Turning off the struggle switch for a quieter mind
If you've ever felt like your anxiety is spiraling because you're actually anxious about being anxious, you've met the struggle switch. It's that internal mechanism that flips on the moment we feel something we don't like—guilt, sadness, fear, or even just a bit of awkwardness. Instead of just feeling the original emotion, we start fighting it, and that's when things usually go off the rails. ...