Inshirahone small thing, well groundedRight now

Areas › Worry and anxiety

Worry and anxiety

Anxiety is not a character flaw and it is not weak faith. It is a body doing what it was built to do, at a moment when it is not needed. The practices here work on the loop itself: what worry promises and never delivers, what avoiding costs you, and how to let the body come down.

Narrowed down

1 practice
Panic and the body remove filterLonger remove filterClear all
Theme · Panic and the body
The cost of avoiding 4Being seen and judged 4Facing it a step at a time 3Obsessions and compulsions 2Panic and the body 1Living with uncertainty 1Breaking the worry loop 1What worry does 1
How long you have · Longer
A minute 2Five minutes 2Longer 1

The strengthened warning on this class covers misuse, addiction, physical dependence and withdrawal. The part most people miss is that dependence builds with ordinary correct use over weeks, with nobody doing anything wrong.

That distinction needs handling gently, because patients hear dependence and hear addict. Physical dependence is the body settling around something…

LongerPanic and the bodyMedical and treatmentQur’an 4:28