Coping Ahead is a brilliant tool that anyone can use--even if you don’t suffer from severe anxiety. We could all use a little help in preparing for stressful situations. Over the years, I have developed a routine of how I cope ahead. You can use the Cope Ahead skills when you are headed into any situation that you know might cause you any kind of negative emotion. Here is how it’s done.
Read MoreA panic attack is the body’s natural and normal response to threat. In the olden days of yore, human’s greatest threats were survival related: “Is that bear going to eat me,” “Will I starve if I don’t find food,” “I will freeze and die without fire,” etc. These days, we aren’t faced with dangers like bear-attacks or running from a herd of antelope. (ok, maybe some of us are, I don’t know your life.) So our brains start to attach this same-level threat to non-life-threatening experiences.
Read MoreOne of the first steps in dealing with Anxiety is understanding and identifying our unhelpful thinking patterns. Many of us, without realizing it, have automatic thoughts in response to both stressful and non-stressful situations that influence the way we feel about the experience. Often, these thoughts are negative, and put us down an anxious path (or as I like to call it, a fuck-spiral).
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