so look, anxiety isn’t the enemy, it’s more like a signal that something matters to youfrom the recording · 0:040:12
When you try to just calm down, you argue with that signal. And it only gets louder.
Half my clients come in asking me to “get rid of the anxiety.” One man spent a week angry at himself after a friend told him to calm down. The advice became one more proof that something was wrong with him.
You can’t get rid of it, but you can make peace with it. Learn to hear what it’s saying and answer it instead of shutting it up. Sometimes three long exhales are enough for the body to believe there’s no danger.
Studies from the last five years confirm this method.Not in the recording
That’s why the first session is almost always about the body, not the thoughts.