Coaching practices for Anxiety Physiology Education
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Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?
- Right before I go on, my heart’s pounding, my hands are shaking, my mind’s gone tunnel-narrow and blank
- Right before something that matters my heart pounds and my hands buzz, and I read all of it as a warning to back out
- My anxiety lives in my body
- Right before the thing I have to do, my heart is pounding and my hands are shaky, and I read that racing as proof I’m not cut out for this
- My anxiety spikes so fast and over so little that I’m tired of just putting out fires
Practices that may help
- 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 - Reappraise discomfort as a signal of engagement
Interpreting physiological arousal as excitement rather than threat changes its effect on performance.
Embracing Discomfort: Turning Resistance Into Growth - Exercise to lower anxiety
Use movement to discharge physical arousal and recalibrate the alarm system.
Exercise for Mental Health - Reinterpret physiological arousal as readiness, not threat
Anxiety before a challenging task is physiologically identical to excitement — the label you apply determines whether it helps or hurts.
Social Cognitive Theory - Improve CO2 tolerance to reduce anxiety sensitivity
The 7-count hold in 4-7-8 builds CO2 tolerance — a key factor in anxiety reactivity and panic thresholds.
4-7-8 Breathing, Made Practical - Recalibrate arousal as readiness, not threat
Reinterpret pre-performance anxiety as energy and readiness rather than evidence of inadequacy.
Mastery Experiences - Addressing mental tension through the body
Recognize that anxious thinking produces detectable muscle tension — and reducing that tension can ease the thought spiral.
Edmund Jacobson’s Progressive Relaxation, Made Practical - Learn the physiology of anxiety: why sensations are harmless
Understand why racing hearts, dizziness, and shortness of breath cannot cause the catastrophe you fear.
The Clark Panic Model, Made Practical - Add interoceptive rungs for bodily fear
If you fear the physical sensations of anxiety itself, include exposures that deliberately induce them.
The Fear Ladder: Graded Exposure Made Practical - Reappraise anxiety as excitement before high-stakes performance
Tell yourself "I’m excited" rather than "I’m nervous" — the physiology is the same, the performance effect is not.
Choking Under Pressure, Made Practical
Related concerns
- Anxiety Reappraisal Performance
Reinterpret physiological arousal as excitement rather than anxiety — they share the same physiology.
Arousal Reappraisal: "I’m Excited, Not Anxious"
- Anxiety To Excitement Sport Psychology
Tell yourself "I’m excited" rather than "I’m nervous" — the physiology is identical; the label changes performance.
Reappraise physiological arousal as activation, not anxiety
- Get Excited Anxiety
Tell yourself "I’m excited" rather than "I’m nervous" — the physiology is identical; the label changes performance.
- Acute Exercise Anxiety
Use movement to discharge physical arousal and recalibrate the alarm system.
Exercise to lower anxiety
- Anxiety As Performance Fuel
Use targeted techniques to reduce arousal when anxiety or over-activation is undermining performance.
De-activation Strategies for Over-Arousal
- Anxiety To Excitement Reappraisal
Reinterpret physiological arousal as excitement rather than anxiety — they share the same physiology.
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