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Solving Actual Problems (Instead of Just Coping Skills) - Break the Anxiety Cycle 26/30
Sometimes anxiety isn't the problem. It's the smoke alarm. Go find the fire. 🔥
Who it's for
Much self-help treats anxiety only as a symptom to calm down, which can feel invalidating when life really is hard.
Feelings it meets
What it is
In lesson 26 of her 30-part Break the Anxiety Cycle series, licensed marriage and family therapist Emma McAdam (Therapy in a Nutshell) argues that anxiety is often a messenger about real stressors rather than only a symptom to calm. She opens with a story shared by a woman whose severe anxiety persisted despite many techniques and eased after she left an abusive marriage.
Where to find it
YouTube, official Therapy in a Nutshell channel (free). Companion post at therapyinanutshell.com/solving-actual-problems.
Before you start
Heads up: May reference domestic abuse.
Age: Ages 14+
Sit still my heart, do not raise your dust. Let the world find its way to you.Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds, no. 190
