Specific Anxieties
Anticipatory Anxiety: Why You Cancel Plans (And How To Stop)
You’ve been invited to something. And immediately the anticipatory anxiety starts. Here’s why, and why you cancel things that would have been fine.
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Specific Anxieties
Social anxiety, driving anxiety, DP/DR, performance and anticipatory anxiety. Different forms, the same underlying loop.
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Specific Anxieties
Depersonalization & Derealization (DP/DR) From Anxiety
Suffering from DP/DR? Here’s what’s actually causing it, why it’s not as scary as it seems, and what to do about it.
Specific Anxieties
Performance Anxiety: Why Trying Harder Makes It Worse
Performance anxiety shows up in sport, at work, and in the bedroom and underneath all three, it’s the exact same loop. The instinct is to try harder. But that’s the one thing that makes it worse.
Specific Anxieties
Social Anxiety: Why Pushing Through Doesn’t Work
You cancel plans. You replay every conversation for days. You show up, but spend the whole time trapped in your own head. Social anxiety doesn’t just make socializing hard — it quietly steals your life. If you’re exhausted from living like this, this one’s for you.
Specific Anxieties
Driving Anxiety: 5 Things To Know (You’re Not Losing Control)
You stop driving because anxiety showed up. Here are 5 things that will change how you think about driving with anxiety, starting with something that will probably surprise you.
Understanding Anxiety
Why Anxiety Keeps Changing (New Symptoms, Same Cause)
Panic attacks. Then health anxiety. Then intrusive thoughts. Or maybe a completely new symptom showed up just when things were improving. Here’s why anxiety keeps changing its shape, and why the answer is always the same.
Physical Symptoms
Chest Pain From Anxiety: Why It Feels Like A Heart Attack
Your heart starts racing out of nowhere. Chest tightness, dizziness, that feeling like you can’t breathe. And your brain goes: something is seriously wrong with me. Here’s what’s actually happening.
Anxious Thoughts
Fear Of Dying Anxiety: Why Fighting The Thought Makes It Worse
I’ve always been afraid of dying. But there’s a big difference between the natural human fear of dying and what happens when an anxious brain latches onto it. Here’s what’s actually going on.
Anxious Thoughts
What Is Real And What Is Anxiety? Spotting Anxious Stories
Anxiety isn’t the situation. It’s the story your mind creates about it. Learn to spot the difference, challenge what isn’t true, and respond in a way that helps your nervous system finally calm down.