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To answer a question I’m asked daily ... 😉

To answer a question I’m asked daily ... 😉

Crying and anxiety: Some people cry more than othe

Crying and anxiety: Some people cry more than others. That’s OK! Crying - even all day long - does not mean you are weak or can’t get better. If you are someone that naturally cries more than others ... go for it! Just bring along some tissues. 😉
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We are NEVER learning to accept or float through a

We are NEVER learning to accept or float through abuse and abusive relationships. My friend @joeryan joined me to discuss this important misconception in this week’s podcast.
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https://theanxioustruth.com/140 or follow the podcast links in my bio to listen.
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Lesson 2.4 - This Is A Cognitive Problem. Learning

Lesson 2.4 - This Is A Cognitive Problem. Learning and thinking are wonderful things but in this case, they’ve gone a bit off the rails on you. You’ve learned to fear your own body and thoughts. You’ve become afraid of being afraid, and this is a cognitive problem.
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This an excerpt from my anxiety recovery guide. Learn more by following the recovery guidebook link from my bio.
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Lesson 2.3 - This Is NOT A Body Problem. The misco

Lesson 2.3 - This Is NOT A Body Problem. The misconception that gets people lost in a maze of fruitless “cures”, sometimes for years. 🙁
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This an excerpt from my anxiety recovery guide. Learn more by following the recovery guidebook link from my bio.
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Lesson 2.2 - You Are Working As Designed. You have

Lesson 2.2 - You Are Working As Designed. You have an anxiety problem, but that problem isn’t a mystery in any way. It does not mean you are broken or defective. Your problem is not special or unique.
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This an excerpt from my anxiety recovery guide. Learn more by following the recovery guidebook link from my bio.
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Lesson 2.1 - Anxiety Is Part of Being Human. Our g

Lesson 2.1 - Anxiety Is Part of Being Human. Our goal is never to be forever 100 percent anxiety free. That’s not realistic. Our goal is to be free of anxiety DISORDERS and to learn how to experience the world and the emotions it creates in a healthy, fully human way.
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This an excerpt from my anxiety recovery guide. Learn more by following the recovery guidebook link from my bio.
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We are never learning to sit in, accept, float thr

We are never learning to sit in, accept, float through or endure abusive or traumatic relationships. The tools and techniques we talk about target irrational fear. When you are being harmed, that fear is NOT irrational. It is real and warranted, and getting to a safer more secure place in your life has to be part of your recovery strategy.
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This really is a big part of the recovery process.

This really is a big part of the recovery process. Not easy, but you are capable of doing hard things.

We do not float to instantly stop anxiety and fear

We do not float to instantly stop anxiety and fear.
We float to learn that we can, and still be safe. That’s a game changing lesson to learn, hard though it may be.

Let’s talk about taking advantage of all the rec

Let’s talk about taking advantage of all the recovery resources available to you. Instagram can’t teach you recovery alone so seek out good sources of deeper knowledge. Not just from me, but from people like @anxietyjosh or @kimberleyquinlan or of course Dr Claire Weekes!
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theanxioustruth.com/139 to listen or follow the podcast or web links in my bio.

Anxiety will poke you and prod you into declaring

Anxiety will poke you and prod you into declaring everything a total nightmarish disaster. It won’t be happy until it works you into a frenzy of irrational exaggerated fear. Anxiety is such an ass. Like, seriously. It is. 🙄
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Life is going to include some anxiety producing st

Life is going to include some anxiety producing stuff. The key is your relationship to that anxiety. Disordered anxiety creates a dysfunctional relationship with anxiety focused on the anxious thoughts and sensations themselves rather than on the life situations that need addressing. We learn that we do not have to fear anxiety. We do not have to focus on it. We become free to actually handle life again. It’s quite amazing. 10/10. Would repeat. 😉
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Here’s a little quiz and lesson from my IG story

Here’s a little quiz and lesson from my IG story. Distraction is a crappy tool but a great accidental teacher!

It’s not “all in your head” but while the fe

It’s not “all in your head” but while the fear is very real, the secret sauce of recovery from an anxiety disorder is that the danger is not. You are OK even when it really feels like you’re not.
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I may or may not be binge watching season 2. . . .

I may or may not be binge watching season 2.
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For those of you that wanna know how I can read yo

For those of you that wanna know how I can read your mind or call out your stuff. I was you. I see you. 😉

Asking for help when sad or grieving or feeling bi

Asking for help when sad or grieving or feeling big emotions is OK. Sharing emotional burden is a thing humans do. It’s a good thing. We must be on guard against seeking reassurance for irrational fears, but your emotions are NOT irrational. It is perfectly OK and normal to seek support when you’re handling them.

This is what hope and progress look like. This is

This is what hope and progress look like. This is a picture and message from a friend that has been prisoner to her anxiety for years. She’s been working hard. Allowing the anxiety rather than avoiding it. Building a new reaction to it. Changing her relationship to it. Today she went shopping alone to places she hasn’t been in more than 7 years. This is what hope feels like. You can do this too. Everyone can. 💜

Don’t expect your breath to be a magic shield ag

Don’t expect your breath to be a magic shield against anxiety. Breathe properly to avoid hyperventilation and to build a convenient focus point you can use to get out of your head and anxious thoughts.
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