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COPING STATEMENTS
FOR DEALING WITH ANXIETY ABOUT ANXIETY
I don't have to make myself anxious about anything, or put myself down if
I stupidly and foolishly do make myself anxious.
My anxiety is bad, but I'm not bad.
I don't always have to feel comfortable, and it isn't awful when I don't.
I can bear-and bear with-anxiety: it won't kill me.
It is not necessary to be in perfect control of my anxious moments. To
demand that I be in control only multiplies my symptoms.
Others are not required to treat me with kid gloves when I feel
uncomfortable.
The world doesn't have to make it easy for me to get a handle on my
anxiety.
Anxiety is a part of life; it is not bigger than life.
My over-reactive nervous system is a part of my life, but it's not bigger
than life.
I can take my anxiety with me when going places and doing things that I am
reluctant to do (or stay isolated).
Controlling my anxiety is important, but hardly urgent.
Comfort is nice, but not necessary.
I don't have to be the one person in the universe to feel comfortable all
the time.
I'd better not feel calm, relaxed, and serene all the time, because if I
did, I'd have one dickens of a time motivating myself
Anxiety and panic are burrs in my saddle: highly inconvenient and
uncomfortable, but hardly awful.
I don't have to hassle myself or put myself down for not coping better
with my anxiety.
This, too, will likely pass.
I can blend in with the flow of my anxiety; I don't have to go
tooth-and-nail, head-on with it.
If I feel anxious, I feel anxious-tough!
I may have my anxiety, but I am not my anxiety.
I don't have to shame or demean myself for anything-including creating
tight knots in my gut.
Feelings of awkwardness, nervousness, or queasiness may interfere with my
projects, but they do not have to ruin them.
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