Help for Anxiety and Depression in Midlothian, Texas
Just Breathe: When You feel anxious
When you start feeling anxious, the way you breathe is usually one of the first things that begins to change. You may notice that it becomes faster and more shallow.
However, controlled breathing helps to calm your brain and offers other health benefits as well. This article explains more about the great benefits of calm breathing. Read more…
What are you feeling right now?
If it’s difficult to label your feeling, you can use this feeling wheel to help.
Before you start your breathing exercises, check-in with yourself:
On a scale from 1 - 10 (10 is the worst and 1 is the least), where is my anxiety right now?
Write it down and make a note of it in your journal, on your phone - somewhere.
After completing your breathing exercise, check-in with yourself again:
On a scale from 1 - 10 (10 is the worst and 1 is the least), where is my anxiety right now?
Write it down in your journal.
Pay attention to how you are feeling now and write about it in your journal to share with me at your next session.
Diaphragmatic Breathing
One-Point Breathing
Amy Standifer, MA, LPC
Owner/Therapist
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““I have learned now that while those who speak about one’s miseries usually hurt, those who keep silence hurt more.””
