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28 - 3 Things I Stopped Telling Myself to Heal
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Everyone asks me what they should be saying to themselves when anxiety hits. After years of chronic anxiety and nervous system sensitization — and hitting rock bottom in a psychiatric hospitalization — I realized the question wasn't what to say. It was what to stop saying.
In this video, I'm sharing the 3 sentences that kept my nervous system in full alarm mode, why affirmations and positive self-talk made things worse, and the shift toward unconditional acceptance that actually freed me.
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