anxiety self-management · 12 min

Prepare for it

Prepare for it offers one bounded practice step without promising a particular feeling or outcome.

Use when: preparing, uncertainty

How the practice works

1. Read the frame This comes from practitioner tradition rather than clinical trials. People often find it useful. That isn't the same as evidence that it works. Finish with a coping plan; do not end at the feared scene.
2. Name the situation Name one specific present situation without unnecessary identifying details.
3. Record what you notice What is one honest observation or next behaviour you choose?

“Some things are in our control, and others not.”

— Epictetus, Enchiridion 1