@drjulie: 👉Important advice I teach people in therapy. So many of us have been taught to see anxiety as the problem. But it is just information. Sometimes information is right. Sometimes it is wrong. And sometimes it only appears to be wrong because it’s pointing toward the wrong threat. Let me explain. We can feel anxious when there is something to fear. We can feel anxious when we are safe but perceive a threat to be bigger than it is. And we can feel anxious because the brain and body have a bunch of needs that aren’t being met. This means, if you feel anxious on the regular, it is always worth looking at your life more widely. In therapy we call that a formulation. In my experience, once you do that work to understand the picture as a whole, everything that previously felt confusing, suddenly makes complete sense. For more on all of this, the link is in my bio for Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before? Which includes an Anxiety Action Plan.

Dr Julie | Psychologist

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