Ravaged By Time

This first one is important to me. Do not go looking for arguments or fights. This seems like common sense but how many times have you had a bad day and did not realize you were taking it out on everyone around you? I know that I have done this and looked for an argument with people. There was one time while I was working at a liquor store and had to work on Thanksgiving. I started the day irritated because I did not want to work I wanted to see my kids. I went to work and was rude most of the day and then blew up on a guy wanting a bag for his 12 pack of Miller. This argument haunted me for days because I knew it was my fault, I could have just given him the bag and he would have been out of the store but instead I opened my mouth and all Hell broke loose. I tend to give myself instant Karma when I do things like this and don’t even realize I am doing it.

Stay off Social Media. I think I touched on this in a previous blog. Social Media is extremely toxic and I limit myself to how much time I spend on it. Every person in it is an expert on everything and facts and logic do not work in this environment. I can not tell you how many times I haves seen someone say something and someone else asking for a source and their reply is my brain. This makes no sense to me at all. I am not going to share information unless I know for a fact that it is true. Social media is a landscape inhabited by internet trolls that are just trying to get satisfaction by riling other people up. It is childish and does no one any good.

Avoid caffeine and other stimulants. These stimulants will increase your heart rate and then trigger an anxiety attack. This is coming from someone who survives off caffeine and nicotine. When I notice that an attack may happen, I limit my intake of these stimulants to try to fend off the attack.

There are no perfect solutions or answers. Just because these things work for me does not mean that they will work on you. Different things help different people. This has been a 53 year journey for me and I still have anxiety attacks. The difference between me now and when I was younger is that I usually know what triggered the attack and can talk myself out of it better.

Thank you for reading. Stay safe, calm and aware.~Ravaged By Time