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Anxiety: ideas and frameworks explained

A collection of ideas, frameworks and techniques related to Anxiety, explained clearly so they are easy to understand and share.

Calm like a duck quote showing a duck who's calm on the surface, but under the water, I'm paddling like hell. Also, a Michael Caine quoteCalm Like a DuckHow to Instantly Feel Better — a visual guide pairing common feelings like anger, anxiety, or burnout with simple actions like singing, walking, or breathing to feel better, boost happiness, and improve wellbeing.How to Instantly Feel BetterWhat is the subscription trap? A picture example showing how canceling subscriptions is made difficult with delays, friction, and sludge.The Subscription TrapSnerdle meaning in English: To wrap up snugly beneath the covers and ignore the world. 18th Century dialect. By SketchplanationsSnerdleThe 5 Gift Guide for Christmas: for a meaningful Christmas with less stuff. Showing the 5 categories "Something: I want, I need, to wear, to read, to do."The 5 Gift Guide for ChristmasWhat is the paradise paradox explained with a person on a city balcony dreaming of a beach where a person is dreaming of the cityThe paradise paradoxWhat is the Fight or Flight response example with someone deciding to fight, flight or freeze from a snakeFight or FlightVorfreude explanation and example: what is vorfreude? the pleasure in anticipation shown by someone looking enjoying looking forward to their upcoming holidayVorfreudeBox breathing illustration: a person demonstrates breathing in, holding breath, breathing out, holding breath, counting 4 each side around the sides of a box. Also called square breathing: breathe in, hold, breathe out, holdBox breathingFeedback fear illustration: A poor soul goes through all sorts of internal doubts about what they might have done wrong and how they might have failed when someone gives a friendly suggestion to ask what others thinkFeedback fearA parent and child entering an immaculate living room with perfectly behaved children unwisely find themselves comparing with their own chaotic house.Front of house, back of houseLanguishing illustration: an unmotivated, apathetic figure sits slumped in an armchair with a TV remote in hand, clearly fed up and demoralised - for the time being at least. LanguishingLabyrinth maze: A person lost in a maze with many choices and a person thoughtfully walking through a labyrinth following the path inexorably and peacefully towards the centre Labyrinths and mazesWhat is Climate Anxiety illustration: a disconsolate figure on the left ponders the scale of the climate emergency picturing scenes of widespread drought and flooding. Having considered this predicament, they become motivated and defiant realising that one thing they can do is take some action - no matter how small. Climate anxietyWhat are the 5 Ways to Wellbeing poster: in a busy park scene the 5 ways to wellbeing are depicted as families and friends come together to socialise and interact with their surroundings to Connect, Be Active, Take Notice, Keep Learning and Give. 5 Ways to WellbeingContinuous partial attention illustration: A family spill the dinner and miss what's said while a baby paints the floor and another child has to go to yoga for some focus to remain in the presentContinuous partial attentionThe 3 day effect: A hiker sets off up a mountain, as each day goes by, thinking less about the work they were doing before they cameThe 3-day effectForest bathing illustration — shinrin-yokuForest bathingGoldilocks Tasks: a spectrum where the challenge is not too easy, not too hard, but just right for flow and masteryGoldilocks tasksI bet this'll get a lot of likesI bet this’ll get a lot of likes

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