Anxious People

The Rabbit Hole: COVID-19 Survival Guide Part 2

Anxiety tends to lead us down a rabbit hole of worry. We worry about an infinite number of horrific outcomes (most of which will not come to pass!) This is called catastrophizing, when we over-emphasize the worst case scenario and believe that there is a good possibility that it is going to happen. For little …

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Coping: COVID-19 Survival Guide Part 3

Mindfulness I’m going to start with a strategy that’s become a buzz word in our culture today… mindfulness. People have different experiences with this word, but what we’re going to be talking about here is simply nonjudgmental attendance to the present moment, whatever it may bring. You may have noticed that worry tends to focus …