Per the medical manuals, some of the typical symptoms of anxiety include edginess, restlessness, tiring easily, impaired concentration, irritability, increased muscle aches, and difficulty sleeping.
Trigger: Stress or anxiety Behavior: Go find a solution Result: Find a solution (sometimes)
Trigger: Anxiety Behavior: Worry Result: Feel more anxious This mental behavior of worry has to happen only a few times before our brain gets in the habit of trying it every time we’re anxious. But how often do we come up with a solution that fixes the problem? And how much does worry itself actually help us think creatively or problem-solve? Worry...
Part 2 (second gear) will help you tap into your brain’s reward system to systematically work with anxiety (and other habits). Part 3 (third gear) will help you tap into your own natural neural capacities to step away from anxiety-related habits (e.g., worry, procrastination, self-judgment), and into new ones (e.g., curiosity and kindness), potenti...
You see, anxiety hides in people’s habits. It hides in their bodies as they learn to disconnect from these feelings through myriad different behaviors.
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