🕊 What is happening inside when you feel anxious

When you feel anxious,
without any clear reason,
you may sometimes feel as if only your emotions are a little tense.

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Even though nothing is happening,
your body feels restless.
When you try to think about it, it only makes you feel more unsettled.

When that state continues,
thinking "I have to do something"
or "I have to calm down quickly,"
you may,
without realizing it,
apply a little pressureon yourself.

However, I don't think anxiety is
a wrong reaction,
nor is it proof of weakness.

When anxiety is strong,
more than your mind,
your nerves and senses are often tense.

That is
a very primitive and honest function
that is trying to maintain your current state.

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Therefore, if you try to treat anxiety as
something to "erase"
or "overcome,"
it will only make you feel more distressed.

That is because
it becomes a denial
of the state of having anxiety itself.

The "integration" referred to here
is not about making anxiety smaller,
nor is it about making it disappear.

It is about returning to your own place
even while anxiety is present.

I think that is
the feeling closest
to the "integration" I am talking about here.

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There is actually very little you can do
when anxiety arises.

You don't have to look for a reason.
You don't have to try to be positive.

Just,
where is the anxiety
appearing in your body right now,
and just gently feel
where it feels tight.

"I see, this is how I am feeling right now."
Just by noticing that,
the anxiety will be able to
have a place to bea little bit.

Anxiety becomes stronger when it is driven away,
and it lingers when it is ignored.

But,
if it is left as it is,
it will gradually
change its form.

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Even if anxiety does not disappear completely,
you can still breathe just fine.

Nights when you can sleep,
and moments when you suddenly feel at ease,
will come around again.

You do not need to rush to fix
the version of yourself that feels anxious.

Integration is
not about adding something,

but about returning to a place
where you can accept your current state
exactly as it is.

I believe that
is enough.

If you happen to remember,
I hope you can just keep it somewhere in your mind
that there is such a way to relate to yourself.
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Thank you for reading this far,
thank you🌿