#anxiety-management

#anxiety-management

My two cents is that I try to look as inward as I'm looking outward. When I'm anxious or scared, I try to cut back on the caffeine and other stuff. Understand that going straightedge and sober is a weapon and shield in the fight for reality. It's an assertion of independence and responsibility for the health of the community.

Dr. David H. Rosmarin will lead a session at TechCrunch All Stage 2025 on transforming anxiety from a liability into a strategic advantage for startup founders.

The 5-4-3-2-1 coping technique helps ground you by encouraging you to identify your surroundings with your senses, helping regulate anxiety and stress.

For starters, it has been linked to decreased fertility and blood clots.

Ineffective coping strategies, such as avoidance and rumination, can trap individuals in anxiety cycles, making situations feel worse instead of more manageable.

Even brief moments of self-regulation can interrupt reactive patterns and activate the more thoughtful, compassionate parts of our brain.

Anxiety tends to build up because people carry it on from their day...and the anxieties of the day before follow them over the next day, and it kind of snowballs.