Anxiety is a really big paper tiger looming over you day and night. You see almost everything as a problem as your brain is stuck in Olympic sprinter mode working to protect you. You see we have a 2 million year old brain that isn't designed to make us happy, calm or relaxed - rather it is designed to keep us fearful, suspicious and Alive. Great if you live in a time of lions and tigers and bear but most of us live in a world of pampered cats, puppy dogs & supermarkets, so our brain finds other things to be afraid of. Stupid things that we know in the logical part of our brains are fine. Comments, our weight, cars, dentists, public speaking, new schools, dating, embarrassment to name a few. Our brain floods us with chemicals & hormones so that our bodies Feel like that paper tiger is real. It is debilitating even though we know that it's not real it damn well feels real. I read a great book called Dare look up the app and you might get a free copy. It helps and in just a few weeks I am feeling better, give it a try and let me know how you go, Cheers Teesha #anxiety #stressrelief #dare #papertiger #tonyrobbins #love #craftwerxstudio #mentalhealth #mentalillness #invisibleillness #majordepression #yoga #selflove #selfhelp #takebackcontrol #mymentalhealth (at Clare, South Australia)