How to Deal With Anxiety at Night: 2 Essential Skills

Therapy in a Nutshell

Therapy in a Nutshell -Emma McAdam

Mental Health, Education, Health & Fitness:mental Health, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 22 August 2022

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Check out my free Grounding Skills Course for Anxiety: https://courses.therapyinanutshell.co... Anxiety at night can be brutal, you just want to lay down, rest, go to sleep, and your brain is like “Hey, let’s do a quick review of everything stupid you’ve ever done” and you’re like “What? No!” and your brain is like…ok, point number 1…” Or it’s like- hey, let’s try to imagine every awful thing that could happen. You’re relaxing, let’s worry for a little bit, doesn’t that sound like fun? Nighttime anxiety can be so painful, but you don’t have to just suffer- let’s talk about 2 really powerful skills to turn down anxiety at night and sleep better. Looking for affordable online counseling? My sponsor, BetterHelp, connects you to a licensed professional from the comfort of your own home. Try it now for 10% off your first month: https://betterhelp.com/therapyinanuts... Learn more in one of my in-depth mental health courses: https://courses.therapyinanutshell.co... Support my mission on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/therapyinanut... Sign up for my newsletter: https://www.therapyinanutshell.com?utm_medium=YTDescription&utm_source=YouTube Check out my favorite self-help books: https://kit.co/TherapyinaNutshell/bes... Therapy in a Nutshell and the information provided by Emma McAdam are solely intended for informational and entertainment purposes and are not a substitute for advice, diagnosis, or treatment regarding medical or mental health conditions. Although Emma McAdam is a licensed marriage and family therapist, the views expressed on this site or any related content should not be taken for medical or psychiatric advice. Always consult your physician before making any decisions related to your physical or mental health. In therapy I use a combination of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Systems Theory, positive psychology, and a bio-psycho-social approach to treating mental illness and other challenges we all face in life. The ideas from my videos are frequently adapted from multiple sources. Many of them come from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, especially the work of Steven Hayes, Jason Luoma, and Russ Harris. The sections on stress and the mind-body connection derive from the work of Stephen Porges (the Polyvagal theory), Peter Levine (Somatic Experiencing) Francine Shapiro (EMDR), and Bessel Van Der Kolk. I also rely heavily on the work of the Arbinger institute for my overall understanding of our ability to choose our life's direction. And deeper than all of that, the Gospel of Jesus Christ orients my personal worldview and sense of security, peace, hope, and love https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/c... If you are in crisis, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Hotline at https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/ or 1-800-273-TALK (8255) or your local emergency services. Copyright Therapy in a Nutshell, LLC

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0:00.0	Understanding mental health struggles can be tough. That's why I created therapy in a nutshell to help make complicated therapeutic topics easy to understand and learn.
0:09.4	I'm Emma McAdam, a licensed marriage and family therapist, and this is the Therapy in a nutshell podcast.
0:15.6	These episodes don't replace the need for mental health professionals or the advice given by doctors, but they provide options,
0:22.4	resources, and skills that can help you in your journey to better your own mental health or
0:27.8	help those around you who may be struggling. If you want to find more resources or if you want to
0:33.3	learn about courses I offer on specific mental health topics, please stop by my website at
0:38.0	TherapyInan-In-N-N-HEL.com. Now, let's jump into this week's skill. Anxiety and night can be brutal.
0:45.4	You just want to lay down and rest, go to sleep, and your brain is like, hey, let's do a quick
0:51.4	review of everything stupid you've ever done.
0:55.0	And you're like, what? No.
0:57.0	And your brain is like, okay, point number one.
1:00.0	Or it's like, hey, let's try to imagine every awful thing that could happen.
1:05.0	You're relaxing. Let's worry for a little bit. Doesn't that sound like fun?
1:10.0	Nighttime anxiety can be so painful,
1:13.5	but you don't have to just suffer. So let's talk about two really powerful skills to turn down
1:20.5	anxiety at night and sleep better. Your brain is like a phone that needs to do a software update.
1:26.5	You're busy working throughout the day,
1:28.5	you're doing important tasks, making calls, checking social media, playing games, and every
1:34.0	couple of hours it prompts you like, oh, you need to do an update. Would you like to do it now?
1:40.1	Now, of course not, right? No one wants their phone to not be working when they need it.
1:45.2	So of course, you put it off, you put off that software update until later.
1:51.0	You play some more games, you answer some more emails, you send more texts,
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