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In this week's Anxiety Slayer Podcast, we're talking about how micro distractions can increase anxiety.

Welcome back in Nanga. Hey Shen. I'm glad we're talking about this because this, boy if I were to choose one, I am the micro distraction Queen and as is my daughter truly I mean I'm not every day

thankfully but boy oh boy can micro distractions make me a little bit off you know a little bit off,

bit unhinged some days and just really, really out of sorts

because it makes it so hard to settle and focus.

Yeah, when we're unsettled and we're feeling anxious,

we can also make choices that don't support us well.

And when anxiety rears up often we'd rather distract ourselves and escape the feelings it brings

than be present with it and take steps to support ourselves and I'm really seeing more and more in the times we're living in how the opportunity for distraction is everywhere.

It's too easy for us to pick up some screen and scroll and scroll and

we're getting all this incoming information and distractions all the time.

So destruction feeds back into our anxiety and lack of focus.

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