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+# Mindsets of anxiety
+There are a few general ways that anxiety can manifest.
+- Perfectionism
+- Over-responsibility
+- Intolerance of uncertainty
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+When you're feeling anxious about something, it's important to ask yourself, "What about this is *actually* dangerous?"
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+The amygdala is a primal part of the brain, an important part of your survival instincts as a human. The role of the amygdala is to create the train of thought:
+1. Is it dangerous?
+2. How can we handle it?
+From there, we can:
+- Go into a safety strategy (usually avoidance, something from the broader category of fight, flight, or freeze)
+- Lean into the stressor. 
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+When you begin acting on a safety strategy, your brain records the event, and your amygdala will become more sensitive to it, triggering those feelings of anxiety.
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+How do we break that cycle of anxiety?
+- Become aware of what your amygdala is detecting, is it a thought, or physical sensation?
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+Sometimes when we get very anxious, it can overwhelm our coping mechanisms. 
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+The Safe Calm Place

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-# Mindsets of anxiety
-## Perfectionism
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-## Over-responsibility
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-## Intolerance of uncertainty
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-"What about this is *actually* dangerous?"
-The amygdala is a primal part of the brain, a survival .... creates the train of thought, "Is it dangerous, and how can we handle that?"
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-From there, we can go into a safety strategy (usually avoidance), or we lean into the stressor. If you go into a safety strategy, then it's sort of "recorded", and so you've re-enforced the anxiety.
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-How do we break that cycle of anxiety?
-- Become aware of what your amygdala is detecting, is it a thought, or physical sensation?
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-Sometimes when we get very anxious, it can overwhelm our coping mechanisms. 
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-The Safe Calm Place