I seen a post yesterday about hobbies and it got me thinking about what we do to calm anxiety. I’m always looking for ways to calm down like, doing math in my head, walking around each room and putting 1 object away or dusting an area of my home. I’m curious as to what you guys do to distract yourself from your thoughts both at work and home!
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It depends on the type of anxiety. Thankfully I have my anxiety controlled to the point that it is rarely incapacitating. For this reason, I can calm mild anxiety with cleaning around the house, gardening, doing a craft project, playing a computer game or watching a movie. But when it's bad, all of that goes out the window since I cannot focus on anything. That's when I have to sit outside because being inside is torture. While sitting outside, I will listen to a live podcast. I don't know why it calms me to listen to people talking live but it does. A nice repetitive movement like tapping my hand or moving my leg tops it off.
What do you use to find live podcasts?
I find live shows on YouTube. You can search and sort by live and they usually recommend things you like based on your watch history. You can also use the Clubhouse app. There are a lot of live rooms there, you just join the ones you like.