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5 Powerful Techniques to Stop Anxiety & Overthinking (From "Anxiety is the Enemy")
9th December 2024 • The Path to Calm • Nick Trenton
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00:00:54 GUIDED IMAGERY.

00:06:36 METAPHORIZE YOUR ANXIETY.

00:12:53 TALK ABOUT YOURSELF IN THIRD PERSON.

00:18:28 ROLE-PLAYING.

00:25:11 HAVE AN ALTER EGO.

Anxiety is the Enemy: 29 Techniques to Combat Overthinking, Stress,

Panic, and Pressure (Mental and Emotional Abundance Book 16) By: Nick

Trenton


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Feeling overwhelmed by constant worry and negative thoughts? You're not

alone! Anxiety is a major struggle for many people, but there's hope!


In this video, we'll dive into Chapter 4 of Nick Trenton's acclaimed

book "Anxiety is the Enemy" and explore 5 powerful techniques that can

help you silence your inner critic and overcome anxiety:


The First Step is Seeing It: Learn to identify the patterns of your

anxiety and take control of your thoughts.

Guided Imagery: Discover how visualization can create a peaceful

haven for your mind and body.

Metaphorize Your Anxiety: Turn your anxiety into a manageable image

and watch it shrink in your mind's eye.

Talk About Yourself in Third Person: Gain a new perspective and

distance yourself from negative self-talk.

Role-Playing & Alter Ego: Step into a confident persona and

learn to act "as if" anxiety doesn't exist.

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Anxiety is the Enemy:

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29 Techniques to Combat Overthinking,

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Stress,

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Panic,

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and Pressure (Mental and Emotional Abundance Book 16)

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Written by

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Nick Trenton

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Narrated by Russell Newton.

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The thing about “seeing” it in

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visualization is that you are already

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an expert at it!

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When you stress and ruminate and worry,

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visualization is exactly what you’re

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doing.

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You are creating distressing mental

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pictures that then cause an adverse

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reaction in your body.

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So,

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why not use this ability your brain

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already possesses and put it to better

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use?

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In this chapter,

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we’re looking at scientifically

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proven ways to use the power of your

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imagination to calm anxiety,

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gain psychological distance,

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and learn to exteriorize your

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experience.

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GUIDED IMAGERY .

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Guided imagery is a straightforward

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stress management tool that helps you

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relax.

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You simply imagine,

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in vivid detail,

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peaceful settings or situations.

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Right now,

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try to think of a super sour lemon in

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great detail.

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Imagine yourself biting into one.

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Do this for long enough and you’ll

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start to salivate!

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It’s the same with guided imagery.

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When it comes to stress and relaxation,

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your brain cannot tell the difference

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between imagined and real.

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So when you imagine peaceful things,

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your body responds physically and

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releases feel-good hormones.

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This is why guided imagery has been

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associated with reduced stress and

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better relaxation.

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A study published in 2014 (Menzies et.

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al.,

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Journal of Behavioral Medicine)

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took women suffering from fibromyalgia

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and put them into two groups.

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One group did guided imagery exercises

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every day for ten weeks,

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while the other group didn’t.

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At the end of the ten-week period,

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the women who did the guided imagery

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reported significant drops in their

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pain,

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stress,

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fatigue,

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and depression levels.

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Another study (Patricolo et. al.,

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2017)

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did something similar,

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but compared the effects of guided

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imagery with those of clinical massage.

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The participants were patients in a

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progressive care unit.

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The results?

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Thirty minutes of guided imagery had

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the same effect on the participants as

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fifteen minutes of therapeutic massage.

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Guided imagery has also been shown to

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reduce pain,

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improve sleep quality,

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relieve fatigue,

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and improve depression.

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Practicing guided imagery is easy,

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and there are so many ways to do it.

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You can try it when you wake up,

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before you sleep,

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or as part of a yoga practice or

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meditation session.

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You can use an audio recording or app

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to help you,

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make your own recording,

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or be creative and guide yourself.

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Take a look at YouTube or download one

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of the countless apps now available.

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The general process goes as follows -

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•Sit somewhere quiet and get

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comfortable.

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Close your eyes and relax your

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breathing.

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•You could start with any breathing

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exercise you like or do a little

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stretching to loosen your muscles.

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•Now,

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in your mind’s eye,

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take the time to imagine a peaceful,

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relaxing place.

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Your imagination is the limit - you

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could visualize an epic and serene

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mountain range in the snow,

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a heavenly garden with a palace made of

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crystal at its center,

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or a cozy library with a warm crackling

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fire in the corner.

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You could also think of a place from

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your memory.

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don’t rush.

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In as vivid detail as possible,

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imagine all the elements of this scene

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using all five senses.

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The smell of the sea breeze.

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The sound of children laughing.

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The sight of sunlight glittering

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through the tops of the trees

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...Don’t forget to imagine how you

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feel in this place,

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too.

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What are you wearing?

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What are you doing and thinking?

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•How you interact with this scene is

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up to you.

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You can walk through a path you create

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in your imagination,

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or simply imagine yourself at the

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center of a tranquil picture and notice

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what comes and goes.

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Some people imagine an enormous healing

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pool with a stone staircase that lowers

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you step by step into the magical water.

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Others imagine a stately museum that

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they browse through room by room.

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•As you sink into your visualization,

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keep your breathing slow and regular

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and let go of any ideas of what you

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should be doing.

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Your only goal is to indulge in the

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relaxation you are creating for

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yourself.

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•When you’re done,

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take a deep breath,

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stretch,

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and open your eyes.

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As you can see,

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there’s plenty of leeway for you to

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make guided imagery your own.

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It’s a good idea,

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though,

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to make sure you won’t be disturbed

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(i.e.,

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turn your phone to silent!)

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and wear comfy clothing.

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If imagining scenes is difficult at

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first,

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don’t worry—you will get better

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with practice.

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You may find it helpful to first study

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images and photographs of gorgeous

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locations.

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Then close your eyes and imagine

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you’re really there.

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What else can you see when you explore

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just outside the frame?

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You can use audio recordings and

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prompts at first,

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but you may find you’re able to go

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deeper once you take your time and

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create your own mental image.

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One great thing to do is create a

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mental sanctuary that you can

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repeatedly return to.

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In a way,

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this place acts like a “mental

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anchor” as we explored earlier.

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Your body and mind come to associate

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this place with deep relaxation.

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Every time you “visit,” you can add

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another little detail.

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Why not combine mantras with your

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imagery?

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This way,

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even if you don’t have time to go

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into a full visualization session,

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you can evoke some of the associated

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emotions just by reciting your mantra.

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For example,

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in a stressful moment during the day,

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you can close your eyes,

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take a deep breath,

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and say,

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“Cool wet grass,” to remind you of

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your inner safe space.

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It’s amazing how suggestible your

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brain can be,

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and how quickly you can change your

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emotional state!

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METAPHORIZE YOUR ANXIETY. .

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One way to improve your relationship

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with anxiety is through metaphors.

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When we use metaphors,

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we gain psychological distance between

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us and what’s bothering us.

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We become observers of our feelings

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rather than slaves to them.

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Your brain really is an amazing organ,

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and with a little prompting,

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you can use it to completely reshape

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your experience and the relationship

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you have with your anxiety.

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In fact,

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the idea of having a “relationship

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with anxiety” is itself a metaphor!

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It’s a metaphor that helps you see

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anxiety as something that can be

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understood and collaborated with.

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Metaphors can help us see new

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perspectives.

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Here are a few more useful ones -

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Clouds in the sky.

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The Buddhist conception of anxiety (and

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all sensation and thought)

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is that they are like clouds moving

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across a sky.

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We are the sky—blue,

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depthless,

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eternal.

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But the weather is always changing.

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It comes,

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it goes.

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Anxiety is like this.

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It comes and it goes.

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When we explore this metaphor,

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we start to see anxiety not as a

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problem to solve but as something as

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harmless and fleeting as passing clouds.

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Do you get angry at clouds?

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Do you fight against them or twist

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yourself into a knot figuring out how

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to “solve” them?

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They don’t need to be solved.

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They come,

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and then they go.

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New perspective - Even if right now you

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are anxious,

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it doesn’t mean you always will be.

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You can embrace what is.

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You don’t have to fight with it.

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Waves in the ocean.

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Founder of Mindfulness Based Stress

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Reduction (MBSR)

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Jon Kabat-Zinn once said,

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“You can’t stop the waves,

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but you can learn to surf."

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New perspective - We can’t control

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anxiety.

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But we can roll with it.

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We are able to cope with anything that

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comes our way.

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Trains on a platform.

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You are the station,

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and thoughts arrive as trains,

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each one taking you to a different

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destination.

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There are a lot of trains,

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and the chaos and noise can be

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overwhelming,

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but remember - you only have to board

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one at a time,

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and you can choose which train you hop

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on.

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New perspective - Just because a

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thought is there doesn’t mean I have

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to “board” it and follow where it

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goes.

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I can watch it come and leave the

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station without me on it!

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A grumpy two-year-old.

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Your anxiety isn’t a fearsome demon

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set out to torture you for all eternity.

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It’s just an annoying but completely

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manageable two-year-old who will calm

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down eventually.

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You can’t ignore a tantrum,

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but you know that getting upset won’t

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fix anything.

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Just talk kindly and patiently with the

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two-year-old and wait for the drama to

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pass.

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Forgive the anxiety—it’s just

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afraid and overwhelmed.

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It’s doing its best.

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Whenever your brain starts getting

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carried away with “what if”

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thoughts,

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understand that you are occupying a

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particular perspective.

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Change that perspective a little and

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things won’t seem as threatening.

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You could imagine your anxiety as a

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tornado (crazy on the inside but

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relatively calm if you just step out of

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the center)

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or a box of worries that you can open

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at will or store away somewhere safe

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when you’re tired of worrying.

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You could imagine that you have a soul

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bank account filled with life units,

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and every time you worry,

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you spend one unit of life that you

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could have spent on something that

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could make you happy instead.

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Whichever metaphor you go with,

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it should be something that really

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speaks to you in a meaningful way.

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When you notice yourself drifting off

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into a “sea of anxiety,” call up

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the image of waves (or ripples in a

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pond?).

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When you notice that critical and

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negative self-talk dominating your

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thoughts,

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imagine a little dial that you can turn

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to lower the volume so you can hear the

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rest of life.

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Try the “leaves on a stream

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exercise” One potent

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visualization/metaphor exercise is

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called “leaves on a stream."

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This is a “cognitive defusion”

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technique that is used in A. C. T.

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—Action Commitment Therapy—and is

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designed to help you get distance from

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uncomfortable or overwhelming feelings.

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The shift in perspective is similar to

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the one we achieve when we metaphorize

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our anxiety - we realize,

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“I am having thoughts,

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but I am not my thoughts."

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Here's how to do this simple practice.

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•First,

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sit comfortably somewhere you won’t

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be disturbed,

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breathing deeply (you know the drill!).

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•Next,

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picture yourself sitting beside a

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tranquil flowing stream.

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In this stream are some fallen leaves

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peacefully floating by ...

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•As a thought pops into your mind,

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see it there,

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pick it up,

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and place it gently onto a passing leaf.

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Watch it float by out of your field of

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vision as the stream flows on.

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•Do this with ALL your thoughts.

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Stressful,

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neutral,

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blissful.

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Put them all on the leaves and watch

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them go.

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Now,

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you’re not trying to dispose of

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thoughts or get rid of them.

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You’re not rushing the stream along

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or trying to slow it.

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If you have a thought like,

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“This stream exercise is dumb,”

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then simply pick that up,

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too,

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and put it on a leaf.

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If you think,

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“I’m really doing well with

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this,” then yes,

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you guessed it,

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put it on a leaf too.

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Easy.

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If your mind wanders and you get

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sidetracked,

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it’s no big deal.

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Just come back to your task with the

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leaves and carry on without admonishing

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yourself or feeling bad.

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TALK ABOUT YOURSELF IN THIRD PERSON. .

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Why does talking to other people about

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our worries make us feel better?

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Even if the problem isn’t solved,

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we still feel some relief.

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What helps may simply be the fact that

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talking about our problems is a way to

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externalize and abstract our worry,

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putting some distance between it and

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ourselves.

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The great thing is,

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though,

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that you don’t have to literally talk

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to a friend to experience these

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benefits.

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If you can learn to talk about yourself

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in third person,

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you still achieve that sense of

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distance and objectivity.

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This is yet another way we can switch

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perspective and gain some relief from

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rumination and worry.

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What happens when you switch your point

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of view and think of yourself as a

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friend would think of you?

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What would happen if you spoke to

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yourself as if you were speaking to

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someone you knew (who had your name and

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all your problems)

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and who was asking for your help and

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advice?

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A study published in 2017 in Scientific

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Reports by professor of psychology

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Jason Moser and his colleagues asked

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these very questions.

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The researchers found that talking

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about yourself as though you were

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someone else can help you relieve

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strong negative emotions.

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All you have to do is stop using

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“I” statements and instead use

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“he,” “she,” or “you."

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So,

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instead of saying,

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“I’m having a panic attack,” you

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say,

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“She’s having a panic attack,”

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or,

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“Anna is having a panic attack."

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It doesn’t seem like that big of a

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deal,

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but Moser’s research shows that when

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people do this,

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they self-report lower levels of

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anxiety.

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Again,

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we see the power of psychological

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distance.

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“By using your own name,

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and possibly also second-person

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pronouns,

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it creates this little separation from

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the self.

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It makes you think about your feelings

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and thoughts like you’re looking at

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somebody else’s experience,” says

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Moser.

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One experiment went like this.

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Participants looked at stock images and

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videos from upsetting news stories,

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then were asked to think about what

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they saw,

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first using the first-person point of

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view (“I was saddened”)

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and then using third person (“Jay

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thought this was sad”).

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Simply by using their own names to talk

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about themselves,

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the participants showed more activity

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in the parts of the brain associated

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with emotional regulation.

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The emotion is still there,

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of course.

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It’s just not as close.

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What’s more,

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using third person takes no more effort

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than using first person,

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so it’s a great tool to use on the

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spot when you’re feeling overwhelmed.

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Imagine you’ve just heard some very

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stressful news—a family member has

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had a serious car accident and is in

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the hospital,

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and you’ve had a panicky phone call

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from your mother.

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Your head suddenly explodes into dozens

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of different thoughts,

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and you’re instantly overwhelmed.

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You know you should probably ask your

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boss if you can take some time off work

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so you can head over to the ER and do

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what you can,

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but you notice yourself quickly getting

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strung out as you start to panic,

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too.

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“What if I’m so stressed that I

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have a car accident on the way over?

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What if I get there too late and

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everyone is disappointed in me?

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What if my boss gets unhappy about me

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taking time off?

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What am I going to do?!"

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Instead,

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ask yourself,

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“What is Michael going to do?"

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Can you instantly see how this takes so

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much of the panic out of the equation?

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It’s as though you are looking at a

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movie of yourself from the outside in.

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Suddenly the stakes aren’t as high.

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You can see a solution or a way forward.

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Psychology professor Ethan Kross,

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who is also director at the Emotion and

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Self Control Lab,

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conducted a similar experiment.

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He asked participants to think about

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upsetting memories from the past,

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but to do so using third-person

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language.

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While they did this,

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their brain activity was examined using

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fMRI. They showed reduced activity in

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the parts of the brain we know are

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connected to the experience of pain.

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In other words,

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Kross found evidence that talking about

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painful memories in the third person

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reduces how painful they feel.

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“What’s really exciting here is

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that [ ...] third-person self-talk may

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constitute a relatively effortless form

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of emotion regulation.

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If this ends up being true—we won’t

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know until more research is

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done—there are lots of important

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implications these findings have for

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our basic understanding of how

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self-control works,

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and for how to help people control

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their emotions in daily life,” Kross

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said.

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We don’t have to wait for further

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research to be done,

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however,

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to get some benefit from making small

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tweaks to our language.

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Of course,

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you don’t have to speak like this

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permanently.

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Rather,

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use the third-person trick to defuse

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especially stressful moments and take

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the edge off.

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You only need to do it long enough to

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gain some distance.

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Just momentarily take on a different

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perspective and see if that releases

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some of the tension.

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From there,

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you can take action or choose to let

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your worry go.

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ROLE-PLAYING. .

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You’re probably familiar with

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role-playing in general,

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but did you know that role-playing is a

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useful tool when it comes to managing

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anxiety?

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You can use role-play to rehearse and

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prepare for difficult conversations or

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situations.

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When you role-play,

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you are exploring potential ways of

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behaving,

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finding new approaches and

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perspectives,

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and accessing new insights—all while

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staying in control.

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Role-playing can also be combined with

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many of the other approaches we’ve

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looked at—like naming how you feel,

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gaining distance by using third-person

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language,

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and being more self-aware.

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How can we use role-play to help with

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stress and tension?

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First,

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identify a situation that’s causing

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some anxiety for you.

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Let’s say you’re ruminating over a

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difficult conversation you need to have

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with a family member.

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Now,

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instead of endlessly turning the

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problem over in your head and causing

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stress,

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try to make the issue concrete—play

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out the possible conversation and see

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what happens.

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Maybe you enlist the help of a trusted

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friend or even a therapist.

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You sit together and try to make the

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situation feel as real as possible.

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Assign the roles you’ll each play.

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For example,

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if you wanted to clarify your thoughts

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and squash nervousness,

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you could play yourself and they could

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play the family member.

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Then you could practice the

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conversation.

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If you reverse this order,

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however,

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you might see different sides to the

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story and gain fresh insight and

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empathy into how the family member

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might be feeling.

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Act out the conversation.

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Notice any anxiety or nerves.

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Notice how you feel afterward.

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Notice if anything changes after you

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start talking and once the conversation

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is finished.

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Is there some aspect of the issue you

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hadn’t considered before?

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Even though role-playing this way can

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feel awkward to start with,

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it’s actually a brilliant way to

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turbo-charge your communication skills.

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There are many ways to use role-playing

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when it comes to overthinking and

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rumination -

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•You could rehearse a job interview.

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•You could practice staying calm and

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focused during conversations where

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there may be some conflict to

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resolve—for example,

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during a meeting with an angry client.

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•You could rehearse a

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“performance,” whether that’s

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literally on a stage or a presentation

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at work,

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a wedding speech or a first date.

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Being prepared in advance will help you

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feel confident in yourself.

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•You could use role-playing to help

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you better understand a social

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situation,

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testing out possible outcomes and

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seeing how you’ll react.

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Role-playing can boost empathy and help

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you get into other people’s heads.

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•You could use role-play to

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desensitize yourself to fears and

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phobias.

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For example,

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those with social anxiety can practice

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small talk and introducing themselves,

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even “rewinding” and trying

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different tactics to get a feel for it

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in a safe and low-stakes way.

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Often,

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anxiety grows in the face of the

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unknown.

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But when you role-play,

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you are actively grappling with that

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unknown.

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You take your fears and worries and put

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them outside your head where you can

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work on them productively.

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You can take the stress-inducing

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“what if” statements and literally

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try them out.

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When you’re anxious,

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your brain believes that something is

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more dangerous and threatening than it

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is.

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But with role-play,

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you can prove to yourself that the

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situation is actually manageable.

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Scared of monsters under the bed?

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Well,

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go with a friend and see for yourself

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if there’s anything there!

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One way to approach role-playing is to

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start with a fear or threat.

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What scares or overwhelms you?

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Maybe you say “germs” or “busy

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social situations."

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Next,

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think of your current behavior and

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attitude,

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then imagine a new behavior or mindset

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that you’d like to practice.

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For example,

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you’d like to be more comfortable and

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relaxed around meeting new people at

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parties.

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Now,

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think of ways to recreate this

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“threatening” situation.

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With a therapist or friend (pick one

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who is good at acting!),

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run through some potentially stressful

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situations.

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Maybe you most hate those first few

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moments when you meet someone new and

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you’re struggling to think of what to

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say.

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So,

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practice that over and over.

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Have the other person pretend to be a

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stranger and meet them,

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trying out this new behavior you want

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to learn.

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Don’t worry about making

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mistakes—in fact,

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messing things up and seeing that

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it’s not the end of the world is all

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part of it!

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Think of it as teaching yourself that

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the threat is not a threat after all.

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Gradually dial up the intensity.

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Once you’re feeling confident in

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small talk from a cold start,

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see what it’s like to talk to someone

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who is actively rude or uninterested.

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You may find that with enough practice,

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you actually start enjoying yourself.

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If you can start to see it all as a

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game,

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you know that the role-playing is

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working!

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Naturally,

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not every anxiety or worry is going to

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translate into a role-play exercise.

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And let’s be honest,

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many of us won’t have someone we can

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practice with.

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But that doesn’t mean you can’t

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still benefit from this approach!

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Simply try mentally rehearsing a

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certain situation.

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Walk your brain step by step through a

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threatening scenario and practice what

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you say,

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what you feel,

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what you do,

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and what you think.

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If you like,

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you can mix things up,

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too.

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Try to mentally rehearse the roles of

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other people in a scenario and see if

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that perspective shift shines new light

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on the problem.

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Or get abstract and role-play with your

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anxiety itself.

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Imagine it’s sitting in a chair in

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front of you and literally talk to it.

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“Anxiety,

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what are you trying to achieve here?

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What are you worried about?"

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Make friends and try to come to a

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compromise.

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Sounds cheesy,

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but when you take the role of your own

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ultra-wise mentor/therapist,

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you’d be surprised at what you’re

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capable of!

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24.

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HAVE AN ALTER EGO. .

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Kids who were instructed to imagine

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that they were Batman ended up having

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greater perseverance in a difficult

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task than kids who didn’t.

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That’s the finding of a fascinating

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2016 study conducted by White et. al.

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at the University of Minnesota.

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Coining this phenomenon “the Batman

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effect,” the researchers noted that

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merely pretending you are someone who

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is brave,

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capable,

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and strong can actually make you

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perform better.

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The idea is that if you can take on the

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perspective of someone who is stronger

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and more proficient than yourself,

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then you literally allow yourself to

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reflect on a challenge in an entirely

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different way.

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Again,

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we see the power of creating

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psychological distance.

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If you can imagine how a person other

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than you would respond in a situation,

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you give yourself access to that same

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response.

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In the study,

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the researchers asked kids who were

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four to six years old to do a task for

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ten minutes.

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They were also offered the chance to

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break up this task with an appealing

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video game.

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The kids who were told to simulate a

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strong role model actually ended up

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working harder and longer on the task

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than other kids.

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In this experiment,

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the other groups were told to take a

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third-person perspective (“Johnny is

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trying to figure out this puzzle”)

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or an ordinary first-person perspective.

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The study showed us that a mental role

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model could help children with

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self-discipline,

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focus,

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and perseverance.

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But it can also help adults emulate

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other characteristics they are trying

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to develop.

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Many famous musicians and performers

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have such an alter ego - even if they

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have stage fright and low

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self-confidence,

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their alter ego doesn’t.

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When on stage,

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they do what their alter ego would do.

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Beyonce is said to use her alter ego

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(called “Sasha”)

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to help her be what she wants to be on

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stage.

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If we think of anxiety as a pattern of

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thought and behavior,

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we can think of alter egos as a way to

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“try on” a completely different

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pattern.

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It’s difficult to step out of your

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own character at times,

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but it’s easy to imagine another

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character.

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Think about a person who is relaxed,

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confident,

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and easy going.

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Imagine what a strong,

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self-assured,

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and in-control person thinks,

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says,

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and does.

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They may be a real person,

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a fictional character,

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or an imaginary person of your own

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creation.

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The next time you’re feeling anxious

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or overwhelmed,

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set your own ego aside for a moment and

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look at the situation from your alter

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ego’s perspective.

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Do you remember the “What Would Jesus

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Do?” bangles that were popular in the

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90s?

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The same principle applies.

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Granted,

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you might not always feel up to being

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as brave or relaxed as your alter ego,

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but the point is to at least entertain

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that perspective.

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The more you identify with that alter

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ego,

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the more you close the gap between how

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you are now and how you’d like to be.

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Let’s recap some simple steps to

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unlocking the “Batman effect” for

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yourself - 1.

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Think of something in yourself you’d

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like to work on—for example,

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your pessimistic self-talk or tendency

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to catastrophize.

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2.

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Now,

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invert this.

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What does the opposite look like?

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You might decide it’s a person who

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consistently and cheerfully assumes the

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best and always sees the silver lining.

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3.

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Now construct an alter ego who

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possesses this characteristic in

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buckets.

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They could have other characteristics,

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too,

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or you might like to have a different

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alter ego for each characteristic.

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You could flesh them out by giving them

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a name,

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an appearance,

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and so on.

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Have fun with it.

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Maybe you’re socially anxious and

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your confident and popular alter ego is

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called “Catherine the Great."

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4.

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The next time you’re facing any

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challenge or obstacle,

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ask what your alter ego would do.

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What would they feel in this situation?

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Really dwell in their perspective.

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Then do what they’d do.

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Here’s how that might look.

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Let’s say you are someone who

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constantly overthinks things.

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You decide you’d like to tackle your

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tendency to stew over minor details and

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make yourself stressed.

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You turn this tendency upside down and

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imagine an alter ego who is

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happy-go-lucky,

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calm,

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confident,

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and doesn’t take things too seriously.

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This alter ego is a blend of someone

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you once knew and admired,

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a fictional character you read about in

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a book,

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and someone entirely made up.

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You call this person Eddie (because

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he’s a bit like Eddie Murphy)

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and flesh out how he looks and acts.

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He’s always smiling,

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and he likes to go with the flow,

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have fun,

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and see what happens.

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One day you’re planning a vacation

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and you notice your overthinking,

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stressed-out self appearing.

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You stop and think,

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what would Eddie do?

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Actually,

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Eddie would laugh at all this planning.

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Why so serious?

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Half the fun is going and figuring out

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what you want to do on the fly,

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right?

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Live life.

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Be a little spontaneous.

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Through Eddie’s eyes,

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your nine-page-long Excel itinerary

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looks a little silly.

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You laugh at yourself,

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and when you next think about your

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upcoming vacation,

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you speak in his voice as you tell

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yourself,

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“I don’t know what we’re doing

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when we get there ...but it’ll be fun

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finding out!"

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Summary -

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•The imagination is a powerful thing

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and can be put to use to help combat

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anxiety and quell overthinking.

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Guided imagery,

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for example,

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is a great way to imagine a peaceful

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scenario in enough detail that our body

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responds by relaxing.

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•Another effective stress management

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technique is to use metaphors to help

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you alter your relationship to anxiety

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and think of it in a different way.

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You could imagine that stress is like

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clouds passing by in the sky,

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passing trains,

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or a restless toddler.

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•You can also gain this psychological

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distance by talking about yourself and

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your anxiety in the third person (for

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example,

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“David is worried about this” when

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talking about yourself).

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•Role-play exercises are another way

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to use the power of visualizing.

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Literally act out and rehearse

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anxiety-provoking scenarios with a

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friend or therapist,

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or try to practice situations in your

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mind to de-sensitize you and help you

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feel more prepared and confident.

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•Finally,

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create an alter ego for yourself who

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possesses the opposite of some

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stressful characteristics you want to

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be free of.

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Flesh out this alter ego and allow

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yourself to take on their perspective

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as your own when you’re faced with a

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challenging or stressful situation.

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This has been

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Anxiety is the Enemy:

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29 Techniques to Combat Overthinking,

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Stress,

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Panic,

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and Pressure (Mental and Emotional Abundance Book 16) Written by

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Nick Trenton

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Narrated by Russell Newton.

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