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A conversation with Sarah Wilson // Wed. 11 May // 7pm AEST

NikNikSenior Contributor06 May 2016, 2:43 pm AEST

A conversation with Sarah Wilson // Wed. 11 May // 7pm AEST

This Wednesday author and presenter Sarah Wilson will be joining us for a conversation about anxiety. For Sarah’s next big project, she is delving into the deep and philosophical questions by exploring her own and others’ journey through anxiety.

We will be tackling questions like -

Is our aim to be happy?

Does uncertainty affect anxiety?

What does your anxiety look like and feel like?

So grab a virtual cup of tea and join us from 7pm – 9pm AEST to hear more about Sarah’s story, share your own insights and contribute to Sarah’s upcoming project.

Two things you can do now:

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Sarah108Senior Contributor11 May 2016, 8:06 pm AEST

Re: Uncertainty - does it affect your anxiety?

thanks @joannah pls feel free to come back on the forum and answer later...I'm really hoping to get a variety of answers. If I use them for my project, I'd seek permission. I don't mind sharing, it's for a book coming out in a bit

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Shaz51Senior Contributor11 May 2016, 8:07 pm AEST

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Hi @Sarah108

what kind of decisions are WORST for him and why do they make him anxious??

when customers and family want him to do things for them , he can`t say NO, he wants to please everyone , he hates to disappoint anyone , he want to do the best he can

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theaveragejoeSenior Contributor11 May 2016, 8:07 pm AEST

Re: Men and anxiety

Many gifted and talented people suffer with anxiety and it is of environmental origins I tend to believe.

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Unknown userMember11 May 2016, 8:09 pm AEST

Re: Uncertainty - does it affect your anxiety?

What happens if life intervenes and you fall out of routine @Former-Member? How does that impact on your anxiety?

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Shaz51Senior Contributor11 May 2016, 8:10 pm AEST

Re: Men and anxiety

Hi @Sarah108, @Former-Member

my hubby said yes that woman has more patience

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Sarah108Senior Contributor11 May 2016, 8:10 pm AEST

Re: Men and anxiety

Gosh @theaveragejoe that's really interesting...I feel this way. I was born sensitive, I didn't have a society/family to support me/hold me through it and so my coping mechanisms got out of hand. Is it the thoughts about the corruption etc, the inability to fix things, the fact you feel you shouldn't be so sensitve (as a bloke) that fuels the anxiety? or?

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Sarah108Senior Contributor11 May 2016, 8:11 pm AEST

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!!! @Shaz51 ...i hear this a bit from blokes. that cluster of competing needs that pull in all directions and they cluster and cluster...and then how do you pull out the "right " thing to do/prioritise etc...yes?

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Unknown userMember11 May 2016, 8:11 pm AEST

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Indecision...

I tried to buy a rug once. there were several i liked and all same price and i couldnt make myself choose one.. so i got my 4 year old (at the time) to choose..

I get so flustered by being asked certain types of questions.. personal questions or those twisty deep want more information questions from my psychologist that my brain just seems to disappear and everything is just blank and frozen..

Big things.. like wheher or not to take time off of work because im really struggling at the moment just exhausts me to even think about and i end up so frozen that its easier to try and keep going (even past breaking point) than it is to make a decision to change something...

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Sarah108Senior Contributor11 May 2016, 8:11 pm AEST

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ps @Shaz51 what an AMAZING partner you are!

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SaharaSenior Contributor11 May 2016, 8:11 pm AEST

Re: Uncertainty - does it affect your anxiety?

@Former-Member wrote:
i just like to have things scheduled into routines i guess.. (i'm a teacher.. maybe thats why lol) so on mondays i plan all of my literacy learning for the week.. on tuesdays i do maths for the next week etc At home i have a jobs list for each day.. i.e. do washing on Mon, Weds and Fri, Vacuum on Weds night and Vacuum and mop on Sunday.. i always have a meal plan etc. so things are just... in a routine?
lj

Hi @Former-Member,

I hear you. I find making lists and pre-planning a lot of stuff helps reduce anxiety. I like to tick things off a list as I do them- it makes me feel productive. I have a weird obsession with having to be productive. My Mum was like this too. Doing stuff and achieving stuff seems to lessen anxiety, but only temporarily, unfortunately.

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