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Fighting “Flighting”: Emotion Acknowledgement

“Then practice nonjudgmental awareness of the emotion,” Pychyl says. “Become aware. Acknowledge your feelings. For example, you could say, ‘I’m really anxious about this report.’ And then look for the reasons for those emotions. Maybe you don’t want to disappoint. That makes sense. Your emotions are trying to teach you something. But you don’t need to freak out. My favorite saying is, ‘I can have anxiety. I don’t need to be my anxiety.'”

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