Mental Solutions
• Some things that we do to help calm ourselves down are mental. For example, some might repeat phases like “I will be okay, I will be okay” in their head.
• Mental Solutions are usually the first type of solution our brain tries.
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I have experienced (and still do) a lot of severe anxiety, and I know how important it is to have good ways of coping.
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