Things People With Anxiety Want Their Friends to Know

We are not alone; we are all this together, and we can help and support one another in our individual and collective struggles together.

It may seem irrational to me, but what I'm anxious about is very real for me.
I never know when it's going to hit me. And when it does, I just need you to support me.
Don't give up on me when I isolate myself.
Just having someone you love and trust reminding you to breathe sometimes really helps.
Even when things are wonderful, I'm always waiting for something horrible to happen.
Sometimes when I'm feeling the anxiety, I have no idea why I'm anxious.
For real - it's not you, it's me. Generalised anxiety feels like drowning all the time.
Anxiety doesn't have a "look". I don't have to be trembling or hyperventilating to be anxious.
I need you to reach out to me, even when I'm so anxious I've stopped leaving the house.
I analyse things constantly because of anxiety. I cannot turn my brain off and it can be exhausting.
Anxiety is not an attitude.
Most of the time you won't know I'm having anxiety unless I tell you.
Sometimes I just need to be alone. It's not personal.
I'm still me. I'm not my anxiety.

Energy Healing for Enneagram Type 4

I find this article useful for knowing the various ways in which I - as an individualist - can find healing from low self-esteem and self-worth - often due to being my own inner critic - and make friends with the sense of loneliness and emptiness, as well as learn to feel at home with reality.

For example, I can learn to open my root chakra to become more grounded.

Feeling at home in reality

Fours tend to escape reality into a world of idealized fantasy; this weakens their sense of feeling at home in reality. Their tendency to feel unappreciated can also increase this sense of alienation. Strengthening the Root chakra can help to repair the damage caused by the Four's lack of presence in the physical world.

Mixing green tea with herbs to make slimming tea

Did you know that:

• Green tea,
• Lemon,
• Lemongrass, and
• Ginger

can be mixed and consumed as a slimming drink?

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How To Get Unstuck | Iyanla Vanzant

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuTDWnz6Tgg


I have listened to the video and I love the warm and encouraging message by Iyanla Vanzant. Her compassionate advice on how to get unstuck resonates with me, such as choosing to not live down to other people's expectations of us, who told us that we couldn't do this or that - as I have come to realise it may very well be a reflection of their own self-doubts and their own jealousy - and choosing instead to live the truth of who we really are and what we are capable of, and being willing to do the things that scare us and challenge the false constraints that were imposed on us.

Yes, we can also forgive ourselves for having once believed the things that other people told us about ourselves that were not true, for we didn't know any better then, and like the proverbial phoenix rising from the ashes, we will rise from the depths of our fears with renewed strength and wisdom that creates a light that shines bright enough to help, encourage and inspire others as well. https://www.pinterest.com/elizabethheuvel/rising-up-from-the-ashes/

Childhood trauma is stored in the hip (according to somatic therapy).

I noted from this article http://kachinaautumn.hubpages.com/hub/Hip-Emotions-Is-there-sadness-in-your-hips that it is hypothesized that unexpressed emotions are lodged lower in the body such as the hips. It is interesting to know that qigong facilitates self-healing as well as yoga, and the author also wrote the following in the comment section:

"there is a spiritual dimension to this topic which the medical community has yet to acknowledge. In Qi Gong as well they call this area the Dan'tien, the centre of life force energy and potent self-healing. Doing some work on my hip openers / chakras, the feelings I observe do have a cleansing element to it." 

Health benefits of wheatgrass juice

http://touch.organicauthority.com/organicauthority/#!/entry/15-healthy-benefits-of-wheatgrass-juice-you-never-knew,516e13c8d7fc7b5670b520e2

I have checked the very informative website above on the benefits of wheatgrass juice. I learnt that it contains nutrient-dense; contains chlorophyll that increases oxygen in the blood, thereby stimulating circulation, reducing fatigue, preventing cancer and treating inflammation associated with joint pain; improves digestion; and cleanses the liver, among many other health benefits. 

Natural remedies for overactive bladder

I have checked out this article and I noted that among the herbs that may help ease overactive bladder symptoms are the Chinese herbal blend hachi-mi-jio-gan and buchu tea.

Related links
http://www.naturalnews.com/034570_overactive_bladder_lifestyle_health.html
http://alignlife.com/articles/womenshealth/treat_overactive_bladder_naturally

Rehmannia, Eleuthero and Licorice for cortisol management.

I learnt from the article "Adrenal Fatigue vs. Iron Deficiency Anemia" that fatigue could be due to various factors such as low cortisol levels, low DHEA levels, anemia, and/or some other factors, and adaptogenic herbs such as rehmannia, licorice and eleuthero (Siberian ginseng) can help provide adrenal support and reduce stress. Incidentally, I found out that tankwe gin, which can be bought from Chinese TCM stores, contains rehmannia and licorice too. The information leaflet says tankwe gin is nourishing to the blood and helpful to the body building, and can mainly cure weakness, headache, dizziness and anemia, and so on.

Benefits of eating seaweed

I have checked out this informative article on the benefits of eating seaweed, and it is good to know that seaweed is an excellent source of B-vitamin folate and lignans which are anti-cancer, iron, calcium, magnesium, B-vitamins riboflavin and panthothenic acid. I noted that magnesium riboflavin and panthothenic all help to provide relief and resistance to stress, allergies and infection

Some information about autoimmune diseases and Vitamin D

I have checked out this informative article "You may have an autoimmune disease but don't know it!" and noted the list of symptoms that may possibly be associated with autoimmunity. I also noted the author's recommendation of the paleo diet "autoimmune protocol" to address the respective health issues, which I learnt from a related link "Modifying Paleo for Autoimmune Conditions (i.e., The Autoimmune Protocol)" involves healing the gut through healing foods such as bone broth, grass-fed meat, organ meat, fermented foods, etc, as well as ensuring intake of adequate Vitamin D and drinking plenty of water, among other useful measures/activities to aid in healing the gut.

About Vitamin D, the generous dose of sunshine in tropical places such as Singapore enables our bodies to manufacture Vitamin D, which can prevent or treat autoimmune diseases. For example, I found this article "Vitamin D - could it stop 'modern' disease?" that says "gradually, evidence is emerging that links low vitamin D levels to a rise in a whole host of “modern” diseases, some of which were virtually unheard of in the pre-industrial era.... doctors working with these autoimmune diseases, previously sceptical, are now privately hopeful that vitamin D will prove to be a useful addition to treatment." Similarly, this article says Vitamin D halts autoimmune disease. 

Putting a moist towel around our neck can help our body cool down naturally

it is useful and interesting to read this forum about how putting something cold such as a moist towel around our neck helps lower the body temperature because heat is being taken from the jugular vein to the towel. It reminds me of those days years ago when I used to go hiking in the forested areas in Singapore with my fellow members of the school outdoor activities club, where some of us would drape a moist towel around our necks if we happen to be hiking during midday when the sun was especially hot compared to late mornings or late afternoons when the temperature was less hot. I learnt that having a towel around the neck is also handy in wiping sweat.