Cannot stop catastrophic thinking. It's getting better, but damn.

2 weeks ago

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Try Enchiridion: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/45109/45109-h/45109-h.htm, it helped many before. · 1 week ago

"It's passed for the time being." "staying in that headspace can be tricky" There's a word for that! Best advice I can give is to remember it next time. Impermanence. Even if you think everything that can go bad will go bad, it must also pass. Everything does. · 2 weeks ago

Thank you.

I'm really distancing myself from a lot of content and I rarely engage in conversation online (gemini being the exception to that rule).

It's a family thing I think. My dad does it, his dad did it, I do it. "Thing happens that could spiral negatively, therefore it will go bad. Badly bad. Panic ensues."

It's passed for the time being. I had a lot of government paper work to do, but that's dealt with. Still got health to manage, shitty employer and finances to tackle.

Priority is health, but staying in that headspace can be tricky. I am "recovering" not "recovered" etc etc. · 2 weeks ago

What about? I wish you much equanimity, regardless. · 2 weeks ago

You've been through a lot, so that kinda makes sense. But you're probably (I'm guessing because you posted here) aware that it's a bit unrealistic. What are your digital inputs like? Are you browsing prepper / disaster blogs or consuming hyperbolic news media? Every once and a while I get sucked into those things, and it tends to artificially skew my perception of how bad things are. I wish you well, and hope things keep improving. You can do it! · 2 weeks ago