Anxiety Cycles

Anxiety is uncomfortable. Anxiety can includes uncomfortable feelings and thoughts. This makes us want to avoid it and ignore it. When we do that we get some short term relief, however, in the long run our anxiety grows. A pattern to combat this cycle is when anxiety comes to find ways to accept and embrace the uncomfortable feelings. Doing this is uncomfortable and increases short term discomfort. The benefit is that in the long term our anxiety is a little bit more manageable.