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Old Jun 27, 2024, 01:47 AM
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Nice to meet you @Manarinorange!

A CBT technique for anxiety that helps me is splashing cold water on my face.

Or better yet, hold a ziplock bag of ice cubes on your cheeks and forehead when anxiety is really high.

My T suggested tensing all of my muscles for a few seconds and then relaxing - that helped me too.
For some reason the splashing cold water on my face makes it worse.

I will try the ice cubes thing though and the tensing of my muscles and then relaxing them

Thank you for some tips. 😊
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