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Could you please do a mermaid thats more swamp based? Maybe a gator or crawdad?
have a gator gal yes
edit: whoops fixed the back/arm overlap
rebloggin’ because I always think it’s funny whenever someone discovers this and it starts popping off again
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How to Reduce Anxiety Fast: 5 Therapist-Approved Techniques
Anxiety has a way of showing up at the worst possible times. Maybe your heart starts racing before an important meeting. Maybe you’re lying awake at 2 a.m. replaying every mistake you’ve ever made. Or maybe a wave of panic seems to come out of nowhere.
While there is no magic switch that instantly eliminates anxiety, there are evidence-based techniques that can calm your nervous system quickly and help you regain control. As a therapist, these are some of the most effective tools I teach clients who struggle with anxiety.
1. Slow Down Your Breathing
When you’re anxious, your body shifts into fight-or-flight mode. Your breathing becomes faster and shallower, which signals your brain that danger is present.
One of the fastest ways to interrupt this cycle is controlled breathing.
Try this:
Inhale through your nose for 4 seconds
Hold for 4 seconds
Exhale slowly through your mouth for 6-8 seconds
Repeat for 2-3 minutes
The longer exhale activates your parasympathetic nervous system—the part responsible for rest, relaxation, and recovery.
2. Use the 5-4-3-2-1 Grounding Exercise
Anxiety often pulls us into the future. We worry about what might happen rather than what is actually happening.
Grounding techniques help bring your attention back to the present moment.
Identify:
5 things you can see
4 things you can touch
3 things you can hear
2 things you can smell
1 thing you can taste
This simple exercise engages your senses and reminds your brain that you are here, now, and safe.
3. Challenge the Catastrophic Thought
Anxiety loves worst-case scenarios.
When you notice your mind spiraling, ask yourself:
What evidence do I have that this will happen?
What is the most likely outcome?
If the worst did happen, how would I cope?
The goal is not to force positive thinking. The goal is to replace fearful assumptions with realistic thinking.
Often, anxiety is convincing you that a possibility is actually a certainty.
4. Move Your Body
Anxiety creates physical energy in the body. If that energy has nowhere to go, it can intensify symptoms.
Even five minutes of movement can help:
Take a brisk walk
Climb stairs
Stretch
Do jumping jacks
Dance to a favorite song
Movement sends a message to your nervous system that the threat has passed and helps burn off excess stress hormones.
5. Name What You’re Feeling
Many people try to fight anxiety, suppress it, or pretend it’s not there. Ironically, this often makes it stronger.
Instead, try naming your experience:
“I’m feeling anxious right now.”
“My body is having an anxiety response.”
“I’m noticing fear.”
Research shows that labeling emotions can reduce their intensity by activating the thinking parts of the brain rather than remaining stuck in emotional reactivity.
Remember: You are not your anxiety. Anxiety is something you’re experiencing—not who you are.
A Final Thought
Anxiety is uncomfortable, but it is not dangerous. Your nervous system is trying to protect you, even when it gets things wrong.
The next time anxiety shows up, resist the urge to panic about the panic. Slow your breathing. Ground yourself. Challenge the story your mind is telling. Move your body. Name the emotion.
You may not eliminate anxiety instantly, but you can teach your brain and body that you are capable of handling it.
And the more you practice these skills, the faster your nervous system learns to return to a state of calm.
If anxiety is interfering with your relationships, work, sleep, or quality of life, therapy can help you move beyond symptom management and address the underlying causes of your anxiety.
By Katherine Boulware, LMFT
Source: How to Reduce Anxiety Fast: 5 Therapist-Approved Techniques
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You can replace [ACTIVITY YOU ENJOY] with [SCROLLING] but watch out. This sucks bad 👍
Some things about this post since getting quite a few notes:
1. If you see this post, highly recommend taking it as an opportunity to set a timer for 15 minutes and switch over to ACTIVITY YOU ENJOY. if after those 15 minutes, you want to go back to scrolling, that's okay!
2. Huge shout out to this popping up in my notifs often, bc I do go back to activity.
3. I think there are times where scrolling is fine. Right now, for example, I'm being connected to a machine for two hours to donate plasma and platelets. Yes this is a brag but it is also a time where scrolling is one of the few things I can do. (Though I will probably also read or watch something on phone lol)
hmmm, this seems to be some kind of curse breaking spell… be free ye reader
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Can’t stop, wont stop! Happy Pride Everyone!🌈✨
✨🏳️🌈 Rainbow moth kitten 2.0 launches today on Makeship! 🏳️🌈✨
I'm SO excited to finally share these pieces I created for D&D's Ravenloft: The Horrors Within.
This project was such a huge honor to work on. I remember as a kid looking through the players manuals & doing little studies of the artwork in there, so this feels a bit full-circle. You can get a peek at higher-res versions of them on my insta!
How ADHD Can Hide Autism
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OMG SOMEONE MADE IT INTO A PIN (I FOUND IT HERE)
Not to brag but what a time to be childless
Bisexual Maomao being practically confirmed is like the best thing ever.