Episode 274: Anxiety Bytes: Any Tips for Brain Fog?
Show Notes
Question from a listener: Any tips for persistent brain fog?:
So, quick disclaimer, if anyone is experiencing new or persistent symptoms, it’s worth chatting with your primary care provider to rule out any underlying issues that may benefit from some care.
Ruling out brain fog, or any distressing symptom, as a stress or anxiety symptom can help us find some peace with it because it loses some of its fear factor when we know there isn’t a more sinister cause.
Brain fog is a result of chronic stress, anxiety, lack of sleep, and overworking. What do all these things have in common? A nervous system that is just tapped.
So, taking care of our nervous system can help us start to shift the cycle bit by bit. Take a nap or simply close your eyes and breathe just a little deeper for a few minutes. Prioritize sleep instead of another episode of…. Simplify and delegate. Move your body with a walk or a few minutes of dance or jumping. Take a cold shower, or splash cold water on your face. Crunch ice cubes.
Any symptom can become habitual in nature thanks to neuroplasticity, so the more we can work with the brain fog, or any symptom, without completely battling it while showing ourselves grace and compassion because it’s a frustrating cycle that can take far longer than we’d like to shift.
List to episode 271 with Christie Weepy and episode 269 about how symptoms, like brain fog, can become chronic for more on the cycle of anxiety symptoms.
