Coaching practices for How to Cope with Separation Anxiety
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Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?
- I’ve got all these little rules that keep me okay
- Even once the worst of it passes, I can’t get back into the room
- I keep asking the people around me "are you sure it’s fine?" over and over
- We leave and come home with barely a glance
- I can only handle the scary situation if I’ve got my little crutch
Practices that may help
- Drop the safety behaviors
Let go of the small avoidances and crutches you use to feel "safe" from anxiety.
The DARE Response to Anxiety, Made Practical - Engage with the present moment
Once the edge comes off, redirect attention fully into an activity or your surroundings.
The DARE Response to Anxiety, Made Practical - Fade reassurance-seeking
Gradually reduce how often you seek reassurance from others that the feared thing won't happen.
Safety Behavior Fading, Made Practical - Ritualize hellos and goodbyes
Make greetings and departures a deliberate, warm full-stop rather than background noise.
Secure-Functioning Relationships - Gradually drop safety behaviors
Safety behaviors (a phone, a companion, a pill) reduce distress in the moment but prevent the learning that exposure is meant to produce.
The Fear Ladder: Graded Exposure Made Practical - Fade reliance on a support person
Gradually enter feared situations with decreasing support from a person who has been a source of safety.
Safety Behavior Fading, Made Practical - Notice and soften avoidant deactivation
For avoidant patterns, catch the urge to withdraw and stay engaged a little longer.
Attachment Theory, Made Usable - Apply defusion to reassurance-seeking urges
When you feel the urge to check or seek reassurance, defuse the urge itself, not just the content.
Defusion from Anxious Thoughts - 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 - Regulate the anxious protest response
For anxious activation, soothe the alarm before acting on the urge to pursue or test.
Attachment Theory, Made Usable
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