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Feel like my issues are so minor to others

Lung Cancer | Last Active: Aug 31, 2020 | Replies (14)

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@colleenyoung

Hi @alamogal635, so good to hear from you. It has been a while. Seeing the bright red top you're wearing in your profile picture always brightens my day when you pop back into the stream. Please don't feel like your worries are lesser than the situations others are going through. We each have our burden to bear. Yours are as important as the next person's.

I can understand your growing anxiety. Living alone these thoughts can play on an eternal loop and really drive you crazy. You absolutely have to read this post by @sueinmn https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/lets-go-walking-join-me-for-a-virtual-walking-support-group/?pg=143#comment-419939

She uses a grounding exercise to help her stay in the moment called – "five things for my five senses." You take a moment, perhaps during a walk to take note of things you notice through your 5 senses. What do you
Hear
See
Feel
Taste
Smell

I did this with my daughter when she was younger and anxious. It really works.

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@colleenyoung Thank you. I will check out the above post. Sounds like a good practice to work on being in the now. It has benna while since I posted anything and will be more active from now on. Am so glad to have found this support group. YOu are right each of us has her own burdens and each is as important and the next person's. Thank you again and it's great to hear from you again.