The trick to managing my anxiety is having an adult security blanket:
Shut Up, Brain is a column by Jill Gutowitz in which she looks at everything from pop culture phenomena to the quirks of interpersonal relationships through the lens of someone who lives with anxiety.
Over the years, in dealing with my generalized anxiety and panic disorder, I've tried numerous ways to prevent panic, or allay it when it inevitably comes to pass. I've tried marijuana, which sometimes heightens my anxiety. I've tried medications like Valium, but am scared of becoming dependent. But recently I've settled on something that actually works, and it's so simple and strange: gum.
Now, I obsessively carry Trident Watermelon with me everywhere I go—it's my adult security blanket, my vice. And by this point, I'm not even sure if it's the gum that works, or the comfort of knowing that I actually found something that has worked at some point, because most of my experience in dealing with generalized anxiety has been feeling like I'm losing a Sisyphean battle. So, the safety of having something in my purse for an emergency, DEFCON 1 spiral is comforting.
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