Something I haven’t shared much about in this space is how I have dealt with some pretty bad anxiety over the last few years. I think it honestly blocked a lot of my creativity and thats why I haven’t been sharing in these spaces as much. I didn’t have the clarity I needed to properly articulate what I was thinking and feeling.
Praise the Lord it’s been so much better over the last few months and I have felt the light at the end of the tunnel.
Lots of stressors and things began to press in at one time and culminated in panic attacks, extreme fear, and intense anxiety. I had a pretty little mask on the outside, but on the inside I was crippled with fear.
I will go into all of this more in the future but the long story short is that I was finally on the other side after about a year and a half of struggling. I felt myself slipping back into it which I ran into a friend. I truly felt like it was such a God inspired meeting. We saw each other at a brewery meet up for young adults that I was running and we began to catch up. We found out that we had been going through very similar seasons but she was a little further down the road then me.
She shared some incredible tools and resources with me that I’ve been cherishing that I wanted to share with me. The main thing that I walked away with was a list of affirmations that I say daily that have been incredible.
I believe that so much of anxiety all lies in what we are thinking. If we can break the toxic thoughts I feel like some reprieve from anxiety is on the other side.
Here is a list of affirmations that I’ve been saying daily AND anytime I feel myself slipping back into the anxiety and worry hole. If I’m feeling worry in the middle of the night, day, or any other time I get this list out and start declaring these truths instead of letting myself spiral.
I quote them in this order and finish by putting on the Armor of God.
I made these graphics in the hopes that it might help someone as much as they have helped me.
ELLIE LACEY 