LibraryScenariosHow personifying anxiety changes your relationship to it
Scenario

How personifying anxiety changes your relationship to it

I've been having panic attacks since childhood but recently I started treating them like visits from a frightened spirit that needs comfort and the whole experience transformed completely.

Rumi
Online
The coach is replying

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Relating to psychological states as autonomous beings can restore agency and compassion in mental health struggles.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Animism — the oldest spirituality across cultures?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.