"Anxiety is the body's way of asking for our attention. It arrives quietly at first; restless thoughts, a tightening in the chest, a sense that something is off. Then it grows louder. My heart races, my breath shortens, my mind starts to spin. Suddenly I am no longer in my body but in my fears, chasing imagined outcomes I cannot control."
"But anxiety is not the enemy. It is communication. It is the nervous system's way of saying " please listen." When anxiety takes over, it's usually because something deeper has gone unheard. Maybe my body is asking me to slow down. Maybe my heart is trying to tell me that something isn't aligned. The harder I try to silence anxiety, the more it fights to be acknowledged."
"The first step in coping is not to fix it, but to get curious about it. Notice where it lives in your body. Notice when it tends to show up. Does it arrive when you are about to rest? When you start to speak your truth? When you imagine disappointing someone? These patterns are information. Meeting it with curiosity instead of judgment can begin to restore that sense of safety."
Anxiety presents through bodily sensations and escalating fearful thoughts, often pulling attention away from the present. Anxiety functions as communication from the nervous system, signaling unmet needs, misalignment, or unprocessed emotions. Fear of anxiety frequently leads to attempts to silence or hide it, which intensifies the signal. Observing where anxiety appears in the body and the situations that trigger it yields useful information. Approaching anxiety with curiosity rather than judgment creates internal safety and space to ask what is being protected. Over time, curiosity-based attention can transform anxiety into a guide for addressing underlying grief, fear, or care needs.
Read at Psychology Today
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