482: Anxiety Relapse: What to do when anxiety comes back

This week we’re discussing what causes setbacks or relapses on the road to recovery from anxiety. And how to support yourself when anxiety flares up unexpectedly.

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Points covered in this episode:

What causes someone to experience an anxiety relapse?

Setbacks can come from surprising places (non-prescription medications, caffeine, alcohol, recreational drugs, change, illness, accumulated stress, environment, hormonal changes)

How can you best support yourself when you are having a set back? 

What helps?

The lifestyle adjustments, tools and techniques that can help you calm anxiety and get back on track.

What hinders?

The pitfalls of the mind that tell us it will always be this way, and nothing works.

How anxiety relapses provoke the fear of never being free from anxiety

The frustration and resentment we can feel towards our anxiety. 

Releasing the expectation that once we get over anxiety, we will never experience it again.

Anxiety is part of life. If we can learn to change our reaction to it, we can reduce the impact of flare ups. They become milder, shorter lived and less frightening. 

It's possible for anxiety relapse to be accepted and supported as a fairly minor event when we learn to lean in and focus on supporting ourself rather than freezing and resenting, or resisting.

The importance of recommitting to self care when you feel challenged by increased symptoms

Ananga shares a personal example of how she’s looking after an anxiety flare provoked by recent trauma.

How to contain anxiety flare ups and build a sense of triumph over adversity

We share our favourite practices for dropping adrenaline and increasing self-care during challenging times.

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