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I personally never had to deal with anxiety of any kind until fall of 2021.
Back story: 📖
It came on one day gradually the week of Thanksgiving and it was probably the worst week of my life. It didn’t stop at all for an entire week. I couldn’t sleep, eat, or even sit still. I spent thanksgiving night walking laps outside around my parents house with my mom and sister taking shifts coming with me.
I finally decided to call teladoc and get a medication prescribed because I could not self soothe. AT ALL.
I finally slept and was on that medication daily for over a month and could not fall asleep without the TV on playing the same 3 hallmark movies over and over.
I had a hard time even being home alone at all much less the idea of sleeping alone, driving, flying on a plane or traveling at all. I felt like I was never going to be myself again. But the thought of that scared me more than the anxiety did.
So 3 months later in February a work trip came up and I was going to have to go alone. At this point I wasn’t taking daily medication but the thought of going on a plane at all scared me to death. But I knew if I didn’t just do it scared that I may always be scared and never get to it.
❓So how did I learn to travel with anxiety?
I started small at first, trying to be alone more, taking a day trip somewhere etc.
but eventually my trip came around and I bit the bullet. I took an anxiety pill for precaution once I was on the plane and just traveled scared and with anxiety.
BUT I did a few things before that too:
First; I did some therapy to understand and identify my triggers to learn how to self soothe. This was a MASSIVE HELP in getting me back to traveling.
Second; I realized anxiety is just my bodies way of telling me I don’t feel safe. So when I start feeling anxiety I breathe deeply and allow myself to feel, acknowledge it and remind myself that it’s just my body trying to warn me, not attack me.
Third; I try to appeal to my other senses to ground me (like taste, smell, touch and sight.) I have a comfort show and a few games I play on my phone that help keep my focus on something else.
Fourth: I bring my medication everywhere with me when I travel so if i can’t handle it or start spiraling I can always have something to take. I have not taken this medication in over a year now but it gives me peace of mind to always have it with me.
Anxiety is rough and I know everyone is different. But I found that the thought of traveling with anxiety gives me way more anxiety than actually doing it.
I hope this was helpful to someone out there who could use some encouragement 🫶🏼
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