Avoidance Coping & The Anxiety Cycle
While avoidance coping seems like a good option for fast anxiety relief, the problem with this strategy is that the relief we experience from avoidance coping is not only short lived, but this practice is actively leading to increased anxiety in the future.
How To Help Someone With Anxiety - 4 Simple Tips For Loved-Ones
For those of you who are going through the trenches with your anxiety, this is a resource you can send to your loved ones. And for the friends and loved ones coming across these words, here are 4 simple tips to help you help them.
Grounding Techniques For Anxiety & Lowering Stress
Grounding techniques for anxiety are meant to bring you back to the present moment and to help you reconnect with the here and now. We can do this by refocusing attention on our breath, on our body, or on the environment we find ourselves in. When we can reconnect to the present moment, to what is actually happening right now, our brain is reminded that in this moment we are safe. Once our brain recognizes that we are, in fact, safe in this moment, our anxiety begins to decrease.