Your life outside of anxiety

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00:00Life has good stuff and it has bad stuff.

00:04And when we're really struggling with anxiety,

00:07we can often only see the anxiety, everything feels bad.

00:11And we tend to forget that there was a time

00:14when we didn't feel this bad and things were more manageable

00:17and that therefore suggests that there will be a time in the future

00:23when again things aren't as bad and things feel much more manageable,

00:26good, life is enjoyable.

00:29So it's really important to remember

00:32when we are having a really hard time with anxiety,

00:35when we are in that really dark place,

00:37that anxiety is only one portion of our life.

00:40Even if it's trying to take over everything,

00:43it's just one slice and there are other things

00:45that are really important to us in life.

00:48So these might be things like loved ones,

00:51our friends and family, our work, our volunteering,

00:55hobbies, activities, doing art.

00:58These things are really useful because they anchor us through the dark times.

01:02Even when we're really struggling,

01:04if we can find the energy to just engage a little bit of this

01:08and give ourselves a little bit of a break

01:10and just remind ourselves that anxiety isn't our entire life,

01:14then that can be really useful.

01:16It can help us come through the dark times faster

01:20because we've kind of got something dragging us back to normality.

01:25So if you'd like some homework from this short video,

01:28here's what I want you to do.

01:30I want you to write down some things you like about yourself,

01:34some strengths or things that you're really good at,

01:38things that you like to do,

01:40and things that are important to you.

01:42So what do you like about yourself and what's good about you?

01:46What are you good at?

01:48What things do you like to do?

01:50What things are really important to you

01:52that even when you're struggling, you keep going with?

01:55Having these kind of anchor points can really be useful

01:58because when you're recognizing,

02:00actually, I'm really struggling here,

02:02you'll have this kind of pre-made list of,

02:05okay, here are some things I enjoy doing, I'm good at,

02:08that are important to me that I can engage with

02:11to bring that sense of normality back

02:14so I can connect with the here and now,

02:16I can connect with the people around me

02:18and remind myself that anxiety isn't my entire life,

02:22and there was a time before this where I felt okay,

02:25and there will be a time again when I'm feeling okay too.

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