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How to Handle Anxiety What is Anxiety Causes of Anxiety Types of Anxiety Upsides of Anxiety  Downsides of Too Much Anxiety How to Address Anxiety Practical Tools  What is Anxiety Anxiety is an emotion characterized by feelings of tension, worried thoughts, and physical changes like increased blood pressure. Anxiety is not the same as fear, but they are often used interchangeably. Anxiety is considered a future-oriented, long-acting response broadly focused on a diffuse threat, whereas fear is an appropriate, present-oriented, and short-lived response to a clearly identifiable and specific threat. https://www.apa.org/topics/anxiety Anxiety can be a coping mechanism. Anxiety is unexpressed negative emotions. Causes of Anxiety Physical factors, including neurological and biochemical imbalance. Worries about the future. Anxiety can arise from our desire to have control over our lives and our future. Reaction to our senses of powerlessness, hopelessness, helplessness, worthlessness...

Emotional Messages Beyond Listening Checks What Are Emotional Messages Hearing Each Other Out: Listening Check Going Beyond Listening Check Next Steps to Resolve Misaligned Emotional Message  What Are Emotional Messages  Emotional Messages are the non-verbal/underlying messages we receive from the Speaker.  The Emotional Message one receives is more important than what’s actually being said. It is the Emotional Message that we walk away from our interactions with others that molds and shapes our view of the relationship, of each other, and sometimes, of ourselves. Examples:  The parent says to their teen: “Put on a jacket when you go outside so you don’t catch a cold.”  The teen hears it as: You’re nagging me; You’re trying to control me; You don’t believe I am capable of making my own decisions on what’s best for me.”   The parent’s actual intended message could have been: “I love you and don’t want you to catch a cold; I want to protect you from gett...