Each time we choose instant comfort over values, we reinforce the idea that anxiety is something we can’t handle, something we need to avoid at all costs.
How to Accept Anxiety: Opening up to New Options
When you’re in the grip of anxiety, accepting it might seem impossible.
When you’re in the grip of anxiety, accepting it might seem impossible.
How to Accept Anxiety: A Framework for Getting Present
While there’s no step-by-step formula for accepting anxiety, there is a practical framework we can use to begin this challenging but crucial process.
While there’s no step-by-step formula for accepting anxiety, there is a practical framework we can use to begin this challenging but crucial process.
Taking off From Work or School Because of Anxiety
If you’re considering taking time off work or school because of anxiety, you’re not alone.
If you’re considering taking time off work or school because of anxiety, you’re not alone.
The Truth About Rewiring an Anxious Brain
isn’t necessarily exactly what you think or hope it is.
isn’t necessarily exactly what you think or hope it is.
Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy W/Dr Debbie Joffe Ellis
Is literally the OG of modern cognitive behavioral therapies!
Is literally the OG of modern cognitive behavioral therapies!
Learning to Do Nothing (About Anxiety)
Doing nothing – just being rather than problem solving and doing – is a state that we’ve lost track of in the last 50 years or so.
Doing nothing – just being rather than problem solving and doing – is a state that we’ve lost track of in the last 50 years or so.
Anxiety Help: Learning to Trust Your Body Again
Chronic anxiety can cause individuals to perceive normal bodily functions as signs of impairment, leading to self-imposed limitations similar to those experienced by individuals with physical ailments.
Chronic anxiety can cause individuals to perceive normal bodily functions as signs of impairment, leading to self-imposed limitations similar to those experienced by individuals with physical ailments.
Why Expectations and Demands Matter in Anxiety Recovery
Instead of demanding calmness, it is more beneficial to expect anxiety and discomfort, allowing for a more accepting and flexible approach to managing anxiety symptoms.
Instead of demanding calmness, it is more beneficial to expect anxiety and discomfort, allowing for a more accepting and flexible approach to managing anxiety symptoms.
Journaling Tips for Anxiety Disorder Recovery
Journaling can be a useful tool in anxiety recovery, but how do you ensure it works for you and not against you?
Journaling can be a useful tool in anxiety recovery, but how do you ensure it works for you and not against you?
A Guided Acceptance Exercise for Anxiety
Fully letting go of the fight – fully accepting the experience of being anxious or afraid or even having a full panic attack – is a central concept in anxiety disorder recovery.
Fully letting go of the fight – fully accepting the experience of being anxious or afraid or even having a full panic attack – is a central concept in anxiety disorder recovery.
Micro Exposure in Anxiety Recovery
Starting small, with micro exposures, is an excellent way to learn what accepting and allowing anxiety looks and feels like.
Starting small, with micro exposures, is an excellent way to learn what accepting and allowing anxiety looks and feels like.
Anxiety and Avoidance: How Do I Know if I’m Avoiding?
Are you struggling to identify whether your behaviors are forms of avoidance in your anxiety recovery journey?
Are you struggling to identify whether your behaviors are forms of avoidance in your anxiety recovery journey?
Anxiety Recovery Without Exposure?
Can you recover from an anxiety disorder without doing exposure? The answer is … no. But it’s not as easy as that.
Can you recover from an anxiety disorder without doing exposure? The answer is … no. But it’s not as easy as that.
Bad Online Anxiety Advice?
The Internet is packed with anxiety and mental health advice, but not all of it is useful or helpful. Some of it can be harmful.
The Internet is packed with anxiety and mental health advice, but not all of it is useful or helpful. Some of it can be harmful.
Healing From Anxiety?
Healing from chronic or disordered anxiety. How do we do it? Do we do it at all?
Healing from chronic or disordered anxiety. How do we do it? Do we do it at all?