The Stages Of Dealing With Anxiety

This is a talk through the stages which I used to deal with my anxiety about a year ago. I should say, if you are experiencing very strong, debilitating anxiety, please seek medical attention: this talk is really for dealing with more common, less-serious but still problematic forms of anxiety. This is anxiety where you feel more nervous than usual, usually about nothing in particular, probably because worry about one particular thing has spilled over into everyday life and became anxiety.

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Loved it. In particular, you had three excellent analogies. The first was watching a wild animal. I would add to that if watching in a zoo (or even in the wild from a safe place) the animal cannot hurt you. Can think of anxiety this way too. The second was having the anxiety on a long leash (particularly hit home since I’m walking my dog), and lastly, viewing the mind as a stage.

Excellent! Thank you for detailing the stages. This helps with self forgiveness and compassion of others.