]

Anxiety is awful stuff and I was diagnosed with GAD which
is Generalized Anxiety Disorder. I wasnt thrilled with this
as I have other disorders so at first I was overwhelmed
a bit.

For me anxiety is fear based and control based where I was
afraid of what could happen or how could I stop it from happening
type of stuff.

When I honestly examined my fears I found a lot of them were
either in my head or totally out of my control anyway. I also
looked at my real priorities and beliefs as they were causing a
lot of my issues.

I found that it was true for me, dont sweat the small stuff and its
all small stuff was so true.

I am also on meds for chronic depression and this does help with
the OCD and GAD.

Hopefully you have discussed these things with your doc and a T
for some help as I did.

Good luck and god bless.

[shan shan]

I have discussed it with my psychiatrist and I am on meds for depression and anxiety. I have realized that a lot of my fears and beliefs are not realistic, but I have a hard time letting go of them. Thank you so much for your insight!