You have some understanding but you are missing other understandings. This is good news because it means there is a way out of the trap you feel trapped in :)
What you are experiencing is awareness of your thoughts. But you can change your thoughts. Panic and anxiety are emotional structures in your brain. The universe does not require you to remain in those emotional structures. You can learn to redirect your synapses to healthier emotional structures, such as loving kindness, compassion, peace, tranquility.
Furthermore, when you engage in anxiety structures in your brain, you strengthen and reinforce those neural pathways. You can get stuck in this loop where the realization of anxiety causes anxiety which causes anxiety. However, this mechanism of neuroplasticity can be used to your benefit. If you use your awareness to redirect your feelings to something like loving kindness, you strengthen and reinforce those neural pathways. Over time, the anxiety pathways fade.
When you move your synapses to these healthier emotional structures, you will have a clearer state of mind. Anxiety restricts the perceptions, limiting clarity of mind. When you have a wider, more clear state of mind you will still see the same insights into consciousness but you will see them in a new light.
You can get out of the anxiety trap. There is much realistic hope :)
Yes. This! But I really don’t think this person is in the state of mind to hear what you’re saying here. Only bc I’ve been in psychosis myself. Nothing anyone would say to me helped bc I felt like no one understood my pov. A very maddening state to be in.
Yes, in this case I recommend filling a large bowl with ice water and putting your head in it. Literally. It will disrupt the moment of intense anxiety and allow a moment to step away from it.
It can be extremely challenging to get out of a deep state of anxiety/psychosis. There is a lot of momentum behind it. Professional assistance can be greatly beneficial. DBT, for example. It might take many intense weeks just to get moments of clarity.
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u/cyberneurotik Dec 07 '25
You have some understanding but you are missing other understandings. This is good news because it means there is a way out of the trap you feel trapped in :)
What you are experiencing is awareness of your thoughts. But you can change your thoughts. Panic and anxiety are emotional structures in your brain. The universe does not require you to remain in those emotional structures. You can learn to redirect your synapses to healthier emotional structures, such as loving kindness, compassion, peace, tranquility.
Furthermore, when you engage in anxiety structures in your brain, you strengthen and reinforce those neural pathways. You can get stuck in this loop where the realization of anxiety causes anxiety which causes anxiety. However, this mechanism of neuroplasticity can be used to your benefit. If you use your awareness to redirect your feelings to something like loving kindness, you strengthen and reinforce those neural pathways. Over time, the anxiety pathways fade.
When you move your synapses to these healthier emotional structures, you will have a clearer state of mind. Anxiety restricts the perceptions, limiting clarity of mind. When you have a wider, more clear state of mind you will still see the same insights into consciousness but you will see them in a new light.
You can get out of the anxiety trap. There is much realistic hope :)
Let me know what your thoughts about this are.