A Teen Survival Guide , How to Parent Your Anxious Toddler, Social Skills Activities for Kids and It’s Brave to Be Kind. One of the most important quotes I’ve ever read came from the folk singer Joan Baez: “Action is the antidote to anxiety. I recently bought a self-help book for anxiety and one of the first things I read was that exact statement.

I know it’s a battle just getting out of the house, but when you’re there, it distracts you and helps you feel loved. If you are also someone who struggles with any form of anxiety… I see you and I am here to tell you that you’re a freakin' champion.Setting periodic reminders to interrupt your thoughts and help you identify if you’re sucking your tongue. A good place to start if one is dealing with anxiety, but there are many more nuances than the author talks about. As dire and overwhelming as such attacks feel, they nevertheless can be controlled—even while they’re happening.

Anxiety requires active treatment; otherwise it constricts life and tends to become a chronic condition. Don’t throw your medicine out, and certainly don’t rule out talking to your doctor about potentially taking anti-anxiety medicines; but just know that anxiety is best treated by multiple approaches.As a parent, I found it very helpful to understand what my anxious kids are doing through and will be gifting them a copy to read. You may feel self-conscious about your tongue sucking since it’s often a habit you’re unaware that you’re doing. Seriously, after all the clinical jargon has been used up, after all the explanations in the world give us a scientific answer for why we are feeling anxious, at the end of the day, anxiety just sucks. I love the way the author has broken it down into small bits, making it easier to process and think about. You would think it was obvious that I was dealing with anxiety, but you have to remember that in the eighties and nineties, we did not talk about mental health like we do now.

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It would make me feel (and still does sometimes) like I couldn’t leave the house, like I wasn’t capable of anything, like everyone was against me, like I wasn’t good enough, the list goes on. The engaging, easy-to-keep up with approach is so helpful for not only those who struggle with anxiety but for friends and family as well.