There’s a particular kind of exhaustion that comes from managing anxiety instead of living your life. Rehearsing the conversation you’re avoiding. Circling back to check the stove, the lock, the windows. Ruminating on a thought you can’t shake. Avoiding situations that make you uncomfortable. Googling symptoms. Struggling with anxiety can feel like a full-time job.…
Exposure and Response Prevention
Exposure and Response Prevention: Resisting the Anxiety Itch
Have you ever experienced a fear so strong that you would do anything to avoid situations that bring that feeling on? Many people experience this in various forms like: Most of the time, this fear and avoidance doesn’t get in the way of things that we care about, doing what matters in our life, and…
What Can Avoidance Teach Us?
Avoidance can be a very powerful coping strategy. We all do it – we avoid and we ignore. We try to push it away. It can work quite well in the moment. If it wasn’t so effective in the moment we wouldn’t use it so often. So why do we avoid? In the moment, we…
