Anxiety & Mood

What To Do During The Worry Hour To Actively Handle Anxiety

Today’s post continues with how to use the worry hour in order to reduce anxiety as well as get more positive feelings, less intense negative feelings and more adaptive behavioural responses. This post continues with what to do during the worry hour, more specifically how to analyse your thoughts. During the worry hour write down…

Anxiety & Mood

What To Do During The Worry-Hour

Anxiety can be triggered by thoughts concerning various fears. Today’s post continues on the 3d step in therapy, which is about handling challenging thoughts using the worry hour. The worry-hour can create less anxiety, more positive feelings, less intense negative feelings and more adaptive behavioural responses. Worry and rumination create stress hormones as well as…

Anxiety & Mood

How To Handle Stressful & Anxiety-Provoking Thoughts

In Cognitive behavioural therapy, CBT, the common view is that anxiety is triggered by anxiety inducing thoughts concerning various fears. Today’s post continues on the 3d step in traditional CBT, which is about creating an alternative response to your thoughts in previous exercises, which in turn likely can create less anxiety and other, more positive…

Anxiety & Mood

More About The Worry-Hour For Handling Anxiety & Stress

In Cognitive behavioural therapy, CBT, the common view is that anxiety is triggered by anxiety inducing thoughts concerning various fears. Today’s post continues on the 3d step in traditional CBT, which is about creating an alternative response to your thoughts in previous exercises, which in turn likely can create less anxiety and other, more positive…

Anxiety & Mood

Use the Worry-Hour To Make Less Room For Anxiety & Stress

In Cognitive behavioural therapy, CBT, the common view is that anxiety is triggered by anxiety inducing thoughts concerning various fears. Today’s post continues on the 3d step in traditional CBT, which is about creating an alternative response to your thoughts in previous exercises, which in turn likely can create less anxiety and other, more positive…

Anxiety & Mood

More About The 3d Step In CBT: Reduce Anxiety By Challenging Thoughts

In Cognitive behavioural therapy, CBT, the common view is that anxiety is triggered by anxiety inducing thoughts concerning various fears. Today’s post continues on the 3d step in traditional CBT, which is about creating an alternative response to your thoughts in previous exercises, which in turn likely can create other, more positive and/or less intense…

Anxiety & Mood

The 3d Step in CBT: Challenge Your Anxiety Provoking Thoughts

In Cognitive behavioural therapy, CBT, the common view is that anxiety is triggered by thoughts concerning various fears. The 3d step in traditional CBT is about creating an alternative response to your thoughts in previous exercises, which in turn more likely can create other, more positive and/or less intense feelings as well as other more…

Anxiety & Mood

The 2d Step In Cognitive Therapy – Identify The Trigger

In Cognitive behavioural therapy, CBT, the common view is that anxiety is triggered by anxiety inducing thoughts concerning various fears. The second step in traditional CBT is to be aware of your thoughts and the feelings they contribute to as well as what situation that triggered them. A trigger is something that happened and/or something…

Anxiety & Mood

About the Importance Of Noticing The Level Of Well-being As A 1st Step In Handling Anxiety

In cognitive behavioural therapy, CBT, the common view is that anxiety is triggered by anxiety inducing thoughts concerning various fears. In the following posts I will go through the usual steps for treating this. A common first step in traditional CBT is to become aware of how you are doing, your level of well-being at…

Anxiety & Mood | Feelings

Important Techniques For Reducing Strong Anxiety & Feelings

Today’s post continues with strategies for reducing stronger anxiety and strong emotions as well. Try this: 1.Notice that you have anxiety or a specific feeling by naming it 2.Identify where you notice the anxiety or the feeling in the body and how strong it is on a scale 1 = barely noticeable to 10 =…