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Smartphone flashcard I made for bad anxiety days

Smartphone flashcard I made for bad anxiety days

Just a flashcard i made to keep on my phone for when im having a bad day/panic attacks. I find that its sometimes easier to have it written for me in black and white than to remember these things when my brain is running a million miles. Hopefully it can help some others the way its been helping me!
FYI:

3-5 is about breathing, 3 seconds in 5 seconds out

BYOBF = Be Your Own Best Friend, about looking at my illness from a place of compassion rather than judgement

EDIT: spelling

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@AesopWaits Hey AesopWaits hope you are doing well this morning. What a kind thing for you to do. To share this with the SANE family. Much appreciated. greenpea xxx

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thanks @AesopWaits

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This is great @AesopWaits ! thanks for sharing 😊 I love this example of ways you can use your phones to help - like some of the apps out there for breathing or maybe you make sure you follow a lot of positive anxiety content on social media for instance.

Are there any other tips around how you use your phone to be helpful to you when having hard times?

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Hi Lauz!

thanks for the response, i actually think my phone has sort of become my go to for breaking negative thought patterns and positive reinforcements.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfcAVejslrU - i have this video and song saved to my phone as i find it really calming and regularly use the song for meditation/mindfulness practice.

Just calming music in general (whatever that may be to you, we're all different) sometimes my calming music can be pretty aggressive heavy metal, sometimes more downtempo/ambient stuff.

Crosswords and solitaire games give me a welcome distraction from my negative thought patterns and can help to "reset" when in tough situations.

Great question! interested to see if anyone else has some handy smartphone strats

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