Anxiety Is in Your Body, Not Your Mind
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- Full Title: Anxiety Is in Your Body, Not Your Mind
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- Your thinking brain decides that you have nothing to feel anxious about, so you spend your days walking around telling yourself that everything is fine while still feeling the physical symptoms of anxiety throughout your body. Even worse, your thinking brain may start to criticize and shame you for still being anxious even after it’s told you that everything is fine.
- When your body is having a stress response, the first thing is to become aware of objects that help the survival brain feel safe, like what you can see and hear.
- Obviously, when you’re caught in a moment of severe anxiety, trying to breathe deeply or be mindful can feel almost impossible. In those situations, what you need is to get the adrenaline and cortisol out of your system. Stanley suggests jumping rope or running up and down stairs. After 10 minutes, try a mindfulness exercise again.
Anxiety Is in Your Body, Not Your Mind
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- Author: research
- Full Title: Anxiety Is in Your Body, Not Your Mind
- Category: articles
- Document Tags: Favorites
- URL: https://elemental.medium.com/anxiety-is-in-your-body-not-your-mind-93031abd14eb
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- Your thinking brain decides that you have nothing to feel anxious about, so you spend your days walking around telling yourself that everything is fine while still feeling the physical symptoms of anxiety throughout your body. Even worse, your thinking brain may start to criticize and shame you for still being anxious even after it’s told you that everything is fine.
- When your body is having a stress response, the first thing is to become aware of objects that help the survival brain feel safe, like what you can see and hear.
- Obviously, when you’re caught in a moment of severe anxiety, trying to breathe deeply or be mindful can feel almost impossible. In those situations, what you need is to get the adrenaline and cortisol out of your system. Stanley suggests jumping rope or running up and down stairs. After 10 minutes, try a mindfulness exercise again.
Anxiety Is in Your Body, Not Your Mind
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- Author: research
- Full Title: Anxiety Is in Your Body, Not Your Mind
- Category: articles
- Document Tags: Favorites
- URL: https://elemental.medium.com/anxiety-is-in-your-body-not-your-mind-93031abd14eb
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- Your thinking brain decides that you have nothing to feel anxious about, so you spend your days walking around telling yourself that everything is fine while still feeling the physical symptoms of anxiety throughout your body. Even worse, your thinking brain may start to criticize and shame you for still being anxious even after it’s told you that everything is fine.
- When your body is having a stress response, the first thing is to become aware of objects that help the survival brain feel safe, like what you can see and hear.
- Obviously, when you’re caught in a moment of severe anxiety, trying to breathe deeply or be mindful can feel almost impossible. In those situations, what you need is to get the adrenaline and cortisol out of your system. Stanley suggests jumping rope or running up and down stairs. After 10 minutes, try a mindfulness exercise again.
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