Try this technique yourself, or, if your child is struggling with anxiety, you could talk them through it step-by-step.įor more ways to tackle anxiety, take a look at the Parents' Toolkit collection. If you want to stop this, you need to bring some of these colours back into your life - step-by-step, you need to rebuild your rainbow. This avoidance fuels anxiety and keeps it going in the long term. Suddenly, everything that makes your life worthwhile is gone. Even something as simple as going to the shops or spending time with your family can become a victim to anxiety. Smaller social gatherings feel stressful. Public transport begins to feel overwhelming, so you stop using it. Work opportunities worry you, so you stop accepting them. Perhaps you feel anxious in big groups or gatherings, so you take those out of your life. As anxiety takes hold, these colours begin to fall away. In the 'rainbow of avoidance' you are the smallest part, at the bottom of the rainbow, surrounded by all of these beautiful colours that make your life rich and full.
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