Overcoming High Functioning Anxiety

04/02/2020

Quick tools for awareness and getting back into alignment. I encourage you to engage with questions and/or feedback. 💗

https://www.facebook.com/groups/418359865653097/permalink/443904693098614/

10/11/2019

Should antioxidants be included in your anti-anxiety diet?
Anxiety is thought to be correlated with a lowered total antioxidant state. It stands to reason, therefore, that enhancing your diet with foods rich in antioxidants may help ease the symptoms of anxiety disorders. A 2010 study reviewed the antioxidant content of 3,100 foods, spices, herbs, beverages, and supplements. Foods designated as high in antioxidants by the USDA include:

Beans: Dried small red, Pinto, black, red kidney

Fruits: Apples (Gala, Granny Smith, Red Delicious), prunes, sweet cherries, plums, black plums

Berries: Blackberries, strawberries, cranberries, raspberries, blueberries

Nuts: WALNUTS, pecans

Vegetables: BEETS, Artichokes, kale, spinach, broccoli

Spices with both antioxidant and anti-anxiety properties include turmeric (containing the active ingredient curcumin) and ginger.

09/10/2019

07/10/2019

Anxiety...me?? No way.
I'm a risk taker...a free spirit...
I travel by myself outside of the country...
I move across the country knowing noone and start a new life.
I thrive on change and lean into the unknown.

Unbeknownst to me, I uncovered that I know anxiety pretty darn intimately. I'm not a fan of labels or being stuffed into a category...but this was soul healing to address.

Through my healing, I learned anxiety can show up in more ways than panic attacks and being frozen with fear. I thought I was pretty fearless and easily stepped into new things. I thrive off of change for goodness sake! Seek it even.

But I started to see how that was really crafty distraction and not being willing to sit in the moment. Not really choosing to sit face-to-face with my own shadows...intimately...without judgment. I was constantly being fueled by welcomed distractions...work, family, busy-ness that really wasn't moving the needle.

Anxiety can show up in sneaky ways masked by what looks like great success on the surface.

Any of these in the pic sound familiar? 🙋🏼‍♀️💯 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
I got accolades and was known for embodying every single trait on the left.
They can be beneficial...until they're not.

Little did I understand, I was really embodying all the traits on the right. I didn't recognize the beliefs and traumas that fed them all because they were all done in what felt like, good intentions-- like being an innovative leader in my career or supporting and feeding my family.

Instead it was starving my soul.
Unhealed wounds buried (or ignored...or 'dealt' with in our minds 🙄).
We are not martyrs for suffocating our souls for the sake of being 'fine' or in the name of serving others. I was completely out of alignment moving through life on autopilot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Believe me.
I get it.
I've lived it. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Workaholic.
I put every effort onto my work...took on way too many roles...would be there 'til the wee hours of the morning...proving I could outperform expectations.

Terrible boundaries...subconsciously terrified if I caused confrontation people would abandon me or worse put me on danger based on past childhood misperceptions and 'me too' experiences.

Great under pressure? How about indecisive! Lord forbid I made the wrong choice...procrastinating, tweaking until the last minute.

Analytical? The thief of taking action! Period.
I had to do a total 180° turn on this one. I had to learn how to fully surrender and have FULL faith that I was supported, even if I didn'tunderstand how. This right here. The BIGGEST lesson and biggest game changer in my life. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

There are ways to move through these things. You don't have to feel you are 'just wired like that'. It may not FEEL easy, but know there are tools to move through these habits and gain freedom and control back in your life.

If you are done with feeling like this and are ready to take action please reach out to me!! Let's chat. I've tailored one of my programs to focus on health and high functioning anxiety. It's time to get honest with ourselves and look at what we're 'medicating'...and get to the root. It's time to get free from what is holding you back from the joy you deserve in all areas of your life.

I got you!! You get to 'got you' too.😉💯😊

Jacquelyncarrier.com

07/10/2019

Good morning! Since we live in the App world...I thought I'd share a link to ADAA's rating system for some of the top anxiety apps. Every little bit helps keep us aligned!

The following have been used by my clients with positive feedback.

PTSD Coach
Headspace
Breathe2Relax

https://adaa.org/finding-help/mobile-apps

Mental health apps can be effective in making therapy more accessible, efficient, and portable. Below are apps (listed alphabetically) that have been reviewed by ADAA members over the last few years. These volunteer reviewers are mental health professionals with degrees in psychology, medicine, soci...