Drawing Exercise for Anxiety: Anxiety Skills #7
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- čas přidán 13. 06. 2017
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In this grounding technique for anxiety, PTSD, and stress, I teach you how to manage anxiety through an exercise that turns on the parasympathetic nervous system and triggers a sense of calm and safety.
This skill is an essential tool for treating PTSD and anxiety disorders and calming the stress response. It works for kids as well as it does for adults.
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I am an avid #MentalHealthAwareness advocate and performer, and I love this so much. I travel the country trying to bring that awareness on stages, in classrooms, hospitals, and on my CZcams channel, so I get excited when I see other advocates. 💙❤
Awesome! Thanks!
@@TherapyinaNutshell Thank YOU! Keep up the good work. 💙❤💚
i’m literally binge watching this channel like its a netflix show...
😂 same
Also same 🤣😭
Same ❤
Same lol
Same
I thought about my old home. My real home. Where i used to live before i left for the navy and life broke me. The home where i grew up together with my siblings, the home where “normal” me still resides. I got emotional before i even started drawing and i teared up a bit. im only 23 but i feel 40
I had crippling panic attacks when I was in high school and went to see a therapist to get some practical tips that could get me through each day. I had a hard time even going outside. She gave me nothing I could use even though I probably saw her for about a month. I wish that I had these videos back then. But I am so incredibly thankful for what you’re doing.
A month isn’t nearly enough time to develop a skill set to deal with mental illness. But I’m glad you got out of there early, I saw one guy for three years and learned nothing.
Legit unbelievable. Works so well its crazy
I haven't a paper on me so I just lay down and visualize but with a ultra precise detail and creativity and a mild coherence for the scene, and wow, it works wonders. It really did the the trick. Thanks 🖤
Wow. I just realized that I used to do this in Highschool. I used to draw outdoor scenes that made me feel good. I’ve had anxiety disorder since middle school. Now I see what I was doing.
This is the first activity from your channel that made me cry. I just remembered the time when I was young and we live in a small house. Life was just so simple back then. But I also realized how far I've come now and made me feel better.
Thank you and God bless you for all the work and the advices! This is what the Internet was made for!
I just did this and I feel so calm and happy right now
I was almost tearing up but I drew a stable and horses and hay and windows and saddles and halters and brushes and boots and helmets.
Thank you, Emma!
Esta doctora es la mejor!👏👍
This is true! It works!
Thank you very much! 💛🙏🌹☀️🕊️
I love art 🎨 💕
Thank you.
You are awesome!!! ♥♥
Nice content! Keep it up!
Thank you!
This is tricky when perceived (and actual) danger is criticism that is warranted but which can not be avoided. But I guess that is a different issue which needs to be dealt with separately.
You are the coolest woman!
I have a black velvet painting on my wall. I can go there.
Hi , I want to back , where , I was traumatized, is it ok I can draw that place , imaginary it will safe for me , could it help or increase my anxiety.or drawing some old calm place , my mom house and neighborshood ?
I made a sheet on google docs with a written guide to this exercise, can I share it and your video on my blog?
Does the place you draw have to be a real place or can it be a safe place you’ve visualized?
Is it okay to draw a person along with you in that safe place??? Or does it mean that Im dependent on people..??
My safe place is my school and that’s the reason why im worried😢😢
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I start missing that place., feeling nervous
It's ok to have a mixture of emotions when doing an exercise. Allow yourself to soften into those emotions and let them be there, see what you can learn from them.
Thankyou Emma , I think u are too good , please make more such type of video, which are precise and to the point.
my safe place is my bedroom, but i feel disappointed. im sure my ego's disappointed actually, because it thinks it should be something else, something more appealing and more beautiful, like a big field full of wildflowers and the wind blowing in my face, or a secret garden surrounded by large old trees with their leaves covering the sky. but i cant imagine those to be my safe place. or i dont know. im not sure actually.
It’s okay to like a place that is "normal" and it’s okay to have mixed feelings about your own thoughts. Sometimes it’s better to accept your thoughts as what it is . My happy place is just a dark highway or any places far away from anyone , even my loved ones.
@@parleymanderson7527 thank you!
I thought that this doesnt work because i have been drawing for years and still have severe anxiety then i remembered i always drew guns , pistols , tanks and war scenes , never drew a peaceful scene or a piece of nature .
Having to draw is one of my anxieties : (
I am not a therapist myself, but from what she’s mentioned in her other videos perhaps there is a perceived threat you have about drawing to work with? Did you have a past incident related to art that makes you anxious? Do you feel the need to do it perfectly? Are you afraid of others seeing it and their reactions? Asking yourself what makes drawing anxiety inducing for you can help you realize it isn’t actually a danger to your body and can’t hurt you. Then you can face these thoughts and responses and say “this feels dangerous and I’m uncomfortable but it is not a threat, I am safe”. If you haven’t seen her other videos on anxiety and how to help I suggest checking them out!
Please save me god