Help Please How Do I Relax

[Draconian Alone]

I feel so tense my teeth a clenching like they're going to pop out I don't even feel safe or happy in my own room my parents(I live with them rn because I'm young and housing market is shit) prowling around like big cats. I need to sleep I need to go to sleep but everything is so cluttered I can barely think straight my body I shaking a little what do I do please help

 

[-nobodyknows-]

You don't want my advice. I don't cope well.

 

[ham and potatoes]

I feel so tense my teeth a clenching like they're going to pop out I don't even feel safe or happy in my own room my parents(I live with them rn because I'm young and housing market is shit) prowling around like big cats. I need to sleep I need to go to sleep but everything is so cluttered I can barely think straight my body I shaking a little what do I do please help

xanax helps me... but im prescribed it.
benzos can be a slippery slope for some people though

 

[Gangrel]

Go out and breath deep, try to lay down and drink some water. Look around you and tell yourself the objects that you see. Put some relaxing songs or try to have a warm drink.

Also offtopic but i absolutely love your profile pic.

 

[Draconian Alone]

Go out and breath deep, try to lay down and drink some water. Look around you and tell yourself the objects that you see. Put some relaxing songs or try to have a warm drink.

Also offtopic but i absolutely love your profile pic.

Thanks! It's a draconian, from the Dragonlance setting of DnD. They're a race that was created to be soldiers for the evil dragon queen, they're eventually screwed over by all the gods, yet they find females of their race and decide to keep trucking.

What's your profile based on?

 

[Gangrel]

Thanks! It's a draconian, from the Dragonlance setting of DnD. They're a race that was created to be soldiers for the evil dragon queen, they're eventually screwed over by all the gods, yet they find females of their race and decide to keep trucking.

What's your profile based on?

Just Soap from Call of Duty cause i'm a simple nerd. But that's very fucking cool, they look awesome, you have good taste.

 

[Draconian Alone]

Just Soap from Call of Duty cause i'm a simple nerd. But that's very fucking cool, they look awesome, you have good taste.

Thanks! You too

 

[HereTomorrow]

For calming down quickly, I do a modified form of box breathing. Breathe in for five seconds, hold breath for seven seconds, and breathe out for five seconds. Repeat as needed, but it helps after a minute.

It doesn't fully help with long term anxiety, but it helps ground you in the moment for anything that needs to be done in the short term.

For sleep specifically, after calming myself, I close my eyes and daydream and let my mind wander through various adventures until I don't realize I'm doing it. I personally listen to podcasts to aid but white noise is the norm. You can also try melatonin (many places it is easy to buy without perspiration) but it might make you groggy in the morning and since it goes through your body fast it could also wake you in the middle of the night.