60. What About Self-Soothing? (The Anxious Morning Mar 25, 2022)
Channel: The Anxious Truth
Date: 2022-03-25

When it comes to anxiety recovery, we only want to be mindful of a few traps wherein self-soothing can become compulsive, ritualized, or otherwise turned into safety or escape behaviors.  Ask yourself one question:

“Will I be OK even if I do NOT launch into self-soothing rituals while anxious?”

The answer can be telling.  The ultimate goal of recovery is to understand that you are capable of doing nothing in response to panic or anxiety, and still wind up OK.  When we learn that we are supremely capable of moving through these states without the need for special response or evasive action, we are recovered, or at least well on the way.

This is The Anxious Morning for March 25, 2022.
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