Upon Reflection
There isn’t just one thing you do to live with anxiety. I reflected on everything that set me up for success. It’s my own 12 step program.
Learning how to live with my anxiety
The journey continues and I am learning how to live with my anxiety.
Where my anxiety lives
Where do I feel the anxiety in my body? Let me show you.
Provocateurs
I recently explored my provocateur words while on a road trip with Shiba nearby.
Listening to the RAIN
I gave my anxiety a name a few years ago: Amy, inspired by the role of the amygdala in our brains. Amy is the originator of the fear factor. I even penned lyrics to a song with a chorus,” Amy, come down, you're flying too high”. The song also included the phrase, “you’ve got to calm down.” But when has that ever worked? Luckily I found something that does work.
Learning to Live with my Anxiety
In between these two extremes of “don’t feed’ and “don’t avoid”, I needed to find the happy medium in between. But where is that happy medium in between?