The experience of having anxiety is not pleasant. A racing heart, frantic thoughts, sweaty palms, and stomach pains are just a few of the uncomfortable symptoms felt when anxiety is activated in the body. The mental and physical experience of anxiety is so uncomfortable that we quite often think of it as our enemy and
When Anxiety Attacks
What are safety behaviours and why do we use them? Anxiety is a very natural, but very uncomfortable feeling. To prevent ourselves from experiencing anxiety, we often implement behaviours we think will keep our fears from coming true and help us feel more comfortable in situations we are anxious about. If we think a situation