"I try not to worry about the future - so I take each day just one anxiety attack at a time."
Tom Wilson
Self-soothing is something we all do, whether we realise it or not. All of us, young and old, have ways in which we make ourselves feel better when we're in certain situations. Some of them are methods we've picked up in a self help book or a magazine. Things like counting to ten or taking deep breaths. They are things we knowingly put into action when we need to but others we do without realising. Little things we do subconsciously. Often we, nor others, realise or perhaps understand it for what it is. However, some are more noticeable and we may be called out on it as people may not realise it might be the only thing stopping you from going over the cliff of anxiety!
You may be wondering why I named this post 'My Anxiety Tells' rather than something about self-soothing. The reason for this is that I didn't want to give the impression this is an advice post. I'm not going to tell you methods to give a go as mine aren't the common forms as mentioned above. They are things I started to do subconsciously that I either started to notice over time or were pointed out by the person who knows me best, my sister Eva
. It might come across like being fidgety or a tic at times.
