Angus Eye Tea: Anxiety, Depression, And Other Cheerful Topics

So I’m a goals person, right? I make goals at the beginning of the year and then six months in, I check in and see how I’m doing. Usually if a goal isn’t completed or in progress, it’s on me. But...uh...yeah. Some things have changed slightly in the past six months. Enjoy the sounds of dream boards being tossed in the trash can and maniacal laughter at my January self.

You can find the show notes for this episode at www.anguseyetea.com. (They’re usually live by the weekend!).

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I am not a health professional. I am simply someone who was diagnosed with an anxiety and depression disorder. Please talk to your friends, family, teachers, doctor, trusted human, etc. if you need help. I also have a resources page on my website that can direct you to different hotlines, therapy websites, and more at https://anguseyetea.com/resources/

Time Stamps:

00:00 Congrats, you found the beginning of the episode. Yeehaw.

01:55 Describing ‘Rona Rut: The Sequel and how it’s different than the first bout I had.

02:50 My anxiety is up because I don’t have as many opportunities to practice dealing with it.

06:40 Now that I’m cruising on my new meds, I have more time and clarity to evaluate the way I’m living my life and boo, I ain’t feelin’ it. I’m struggling to merge New Elaine with Old Elaine.

08:20 Setting better boundaries while working from home. Taking PTO for mental health

10:30 Self-care waves: dance, making MY OWN TACOS, cleaning up my shit.

12:56 Realizing I have a hard time letting go of items and THOUGHTS WOW.

13:57 Update about if I’m moving or not and also how I’m making big life decisions and not beating them to death like I normally do.

16:43 Existential crisis. What do I want to do with my life once the world opens up again?

18:04 Before I was on the right meds, a lot of my time was spent trying to stay afloat. Now that I’m better, I can’t help but feel like I “wasted” so much time and have to somehow make up for it.

20:32 I’ve become really good at procrastinating on my creative projects and I’m both proud and sad.

24:02 We all get into ruts, even when it isn’t 2020.

25:53 My sick af outro mofos.

Howdy, Heifers! I talked about the ‘Rona Rut, (when you feel stuck and there happens to be a global pandemic and all hell has broken loose), when we were five weeks into quarantine so I wanted to do an update after having been quarantined for six months. I’m out of the practice of using my anxiety muscles--the tools you use to battle the mini anxieties like opening a door to a new place--which started a spiral of “I’M DECAYING MY GOD EVERYTHING I’VE LEARNED IN THE PAST 6 YEARS HAS BEEN WASTED.” This thought was a tad outrageous but it did lead me to make this episode so we can commiserate together! I hope if you're in a rut, you smoothly journey through it, Heifer. Moo, Elaine.

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www.anguseyetea.com

Want to support the podcast? Check out our partners below!

BestSelf Co: BestSelf has goal journals, planners, thought decks, and a ton of productivity tools that are extremely helpful for those of us who are anxious and depressed and need some motivation. Use code “HEIFERS” for 15% off your order

You can find the show notes for this episode at www.anguseyetea.com. (They’re usually live by the weekend!).*

*This is a bold face lie.

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I am not a health professional. I am simply someone who was diagnosed with an anxiety and depression disorder. Please talk to your friends, family, teachers, doctor, trusted human, etc. if you need help. I also have a resources page on my website that can direct you to different hotlines, therapy websites, and more at https://anguseyetea.com/resources/

Steep and weep, Heifers--it’s time for a new series called “Let’s drink tea and talk about x.” Due to sleep deprivation, I decided I’d answer your random questions/tangents while being completely exhausted. I’ll throw some extra goodies in the show notes which will go live this weekend once I remember to do them l o l.

Want to support the podcast? Check out our partners below!

BestSelf Co: BestSelf has goal journals, planners, thought decks, and a ton of productivity tools that are extremely helpful for those of us who are anxious and depressed and need some motivation. Use code “HEIFERS” for 15% off your order!

You can find the show notes for this episode at www.anguseyetea.com.

Let’s chat!

Email: [email protected]

Follow me on Insta and Twitter @AngusEyeTea.

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I am not a health professional. I am simply someone who was diagnosed with an anxiety and depression disorder. Please talk to your friends, family, teachers, doctor, trusted human, etc. if you need help. I also have a resources page on my website that can direct you to different hotlines, therapy websites, and more at https://anguseyetea.com/resources/

Lol, hi there, heifer. A lot of people try to forget their panic attacks. If souls could vomit, we would call them panic attacks. I’ve had some spectacular anxiety affronts in my time and I’ve always had this list in my mind of my GREATEST HITS. Today, I finally induct these freakouts into my Hall of Fame.

Want to support the podcast? Check out our partners below!

BestSelf Co: BestSelf has goal journals, planners, thought decks, and a ton of productivity tools that are extremely helpful for those of us who are anxious and depressed and need some motivation. Use code “HEIFERS” for 15% off your order!

You can find the show notes for this episode at www.anguseyetea.com.

Let’s chat!

Email: [email protected]

Follow me on Insta and Twitter @AngusEyeTea.

Music in this episode:

Call to Adventure - Comedy by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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Hall of the Mountain King by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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I am not a health professional. I am simply someone who was diagnosed with an anxiety and depression disorder. Please talk to your friends, family, teachers, doctor, trusted human, etc. if you need help. I also have a resources page on my website that can direct you to different hotlines, therapy websites, and more at https://anguseyetea.com/resources/

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