# What are Your Mantras to Get You Through Anxiety, Panic, Stress, Despair and/or Impending Doom? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 19, 2020, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-mantras-to-get-you-through-anxiety-panic-stress-despair-and-or-impending-doom/848150 "2020-02-19T04:30:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Ashtura](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ashtura/32/2963_2.png) [@Ashtura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtura)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2020, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-mantras-to-get-you-through-anxiety-panic-stress-despair-and-or-impending-doom/848150/61 "2020-02-24T15:06:02Z")
> [@Enola\_Gay](#): > > Title says it all. Please, Dopers, share your words of wisdom. “Serenity Now!” Seriously. I don’t know if it will have the same effect if you haven’t watched Seinfeld though. ---
**Author:** ![jerez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c68b51/32.png) [@jerez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jerez)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2020, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-mantras-to-get-you-through-anxiety-panic-stress-despair-and-or-impending-doom/848150/62 "2020-02-24T20:42:38Z")
“_The power of Christ compels you!!!_” (doesn’t always work :)) Never fail to take advantage of an opportunity to shut up (for a few seconds, at least). Be here now (as others have said about self-awareness, etc.) “Slow and steady wins the race” along with “measure twice, cut once” (getting through a chore). Try to see the humor in everything all the time. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2020, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-mantras-to-get-you-through-anxiety-panic-stress-despair-and-or-impending-doom/848150/63 "2020-02-24T21:06:01Z")
> [@Kelby](#): > > This too, shall pass. I rediscovered this in Basic Training, 1992. I’ve been using it with some frequency ever since. **Panic** : I don’t tend to panic, in part because my mind has slowed to the point where the danger has usually passed by the time I start considering “panic” as an option. Frankly, I’m so worn down now I’ll taunt death if he so much as peeks in a window. I’m fucking ready. **Stress, Anxiety, Despair and/or Impending Doom** : all taste the same to me and are just calls welling up from parts of my mind I have shunned. These are not useful feelings, and they are not based in any material need of mine. Thus, I do not give them an audience. Yet, they persist and sometimes are a distraction. So I continue about my business and “Not now.” is what I mutter to myself until such time as I can have a few moments alone, which can be days or weeks, and then I bawl my eyes out for five minutes. This leads me back to self-loathing, where I am far more comfortable. It’s not so bad when you can _believe_ you deserve all the shit, whether you actually _know_ you do or not. ---
**Author:** ![Mallard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Mallard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mallard)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2020, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-mantras-to-get-you-through-anxiety-panic-stress-despair-and-or-impending-doom/848150/64 "2020-02-25T02:18:12Z")
Vodka ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2020, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-mantras-to-get-you-through-anxiety-panic-stress-despair-and-or-impending-doom/848150/65 "2020-02-25T02:28:10Z")
I remember that I always got through them in the past, and it turned out to be a wonderful life. ---
**Author:** ![Brandon\_Dennis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5e925/32.png) [@Brandon\_Dennis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brandon_Dennis)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2020, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-mantras-to-get-you-through-anxiety-panic-stress-despair-and-or-impending-doom/848150/66 "2020-02-26T19:00:30Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > Deep breathing, emptying the mind. A dropperful of CBD oil often, though not always, dissipates anxiety in the middle of the night, trying to sleep when something you dread is on your mind. Natural remedies like CBD for sleep terrors can be an amazing way to promote a restful night sleep. This is because CBD interacts with the serotonin and dopamine receptors present in our brain thus promoting a calm and relaxed state of mind. Personally I like CBD essential oil. I explored many researches and made a decision to try it after visiting [cbdgoodiebags.com - This website is for sale! - cbdgoodiebags Resources and Information.](https://cbdgoodiebags.com/cbd-essential-oil/). This site has a lot of useful facts from CBD enthusiasts, that’s why I believed them. ---
**Author:** ![Steven\_Maven](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steven_maven/32/3272_2.png) [@Steven\_Maven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steven_Maven)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2020, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-mantras-to-get-you-through-anxiety-panic-stress-despair-and-or-impending-doom/848150/67 "2020-02-26T22:56:33Z")
If you believe in a Higher Power, when you are experiencing difficulties, ask your Higher Power, “Give me the strength to get through this situation.” This petition always works, as opposed to asking for material things, which is indicative of theological immaturity, and has a much lower success rate. Many years ago, I read an article that said that when you are giving yourself a mental Pep Talk, it is more effective to address yourself in the second person than in the first person. In other words, think “You can do this,” instead of “I can do this.” I don’t recall why that works better. {SARCASM ON} 🎵\*When in worry, when in doubt, Run in circles, scream, and shout, “PANIC! PANIC! PANIC! PANIC!”\*🎵 {SARCASM OFF} Fear is the mind killer. (from _Dune_, which I haven’t actually read) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-mantras-to-get-you-through-anxiety-panic-stress-despair-and-or-impending-doom/848150.md?page=3)