exercise to get in touch with what you might gain if you push through your anxiety 1 Bring something to mind that matters to you but that avoided or neglected because of anxiety and fear Picture the details Paint the scene in your eye 2 Try to conjure what you would feel in your body if you approached what you are afraid of Notice the physical cues Can you feel your heart rate increase or your stomach Remind yourself that just pretending 3 Imagine you follow through with whatever used to frighten you into inaction and imagine how you would feel if you did that What would you Anxiety Is Not the Boss of You Ideally when our anxiety response is triggered we make a swift assessment of how dangerous the situation at hand really is Then able to either manage the situation appropriately out of the house a or okay take a deep breath return to a calmer baseline and move on When we experience chronic anxiety is triggered so frequently that we are forever on guard for potential threats and can nevertruly relax Anxiety can be like a tyrant that controls us to such an extent that our