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This is an image of a flowchart titled “Anxiety - Choose Your Own Adventure.” The flowchart is hand-drawn and has a yellow background. The flowchart has multiple decision points and paths, with each decision point represented by a speech bubble. The flowchart starts with a white box that has a yellow striped border and reads, “Start Here.” This is pointing to a box that says, “Uh-Oh! Anxiety Increases.” If you ignore the increase, you can choose to ignore by disassociating or neglecting it, but you’ll end up at the same point: “You’re still anxious but have secondary problems,” and you’ll be sent back to the start. If you decide to pay attention to the increased anxiety, you get to a flowchart point that says, “Good call! How?” If you choose to be mean instead of kind, you may have a shame spiral or self-contempt, making you feel worse and spending you back to the start. If you choose to be kind, you can choose to seek care and connection/movement/journaling, and it may help lead to self-care, or you can choose self-care directly. Will it be with others or solo? If solo, you can pet a dog, garden, or make art. If you do it with someone, you can talk, move together, or hug. Either way, your anxiety may improve! The flowchart is credited to @lindsaybraman.

Anxiety Worksheet: Choose-Your-Own-Adventure

Sometimes, a roadmap is all we need to find our way out of a confusing journey. I find that flowcharts can sometimes be that roadmap …

black and gray pencil scribbles to visualize anxiety drawing

Anxiety Drawing: Visual Insights into the Anxious Mind

Sometimes words fall short to describe feelings. For many, the feeling of anxiety is difficult to capture. As a therapist and artist, I’ve seen drawing …

Printable: Daily Mental Health Checklist

Creating a Crisis Plan: A Free Printable Worksheet for Safety Planning

Steps to Containing a Mental Health Crisis Printable- RO-DBT model

Trauma Recovery: A Visual Model

Trauma Recovery Avocado Model

Emotion Sensation Feeling Wheel Handout by Lindsay Braman

Questions Aren't Connections: Cultivating Conversations Beyond Q & A

7 Positive Childhood Experiences (PCEs) that Shape Adult Health and Resiliency - Illustrated

Gottman's 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse - Illustrated Handout

See my recent collaboration with The Museum of Modern Art

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