Anxiety affects our thoughts, emotions, and even our bodies.
In this section, we’ll explore what anxiety is, how it presents in our lives, and how we can help the situation.
How we experience anxiety
Anxiety can manifest in many ways, depending on the context.
Some common ways in which people experience it are:
- Fears about the future: things that may happen or not happen.
- Racing thoughts: Feeling like our mind is constantly spinning with worries.
- Physical symptoms: Fast heartbeat, sweating, or shaking.
- Avoidance: Trying to stay away from situations that trigger anxiety, for example procrastinating on tasks or avoiding responsibility.
- Social anxiety: Feeling anxious about interactions with others.
Helpful skills for when we experience anxiety
Learn about some skills that can help when anxiety manifests in the mind/body.
🚿T.I.P.P
T.I.P.P are skills for moments of extreme anxiety where we can do things to relax fast.
🧘Wise Mind
Wise Mind is a way of being where we balance our rational and emotional minds
⚓Drop the anchor
Drop the anchor helps us ground ourselves and choose better options in a stressful moment.
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If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got.
Steven Hayes, Founder of ACT
Check our courses
These courses are designed to give structured and thorough support with challenges like anxiety. Courses teach skills to help with anxiety as well as alternative ways to think about we face our life’s challenges.
🙏 Dialectic Behavioural Therapy (DBT)
DBT helps us build a life worth living through mindfulness and behaviour change.
👍 Accept and Commit Therapy (ACT)
ACT shows us how we can accept our feelings and understand what we really care about. Coming soon