Anxious?

Is Anxiety Showing Up in Any of the Following Ways?

Physically

Headaches

Nausea

Heartburn

Diarrhea

Heart palpitations

Chest tightness

Hyperventilation

Tingling in extremities

Lightheaded

Dizzy

Fatigue

Insomnia

Depersonalization

Emotionally

Feeling on edge/tense

Quick to cry/anger/be scared

Overwhelmed

Unmotivated

Hopeless

"Weighted down"

Loss of interest

Fearful

Nervous

Insecure

Bewildered

Dread/doom

Thoughts

What if....

I shouldn't be this stressed!

I can't handle this.

I just have to....

I will be okay once I....

What is wrong with me?

I should....

I just need to man up.

I need to....

What if this never ends?

I'm going to die!

Behaviors

White-knuckling situations

Trying to control the details

Obsessing

Ruminating

Clenching your jaw

Tightening your shoulders

Avoiding "scary" situations

Leaving "scary" situations

Procrastinating

Trouble concentrating

You are not broken, crazy, weak, or weird for experiencing any (or many) of the above.
These sensations, emotions, and thoughts are by-products of the fight or flight response. 

It's not personal, it's what any human body stuck in an anxiety holding pattern, or cycle, would look like.
Now that you know what anxiety looks like, why is it in your life?

Why Is Anxiety in Your Life?

Anxiety is a normal emotion and a natural response; for some of us it has just gone a little haywire as we unknowingly get stuck in the anxiety cycle. As we go around and around the anxiety cycle, living anxiously becomes an innocent habit, like a rutted well-traveled road that we're not always consciously aware of.

However, as we start to cultivate and bring awareness (among other new skills, tools, resources, etc.) to our anxiety experience, this habit starts to change. We become better and better at seeing anxiety for what it really is - a fleeting and temporary emotion that is nothing more than a protective messenger, carrying information about our unmet needs, values, beliefs, memories, etc. As we better understand our own anxiety, it becomes easier and easier to apply our newfound skills to exit the anxiety cycle, allowing that rutted road of an anxiety habit to steadily fade away.

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