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When Your Mind Won't Stop: A Gentle Practice for Unhooking from Anxious Thoughts
Anxiety often comes with a very busy mind. It may sound like planning. Or problem-solving. Or preparing. Or reviewing every possible thing that could go wrong and then reviewing the review, just in case the first review missed something important. Anxious thoughts can be incredibly convincing. They tend to arrive with urgency, as if the mind has just discovered an emergency meeting and everyone is required to attend immediately. Preferably at 2:00 a.m. The trouble is that anx

Janet Nash, MSW, LISW-S
Jul 75 min read
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