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How to Accept Anxiety

Jun 1, 2025

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hobiorah

in anxiety, emotions, social anxiety

This insight can be one of the toughest pills to swallow because it means that there will be times when you get anxious/uncomfortable/nervous when you’d prefer not to. To understand why eliminating anxiety is an imperfect journey, read this article. The…
Personal Construct Psychology – Loaded Terms

Jun 1, 2025

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hobiorah

in anxiety, emotions, evidence, self-awareness, social anxiety

What is a loaded term? When addressing the root cause of anxiety, you may find that you assume some words or phrases have universal definitions, but they don’t. For example, how you define intelligence may differ from how someone else…
What Does Social Anxiety Feel like

Jun 1, 2025

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hobiorah

in anxiety, self-awareness, social anxiety

From the Anxiety and Depression Association of America: “The defining feature of social anxiety disorder, also called social phobia, is intense anxiety or fear of being judged, negatively evaluated, or rejected in a social or performance situation. People with social…
How labeling something as unacceptable/not triggers anxiety

May 31, 2025

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clarity

in anxiety

Summary: Whenever you label something as unacceptable you are knowingly or unknowingly declaring that there will be emotional consequences if you’re ever imperfect. Instead of labeling something as unacceptable which is a strategy to help you do everything you can…
What is CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy)

May 31, 2025

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hobiorah

in anxiety, emotions, evidence

More than 2,000 studies have demonstrated that our thoughts and beliefs (which you can view as ingrained or “stored” thoughts) are one of, if not the primary root causes of our anxiety. Cognitive behavior therapies like CBT and the Option…
What is the Option Method

May 31, 2025

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clarity

in anxiety, emotions, self-awareness, social anxiety

What is the Option Method? The Option Method is a proven questioning technique for eliminating negative emotions created decades ago by a therapist, Bruce Di Marsico; typically done in a 1-on-1 session with a practitioner, the Option Method will help you uncover…
How to control anxiety

May 30, 2025

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clarity

in anxiety, emotions, social anxiety

The answer Behind this question is the probable desire to prevent yourself from being triggered when you don’t want to be. Here’s what you have to do: Recognize that you currently have a particular way of thinking and beliefs–a way…
Why anxiety is caused by information in our brains

May 30, 2025

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hobiorah

in anxiety, emotions, self-awareness, social anxiety

Our brains have the ability to store information. Neuroscience has shown that our brains have the ability to store information. For example, if we’ve never seen a tennis ball, we may be unable to identify one. However, after learning what…
Why Am I So Anxious For No Reason

May 30, 2025

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hobiorah

in anxiety, emotions, self-awareness, social anxiety

This is a 2 part question: Why you get anxious so much Remember that you don’t experience anxiety until you encounter or think about something that triggers you. If you think someone experiences less anxiety than us, what you’re really…
Why It Feels Like We Get Anxious for No Reason

May 30, 2025

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hobiorah

in anxiety, self-awareness, social anxiety

To be clear, anxious for no reason in this article means you think you’re body is triggering physical anxiety for no reason, reasons you can’t explain, or reasons you aren’t aware of. Recognize that we (humans) get immediately anxious when…

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