Anxiety: Your Brain on Overdrive (And How to Hit the Brakes)
- Brent Dyer
- Mar 17
- 3 min read
Picture this: You’re sitting in traffic, late for work, and suddenly your brain decides that now is the perfect time to remind you about that awkward thing you said in 2007. Your heart starts pounding, your palms get sweaty, and you’re convinced that your boss will fire you, your dog will disown you, and you’ll have to live in the woods eating berries.
Welcome to anxiety—your brain’s way of trying to protect you but somehow making everything worse. But don’t worry. As a licensed professional counselor, I’ve got some empirically proven strategies to help you stop catastrophizing and start feeling like a functional human again.
1. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Because Your Brain Is a Drama Queen
CBT is one of the most research-backed treatments for anxiety, and for good reason. Your thoughts shape your feelings, and your feelings shape your behaviors. So when your brain is shouting, “WE’RE ALL GONNA DIE!” CBT helps you challenge that thought with something more reasonable, like, “We are probably not going to die just because we sent an email with a typo.”
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