What to Do When Anxiety Makes you Feel you Always have to be Productive

Anxiety can often show up in two very different ways. One is through avoidance. When a person is anxious they might avoid doing difficult things in order to avoid discomfort. I did a whole video on anxiety and procrastination here: https://www.anxioustoddlers.com/kids-who-procrastinate/

The other coping mechanism is to do, do do! Anxiety will tell you there is always something else you could and should be doing. It might tell you that you are lazy, unproductive or a failure if you aren’t doing something needed or necessary.

In this Youtube video I talk about how to slow down and put the brakes on anxiety’s constant demands to be productive.

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This video is made for educational purposes only and is not intended to replace medical advice.

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