#### [[notes_Responses to Anxiety ]] **Creator**:: [[Dr. K]] **Source**:: [[course_Dr. K's Guide to Mental Health]] **Link**:: [Healthy Gamer](https://coaching.healthygamer.gg/guide/lessons/responses-to-anxiety) #### Terms ## Notes Our mind tends to deal with anxiety in four ways: 1. Distraction - allows us to temporarily avoid [[anxiety]] it temporarily reduces our [[suffering]] - distraction isn't necessarily bad, but there are more healthy ways to bring our [[mind]] to the present 2. Control uncertainty via avoidance - we lose control of our life to [[anxiety]] 3. Remove uncertainty via reassurance - leads to us to be dependent on other people - reassurance does not necessarily lead to [[confidence]] - if reassurance leads us to take the risk, then that can lead to [[confidence]] - [[Confidence comes when you are more capable of handling diverse outcomes]] 4. Fighting the anxiety - we can push through our [[anxiety]], but we are still going to deal with that anxiety in the future and it will exhaust us [[Anxiety prevents us from living in the present]] next:: [[notes_Learned Anxiety]]