Can you actually Heal from Anxiety?

Can you actually heal from anxiety? This is one of the most common questions I'm asked. In order to answer that, we have to know what anxiety is and what anxiety isn't. Let's start with what happens to the body when you experience so called anxiety. Biologically, what's happening when you feel anxious is you're going into something called autonomic arousal. You may have heard this described as fight, flight, freeze. In this state, your heart will beat faster, your blood pressure may increase, you breathe faster, and your body reroutes blood from your extremities to the runaway muscles. And so you might notice that you feel a little numb and tingling in your fingertips or your nose. So first, let's.

Notice all of these sensations and.

Say that you're about to do something really.

Exciting like run a race or a marathon.

You're excited, you're geared up, your heart is racing, you're breathing harder, all of the blood is going to run away. Muscles, you're ready. But next, let's say that this happens in the context of you sitting in a board meeting. The same chemical and biological processes are going through your brain which is assigning it meaning and context. Meaning in context is what causes anxiety. This completely natural biological response suddenly feels dangerous. But what would happen if you understood what those bodily signals meant and what you could do about it? That, my friends, is to be panic proof and to be free from anxiety.

Anxiety is.

Data, and.

That data can give you power to actually and truly heal. I want to show how. Check out the Holistic Wellness Collective in the link in the bio.