Getting over my anxiety?

Why taking time to “get over my anxiety” is nonsense or what I learned from my figure skating coach as a psychologist


While preparing for my second ice skating test I once had a nasty fall and a brain concussion. […] Telling my coach: “I don’t want to do this exercise today, I need more time to get over my anxiety” was my attempt to avoid the anxiety, to fight against it… … More Getting over my anxiety?

Stop wanting to always be happy

All I want for Christmas is to stop wanting to always be happy


So often I hear people saying that they should always be happy, always perform well, and so on, and this is something about the messages that we get from everywhere is our society. Sometimes substance abuse of any kind is a way of entering a bubble where these things seem to be all true. Or at least a bubble where … More Stop wanting to always be happy