Charley

Urban

Cheese

Sand

British

Desk

Union

Boy

Big

Tool

Hello No problem at all! I’m really pleased to hear you have felt better recently. Exactly that, I view my anxiety as a part of me but it’s not who I am and does not define me and does not define you either!! Keep up the positive work! Wishing you the very best!

No problem at all I hope you are feeling better and feeling more confident in applying the above Take care of yourself xx

Milk

Brown

THIS!! Thoughts are NOT facts!! Don’t believe everything your mind tells you, you are not your thoughts/fantasies. You are above them. Approach your thoughts as an observer. Say that was an interesting thought, so what? Then carry on engaging in something outside your thoughts like an activity/chore/work and try and fully immerse yourself in that (mindfulness). The goal is not banishing the thoughts, just acting indifferently to them and your anxiety will exponentially decrease, providing you keep up your indifferent attitude. It will feel counter productive as your thoughts are screaming at you to be heard, but that’s all they are. Thoughts! How liberating is it to know we are NOT our thoughts/feelings/sensations!!!

Kind of. They both overlap very closely, both benefit from CBT. The worry diary exercise is more specifically used for GAD and disengaging from your thoughts/reframing benefits both. In my experience anyway