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twovests wrote (edited )

I hate to say it, but exercise, preferably cardio. The gymbros and fitfluencers were right about this one particular thing :(

I think many, many of my emotional problems were just having - literal - pent up energy. Blood sugar or whatever. Walking and running sweats away the anxiety.

That said, I love getting into fights with strangers online. So it's hard to say

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nomorepie OP wrote

Ah, thank you. I was fearing that. I walk a lot but I don't think it's enough anymore..

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Moonside wrote

It could be that you'd benefit from something more vigorous or frankly stressful. I had a period where I didn't do much besides very leisurely activities - was injured and had to stay in bed, recovered. Not just physically but also had no external demands. My stress tolerance went down and I was hyper all the time, but I started literally playing fps games and high intensity cardio (the kind of where you go hard for a minute or two and have to take a break) to get adrenaline flowing in my body and get used to it again.

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