Coping skills not working when you’re anxious? This will help! [Video]

#shorts When we are in the middle of anxiety, it is so much harder to be use healthy coping skills. So, we need to practice them when we DON’T need them! This will create a habit or a type of muscle memory that will make the coping skill more accessible when we do need it. #anxietyrelief #copingstrategies #mentalhealth

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Transcript: “If you’re struggling to use coping skills when you feel anxious you need to do this: practice your coping skill when you don’t need it.

When your brain goes into an anxious state, you’re much less able to grab onto and remember to use healthy coping skills.

By practicing them when you don’t need them, you’re building muscle memory. So, you’re more likely to be able to access those coping skills when your brain has been hijacked by anxiety.”