01/15/2022
Let's chat a little about naming how we feel. There's something that gets said a lot in the self help space and that's "name it to tame it."
But here's what I've noticed. For people struggling with anxiety, sometimes they label every feeling as anxiety, instead of sadness, fear, anger, etc. Sometimes it all gets lumped into "I dunno, I just feel anxious."
Here's the downside, for most people struggling with anxiety, the feeling of anxiety is incredibly overwhelming.
And so labelling every emotion as anxiety keeps you stuck in that state of overwhelm, rather than working through the sadness, anger or whatever else is actually coming up for you.
So I challenge you to sit with the feeling and name it. And I'm not saying it isn't anxiety, it very well could be. But is there anything else there? Any other feelings that are getting swept under the rug?
Does this resonate with you? Let me know below 🤍