Anxiety First Aid Kit: Quick Tools for Extreme, Uncertain Times

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CONTENTS INTRODUCTION PART I: FINDING CALMRIGHT AWAY 1: DON’T BE ALARMED 2: NOTICE YOU’RE ALL RIGHT, RIGHT NOW 3: DIAPHRAGMATIC BREATHING 4: CREATE YOUR SPECIAL PLACE 5: TAKE REFUGE 6: PROGRESSIVE RELAXATION 7: SITTING MEDITATION 8: RAPID RELAXATION 9: RELAXING VISUALIZATION 10: FEEL SAFER PART II: FACING WORRY AND ANXIETY 11: CHANGE YOUR INTERPRETATIONS 12: TAKE YOUR WORRIES FOR A WALK 13: REPLACE THOUGHTS 14: MAKE A WORRY APPOINTMENT 15: CHANGE THE ANXIETY CHANNEL 16: PUT YOUR WORRIES IN A LINEUP 17: DO THE OPPOSITE 18: COUNT YOUR WORRIES 19: HUMOR YOUR WORRY 20: THE WORRY EXPERIMENT 21: REPLACE WORRY WITH PLANNING PART III: ADVANCED RELAXATION SKILLS 22: THE MINDFULNESS POWER UP 23: THE PENDULUM DROP 24: FIVE-FINGER EXERCISE 25: AUTOGENICS 26: ANTI-STRESS COMBOS 27: TAKE IN THE GOOD PART IV: SUPER EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES THAT TAKE A LITTLE MORE TIME 28: SEE THE GOOD IN YOURSELF 29: THINK THE THOUGHT—WITH A TWIST 30: GET EXCITED 31: COGNITIVE DEFUSION 32: BEAT EXHAUSTION AND FIND STRENGTH 33: USE EXERCISE TO COPE WITH ANXIETY 34: GET SOME SLEEP 35: SEND ANXIETY TO THE SPAM FOLDER 36: COPING THOUGHTS 37: BE GENEROUS 38: LOVE 39: ACKNOWLEDGE AND ACCEPT SUGGESTED READING About the Authors