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Why Anxiety Is a Protective Response (And Why Forcing Calm Doesn't Work)
Anxiety can be – at best – overwhelming and inconvenient, and, at wort, completely debilitating. It’s easy to label anxiety as the problem when it seems to cause us so much discomfort and pain. But one of the keys to healing anxiety is understanding what it really is. Anxiety is not a malfunction or something that’s trying to hurt you — anxiety is a protective response created by the subconscious and nervous system. I’ve been helping people heal from anxiety and a myriad of o

Katie Potratz
6 min read


Why Understanding Your Anxiety Isn’t the Same as Healing It (and Why You Can’t Think Your Way Out of Anxiety)
This is for you if you’ve done the work, but anxiety still shows up. You’ve read the books. You’ve listened to the podcasts. You’ve gone to therapy. You know the coping strategies by heart. You understand your triggers. You can probably explain why you’re anxious. But none of this has actually stopped the anxiety from showing up. This is because anxiety isn’t something you can think your way out of. It’s a subconscious, emotional pattern, not a logical problem. Many people

Katie Potratz
6 min read
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