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Harvard Professor Says THIS Is the Secret to Success (It’s Not What You Think)

The Mel Robbins Podcast

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How to Stop Your Anxiety Cycle

When the thoughts start to spiral in you or someone that you love and you feel that anxiety avalanche coming on, number one, you need to create a pause. And here's one way you can do it. Take out a piece of paper and write the thought, write the emotion that you feel and write the behavior that it is triggering. Why does this technique work? What we know scientifically is that writing activate the prefrontal cortex. So if you and your anxious brain get out of there by writing your thoughts, emotions and behavior cycle, just that little trick alone. I've seen hundreds of patients stop their anxiety cycle and that avalanche by creating that pause.

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