Do You ever feel spaced out? How do you deal?

Thank you, I'm trying my best to control it and even make it disappear forever if possible. I'm a huge believer of neuroplasticity, it's proven too. Good luck to you, i hope your mental health will also improve.

First of all, I'll intoduce you to something not that obvious but that actually makes a difference: When you make a mistake, or you're late or you do anything that doesn't go as planned don't you usually yell at yourself or call yourself bad names mentally? Let's say for example that you accidentally say something that hurt someone, wouldn't you usually go like "Why did you do this stupid idiot!" or "I shouldn't have said that, I'm a piece of shit..." ? Well, replace your inner negative voice the moments she's about to say something judgmental abou the way you acted, by talking to yourself nicely like: "It's okay, that happens" or "I'm human, i occasionally mess up but it's okay, there's always next time". You can even start calling yourself (mentally) a cute nickname like "sweetie" e.t.c. As ridiculous as it sounds, this trains your mind to be less negative and judgmental towards yourself. Second thing you should do, is trying to maintain as much as you can a positive attitude before you go to sleep, because this way it's almost as if you hypnotize yourself to be positive because you make "positivity" the first thing that your brain will analyze during your sleep.If you sleep with too much anxiety that's the way you will also wake up, with accelerated heartbeat and that awful feeling on your chest. Before you say "But how am i going to achieve that when I can't calm down?" Well, you will be able to achieve this by meditating little by little. You may not be able to be completely calm, but even a slight difference compared to the anxiety you usually feel is enough. Also take as often as you can walks outside, this will help stay closer to the present moment. All those things may seem small and insignificant but believe me, they aren't. They just require will and patience. In fact if you manage to keep on doing these daily for just 2 weeks, you will see results, i guarantee it. As for meditation, you don't have to follow letter by letter what you read to achieve it, just use anything that works for you and helps you focus. Start by doing 5 minutes but never less once you decide on a specific amount of time, since if you suddenly lessen the time you'll find yourself giving up.Best wishes to you and i hope you'll get better❤️

@LydiaK Thanks Lydia this is very helpful!!!!

How often do you meditate? I’ve been worrying so much.

@Anonymous 10 minutes every morning before i do anything important.

@LydiaK Ah - do you also take meds to help you?

@Anonymous I don't use meds. I was really desperate when i first used meditation and it worked better than anything I've ever tried. It's like the slow, more bearable version of erp only it actually rewires your brain.Now I'm trying my best to increase the minutes i meditate. At the start it wasn't easy but now it's almost a piece of cake. It requires patience but it is rewarding. From literally rock bottom it's now bearable and i even have moments when I'm completely relaxed and i can enjoy my hobbies.