Coaching practices for Anxiety Attack at Work Caused by Colleague How to Handle

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Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?

• My boss keeps checking in and hovering over my work, and it makes me feel untrusted
• The voice in my head when I’m anxious is brutal
• I only ever try a new way to handle this once I’m already deep in a full-blown wave, and by then I’m too far gone to think
• The anxiety hits in the middle of a meeting or while I’m standing in line, and I can’t exactly close my eyes and name what I smell in front of everyone
• Before I can even start facing my fears head-on, I have to stop them ambushing me at every hour

Practices that may help

1. Send proactive, brief status updates
   Update your manager on important work before they ask — in the format and frequency they actually want.
   Managing Up: Practical Skills for Working with Your Boss
2. Balanced, compassionate self-talk
   Talk to yourself as you would to a friend — accurate and kind, not harsh or falsely cheery.
   The Anxiety Toolkit, Made Practical
3. Rehearse the response before you need it
   Learn and practice the four steps in low-stakes moments so they are available under pressure.
   The DARE Response to Anxiety, Made Practical
4. Use a 30-second micro-grounding version for public settings
   In public or meetings, a single-sense version — three named things you can see — takes 30 seconds and shows nothing.
   The 5-4-3-2-1 Grounding Technique
5. Worry stimulus control: confine worry to a designated time
   Schedule a 20-minute daily "worry period" and postpone all worry outside it.
   Worry Exposure, Made Practical
6. Use grounding before anxiety peaks, not after
   Start the technique at the first sign of anxiety — not once the wave is overwhelming.
   The 5-4-3-2-1 Grounding Technique
7. De-activation Strategies for Over-Arousal
   Use targeted techniques to reduce arousal when anxiety or over-activation is undermining performance.
   The Yerkes-Dodson Law: Finding Your Optimal Performance Zone
8. Make context-specific cards for your highest-trigger situations
   Generic cards help less than cards written for the exact situation where you need them — work, medical appointments, social events.
   The Coping Card
9. Run the full 5-4-3-2-1 sequence
   Work through all five senses in order: 5 things seen, 4 heard, 3 touched, 2 smelled, 1 tasted.
   The 5-4-3-2-1 Grounding Technique
10. Run toward the feeling
    Actively invite more of the anxiety rather than waiting nervously for it to pass.
    The DARE Response to Anxiety, Made Practical

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