30. Is trying to control a go to strategy to cope with your anxiety? Three ways you can let go and find relief from anxiety, panic, and overwhelm.

Do you catch yourself using control as a way to manage your anxiety?  

 

My anxious brain likes to tell me lies.  I catch all kinds of these lies like: 

If I don’t do it, it won’t be done right.

I can’t ask for help because I should be able to handle this myself.

I’ll rest after I take care of everything on my to-do list.

If I give in to this person on this one thing, then they’ll run all over me all the time.

 

What happens next, anxious friend, after your anxious brain tells you lies like these?  Does it try to solve these problems, typically by offering use of unhelpful coping mechanisms, like controlling behavior?  

 

If this resonates with you, this episode is for you.

 

I hope this episode helps you, friend!

 

Wishing you freedom to live the life you want, despite anxiety,

 

Katy

 

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