Dealing with anxiety without meds
https://lemmy.world/post/1774746
Dealing with anxiety without meds - Lemmy.world
Hello, I know there are tons of articles and videos about this topic on the
internet. But I think I need to interact with real people with similar struggles
(feel free to share articles and videos that have helped you, though). I’ve
always had anxiety problems, even as a kid. I got diagnosed late (at 30) with
ADHD, depression and social anxiety, and I started taking meds for those. The
meds helped, but after a year or so I stopped taking them, mainly because I was
feeling better and they were too expensive. Unfortunately the cheaper options
gave me too many side effects. I can function without the meds. But this year is
being really hard on me and my wife, and my anxiety is starting to get out of
control again. I’m getting some panic attacks and they make me feel like shit.
Can you share some tips on what works for you when you are feeling anxious?
Thanks a lot and wish you the best.
Data privacy: how to counter the "I have nothing to hide" argument?
https://lemmy.world/post/1719513
Data privacy: how to counter the "I have nothing to hide" argument? - Lemmy.world
I know data privacy is important and I know that big corporations like Meta
became powerful enough to even manipulate elections using our data. But, when I
talk to people in general, most seem to not worry because they “have nothing to
hide”, and most are only worried about their passwords, banking apps and not
much else. So, why should people worry about data privacy even if they have
“nothing to hide”?
Fear of text notifications - LemmyWorld
Hello! I’m a 30 year old male living with my wife on a 3rd world country. We
have no help from our families and we’ve been through some very difficult times,
but we managed to get by. My wife had a severe case of depression and even tried
to take her own life at a point. Now things got a little better, even though we
are in a tight financial situation. We both feel a lot better and we even
managed to get off our meds (it’s nice to be able to save the money and get rid
of the side-effects). But, there is something weird that came as a consequence
of all those bad times. Whenever I receive a text message from my wife, my heart
races and my anxiety goes through the roof. It’s an irrational fear that the
message will be bad news. I don’t really know if there is such a thing as “text
phobia”, but that’s how it feels (english is not my main language, so it’s kinda
hard to explain). I alread mentioned this to my wife and I think it made her
feel bad because she thinks it’s her fault. Of course I said it’s not her fault,
but now I’m kinda afraid to bring this up again with her. We both are trying so
hard to be strong for each other. I wonder if anyone else had a similar problem
and I would be very grateful if someone could give me some tips on how to work
on this problem. Thanks a lot and I hope you have a great day.
