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I use a to-do list to remember important tasks. But if I am anxious about a task, just looking at the list triggers my anxiety. (midwest.social)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Often I end up closing the list and immediately turning to self-soothing. And because there's no way to know in advance if a task on the list will give me anxiety, this often results in my list being not just unusable but unreadable, preventing me from doing or even remembering the non-anxiety tasks on the same list.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Congratulations on making that observation. I know I frequently have problems because I'm just oblivious to my own mental state. I'm to busy with what I am doing that I don't pay attention to what I am doing. So good job noticing. The best suggestion I have I to make time to observe the emotion. Next time it happens to make a few minutes of time to just experience and think about that feeling.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Thanks. That's what I've been doing today, post-realization, is sitting with the knowledge and how it makes me feel.