Anxiety Flashcards
1
Q
What is Anxiety?
A
Anxiety is our body’s natural alarm system
2
Q
What is anxiety?
A
A response to a perceived threat
3
Q
Is the response to anxiety the same if a true threat or a false threat.
A
Yes.
4
Q
Anxiety is a ——— not a bug
A
Feature
5
Q
Fight flight or freeze are what mechanisms and the response to what?
A
The responses to anxiety which act as a defense mechanism
6
Q
Safety behavior (avoidance)
A
Coping response to a “false alarm” . Aimed at restoring a sense of safety
7
Q
Anxiety Is not the problem?
A
Our response to it is…
8
Q
Exposure [opposite of avoidance]
A
Staying with the anxiety
9
Q
When you notice anxiety?
A
Name it… this is my body’s alarm
