What to Do for High Functioning Anxiety? 10 Coaching Practices to Try
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Practices that may help
- 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 - Productive Problem-Solving vs. Worry
Distinguish solvable worries — which need a plan — from hypothetical ones — which need acceptance or defusion.
Worry Time: Containing Anxiety With Scheduled Worry - 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. - 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 - 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 - 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 - Map your safety-behavior inventory
List every action you take to prevent feared outcomes in anxiety-provoking situations.
Safety Behavior Fading, Made Practical - 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 - 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 - 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
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 treat every single worry like a problem demanding a solution, so I build elaborate contingency plans for things that haven’t even happened and probably never will, and it leaves me wrung out
- 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
- I spend my days bracing for the next wave of it, scanning my body, dreading the moment it shows up
- 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
Related concerns
- What To Do On High Anxiety Days
Learn and practice the four steps in low-stakes moments so they are available under pressure.
Rehearse the response before you need it
- Whats Good To Do When You Have Anxiety
Once the edge comes off, redirect attention fully into an activity or your surroundings.
Engage with the present moment
- How I Deal With Anxiety
Actively invite more of the anxiety rather than waiting nervously for it to pass.
Run toward the feeling
- How I Deal With My Anxiety
Actively invite more of the anxiety rather than waiting nervously for it to pass.
- How I Dealt With Anxiety
Once the edge comes off, redirect attention fully into an activity or your surroundings.
- How To Deal With Anxiety At Home
Once the edge comes off, redirect attention fully into an activity or your surroundings.
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