#anxiety-management

#anxiety-management

Early in my career, I found conferences to be so overwhelming that I'd sometimes just hide in the bathroom, go into an anxious spiral of fear and guilt, and then try to convince myself to get out and talk to at least one person. Watching how other people seemed to enjoy these events and easily talk to everyone made me think something was wrong with me.

My first is to work with a therapist on techniques to manage stress while driving. Something I struggled with at first was my arms and shoulders tensing up, which made steering feel both difficult and nerve-wracking, and also made it genuinely harder to do. The second is a little weirder. But if I could point to the one thing that successfully got me on the road, it's honestly this one.

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.