How does Jow Forums deal with anxiety? Give me some mental gains advice chaps

Hey buddy, new to Jow Forums?

You seem to be asking for advice! You probably care a lot about fitness, but Jow Forums isn't the board to go for if you want advice on other subjects! We actually have an entirely other board just for advice, called Jow Forums!

cold showers

I'm asking Jow Forums because the people here give the best advice. Fucking do one

>what is holistic fitness
Fuck you and your bait copypasta, getting me to reply.

unironically be stupid
if you understand the slightest bit about neuroscience the two can't be separated

As someone who suffers from anxiety and panic attack in group setting I got prescribed anxiety pills and they "shut down your emotions" they work pretty well for me.

Like training for anything else, just keep practicing.
Force yourself to do stuff outside.
Force yourself, to look people in the eye, talk to them etc.
Also diet and lifting helps, no broscience

Give up all stimulants, excess simple sugars this includes fruit. cut out overly stimulating media as well.

Learn the art of walking meditation and thinking about one thing at a time. Remember anxiety is a useful powerful emotion.
It tells you many things and helps you in many ways. The problem is that people don't know how to control it and harness it for it's intended purposes.

If you feel anxious then do something and then allow that anxiousness to help you accomplish it then allow yourself to not feel anxious anymore. It's not a curse that you're stuck with.
It's a thing that can just not be there if you don't want it to be.

You can also set aside times of the day or week where you allow yourself to not care about anything and allow yourself the decadent pleasure of relaxing completely. Stay away from media, stay away from stimulating foods and sounds and people, try to get out of the city and places where there are lots of people and the constant loud sounds of city and town life.
Just find a warm place in the sun where you can walk in the grass and not care.

If you need help then there are a few herbs that can help.
Ashwagandha is one.

>how to be rich? just work
>how to be jacked like bber? just lift
>t. no good man

don't try to deal with it op, try to solve it.
it won't be easy, but to solve anxiety you have to find the issue causing it and address it.

if your anxiety is due to social awkwardness, go out and make yourself incredibly vulnerable by sticking your neck out in social situations to where you may make an ass of yourself.

if it's due to a girl, you need to ignore girls as a whole and see if you can come up with a good reason for you to actually need a woman to be happy.
if you feel anxiety all the time it's most likely a self confidence issue.
increase your value in your own eyes. work hard, push yourself further than you're used to, improve yourself via internal means rather than seeking improvement through the external.

You control your feelings directly, it's just a matter of finding how, like how you learn to make your pecs bounce.

i just want to add that for a couple of years i meditated and it helped
but 2 months ago i started taking cold showers and they have helped too
my main problems were stress and getting sleep
i had monkey mind and it was ruining my life
there are lots of ways to meditate here are links to that i found helpful , but find what is good for you
youtube.com/watch?v=jmQOn1EIcH0

youtube.com/watch?v=jmQOn1EIcH0
great monk !
youtube.com/watch?v=W3QFc5IX5qo
another great monk !
also headspace is a good app
you can torrent it if youre a poorfag pirate

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SS + GOMAD

opps 2nd link should be
youtube.com/watch?v=kaNO09cPS6c
in the previous post you will notice the weight loss he had because he went away from his home and took with him no money

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I used to have anxiety but it went away after time.
The only time I get anxiety now is when I think about my ex and what she's up to. We broke up two weeks ago.

>ashwagandha
>so relaxing it actually increases testosterone
really top tier herb

Does anyone here feel kinda empty and emotionally flat, especially after a really hard/long workout.

That's how I feel when I'm not feeling anxious and tense, I'm just flat and I can't even cry when I feel like I should be crying.

I usually tell myself a number of things
-I'm strong enough to bear this
-This will only make me stronger for when it really matters.

I also try not to avoid the anxiety but face it whenever it comes up

Ash is good if you don't mind the stinky breath it gives.

> Also try out some ashwagandha,
hmmm sounds like a placebo

>ashwagandha
how is it compared to phenibut?

Phenibut has actual noticing mind altering effects, ashwagandha is just some new age herb with speculative benefits.

i wouldnt trust chemicals like phenibut
but also ash has had multiple studies done
it doesnt relax you like a downer does, rather it is good at balancing you even when in stressful situations

Stinky breath? I take capsules, it has no effect on your breath

Phenibut is much more of a mind altering drug, ashwagandha is just a supplement that can cause slight changes. It's like creatine, where phenibut is more like a prescription drug

I wouldn't fuck with phenibut, it can really fuck you up

Best advice itt.
Everyone should have this screencapped and used as a reminder

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>thousands of years of usage
>formal scientific studies of chemistry
>millions and millions of personal anecdotes of positive effects

Yeah. Placebo.

>new age herb
>literally thousands of years of recorded usage and results
>scientific studies of chemistry and effects

OK.

This might be irrelevant, but most people I run into with "anxiety" and really deep down struggling with the implications of nihilism. Look up some youtube lectures on Nietzche and Camus. I also really like Stoic philosophy and Japanese Zen. Read "meditations" by aurelius. I'm still trying to reason why to not drink myself into a coma but I'm getting better.

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Look
I started to go running with my female best buddy

After we finished some HIIT, she told me I was acting kinda slow
I told her that after a really good workout, I feel either really energized and pumped up, or really relaxed and satisfied

This time I felt the second way, like my senses were slightly amplified, but extremely relaxed. I just lied down for a minute, and after some seconds, she lied next to me, and we discussed ufos while hearing some chill music

I suppose it's because I really gave my best at exercise, so I feel satisfied, but I'd like some anons comment on it

A lot of my friends have confessed me that, at their core, the possibility to be living a simulation instead of real life fills them with anxiety

>tfw neck starts shaking if i turn it to side and make eye contact with someone at the same time

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>Stop having an outer locus of control
but outer locus of control is reality

practically every successful person got there because of external factors. mostly through their network which is influenced by their social skills and their socioeconomic status

>Begin making achievements
w-what kind of achievements?

Anxiety is helth related. Health is part of the board name.

>Health is part of the board name.
>Jow Forums - Fitness

Fitness: an organism's ability to survive and reproduce in a particular environment.

anxiety interferes with reproduction

I know you are trying to save your ass
dont worry, I also forgot they took away the health in health and fitness

>I know you are trying to save your ass
m8 speak for yourself

I will, and I will also speak on your behalf, you spineless fuck
what can you do about it?

u mad?

Of course I'm mad, I'm wrong so why wouldn't I be?

you could be happy that you're a little more educated

did you really try to reply yourself as me?
that's actually funny
keep up the sad life faggot

Only way to become at ease in public or social situations is relentless practice. No book or advice can fix it, you need to be exposed to it.

>someone else responds as me
>they must be samefagging
guess how I know you're mad

>reproduction
implying

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isn't (((reproduction))) the who point of Jow Forums anyway? you really think a bunch of short virgins would lift if puss was out of the picture

Lifting, I imagine.

I know you're mocking, but you're actually right
the only way to be rich is to work
the only way to have a good body is to exercise
the only way to reduce anxiety is to work on your social skills

but nigger, we're not in kindergarten or ape level iq niggers
how many people work and still poor?
how many people go to gym everyday and still dyel?
we need intelligence in every aspect of life, not just do and do like monkey, but think and figure out what's the right thing to do, need to read and research
anxiety is not about social skills, once you get rid of anxiety THEN you can learn about social skills

moron

holy fuck, same, how are you holding up user ?

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fill your gut with air, keep filling, done.