A short YouTube #shorts by Dr. Nicole Cain offering brief, spoken affirmations and phrases to say when experiencing thought anxiety. The video lists sample self-statements (e.g., "I am not my thoughts," "This feeling will pass," "My anxiety and panic cannot hurt me") and explains that anxious thoughts aim to create rigidity and protection. Dr. Cain encourages facing anxious thoughts directly ("what we deny will amplify") and asks viewers to share what helps them in the comments.
Chapters
Do you have thought anxiety? In this video, I'm going to teach you what to say to your anxious mind. Hi, I'm Dr. Nicole Cain and my passion is to help you become your own mental health expert. So let's talk about what to say to an anxious mind when you have thought anxiety. I am not my thoughts. This feeling will pass. My brain is thinking. That's what it does. Just because I have a thought doesn't make it reality. I'm a little revved right now, but I'm okay. Anxious thoughts are my anxious brain's attempt to create rigidity in a feeling of being out of control. My anxiety and panic cannot hurt me. Thinking is a habit that I learned a long time ago. It's trying to protect me and help me be aware and analytical and hypervigilant. But I'm not in the past and I'm safe and I have resources that I didn't have in the past. Speaking directly to your anxious mind can help create calm and peace. Because remember, what we deny will amplify and what we resist will persist. So one of the first steps to healing from thought anxiety is to face those thoughts head on. What helps your thought anxiety? Let me know in the comments below.