Much anxiety can be understood as intense fluctuation between engagement and avoidance.
Category: Anxiety
Mental health: coping with feelings of panic
Feelings of panic can be very unpleasant, and hard to shift in the short term. But there are a few simple actions which can help.
Managing anxiety: taming the emergency cycle
Excessive worry, in the form of anxiety, is a plague of our times. It has solid evolutionary roots, but we can learn to manage it.
Protecting ourselves against uncertainty
We are evolved with alarms to detect risk. But when those alarms go into overdrive, we can stop functioning so well. How can we protect ourselves against an excessively anxious response to life?
Managing your anxiety: the big wish
Anxiety is inner conflict. Often, there is a strong unconscious pull towards an inner wish, but an equally strong fear or repulsion. Living between these extremes can split us agonisingly between hope and fear.
Overcoming fear: finding your authentic self
Fear makes us hide our true feelings. Through counselling, friendships, or personal exploration, we can encourage our suppressed, authentic inner self to speak again.
