Coaching practices for How to Get Over Anxiety

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

• Even once the worst of it passes, I can’t get back into the room
• I’ve got all these little rules that keep me okay
• I spend my days bracing for the next wave of it, scanning my body, dreading the moment it shows up
• I keep asking the people around me "are you sure it’s fine?" over and over
• I always wait until I’m already in full panic to try to calm down, and by then it’s too far gone for anything to work

Practices that may help

1. 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
2. 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
3. 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
4. Fade reassurance-seeking
   Gradually reduce how often you seek reassurance from others that the feared thing won't happen.
   Safety Behavior Fading, Made Practical
5. 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
6. 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
7. 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
8. Build an avoidance hierarchy and work through it systematically
   List all the situations you avoid because of anxiety, from least to most frightening, then work up the list.
   Safety Behavior Fading, Made Practical
9. Counter-Conditioning and Systematic Desensitization
   Systematic desensitization, developed by Joseph Wolpe, pairs gradual exposure to a feared stimulus with a competing relaxation response, weakening the conditioned fear association over repeated trials. It has strong clinical support for phobias and anxiety disorders, though it requires consistent practice and the gains can narrow when the feared situation is complex or involves social evaluation.
10. The Anxiety Toolkit, Made Practical
    A practical anxiety toolkit pulls together a handful of evidence-informed skills — grounding, breathing, interoceptive awareness, behavioral experiments, and balanced self-talk — so you have the right tool for the moment instead of one move for every situation. Several of these rest on solid clinical and experimental support. They are self-help skills for everyday stress and anxiety; for severe or persistent anxiety, use them alongside professional care.

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