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The Secret to Silencing Anxiety

Anxiety can be triggered in high-stress situations that produce a sense of uncertainty. When anxiety sets in, a fight-or-flight response occurs, resulting in behavioral changes. It's common for people with anxiety to avoid situations that provoke high-stress or uneasiness. Whether...

How to Cope with Anxiety in College

When I first moved to college, I noticed a steady increase in my anxiety. Leaving the comfort of my own home and moving away to a brand new city, I was anxious about so many things: making friends, passing my...

Scared Speechless: How I Overcame Social Anxiety

What is social anxiety? Social anxiety is a chronic mental health condition in which social interactions cause irrational anxiety. For people with this disorder, everyday social interactions cause heightened anxiety, fear, self-consciousness, and embarrassment. I was in tenth grade when...

Rating Anxiety Relief Tools on a Scale of 1-5

When I was in my junior year of high school, I was diagnosed with Generalized Anxiety Disorder. For years, I had always exhibited common behaviors of anxiety, such as excessive worrying, difficulty concentrating, restlessness, panic attacks, etc. However, when I...

Better than a Vision Board: Why Everyone Needs an Illustrated Discovery Journal

At the start of 2021, one of the New Year's resolutions I wrote for myself was to engage in more acts of self-care. If you couldn’t tell from one of my past articles (linked here) I’m kind of a big...