Mind coach and anxiety relief expert. Creator of The CONTROL System. Author and international hypnosis trainer. The guy who did that TEDx talk about anxiety.
Anxiety is not the enemy.
Anxiety is a part of you that cares enough to be concerned about your well-being.
It feels uncomfortable because you’ve misunderstood its intentions and framed it as the bad guy.
#anxiety#anxietyadvice
Anxiety for ‘no reason’ is not a thing.
If we’re unaware of why we feel anxious it’s usually because we have an underlying fear of feeling anxious.
We’re not anxious about nothing.
We’re anxious about anxiety.
#anxiety#itsokaytofeelanxious#anxietyadvice#anxietytips
When that friend who simply doesn’t understand what it’s like to suffer through high anxiety asks you…
“What are you anxious about”?
…this is a more important question than either of you realise.
#anxiety#anxietyadvice#anxietyrecovery#gad
Stop trying to get rid of anxiety.
Anxiety is an important emotion that everyone will feel almost every day of their life.
It’s our belief that feeling anxious is an indicator of illness that causes us to lose control of it.
#anxiety#anxietyisnotyourenemy
In my line of work I meet a lot of people who believe their anxiety disorder means they are condemned to struggle with anxiety for the rest of their life.
I’ve never met anyone who was.
#anxiety#recovery
Accepting anxiety isn’t something you do to help you get rid of anxiety.
It’s what you do when you realise feeling anxious doesn’t mean you’re broken. #anxiety#acceptance
I was recently reading the story of a man who came out the other side of a very deep and dark depression, and someone else who was also suffering from depression at this time had replied to that story saying, if you're not depressed anymore it probably me…https://t.co/l9mOWJjKuE