Lowering Resistance Tip ✍️ · Audacity by Star Taylor

Lowering Resistance Tip ✍️

If you have a lot of resistance to leaving the house because of anxiety, depression, agoraphobia, panic attacks, OCD, etc., something that really helped me was understanding the importance of how you start your day.

Sleep can feel like a reset, and when you wake up, you’re creating the momentum for the day ahead.

So the night before, I’d choose one simple action to leave the house first thing in the morning.

Decide the action the night before.
Get up and do it regardless of what your brain says.
Don’t spend the morning negotiating with anxiety or avoidance — JUST GO! Even if it’s only for a few hours as you are still taking up territory and showing your brain a new direction.

As Star would say: “If you start your day with compulsions, you’ll finish it with compulsions.”

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Lowering Resistance Tip ✍️