Mental Gymnastics: How to Handle Anxiety

Psychology Today | 12.10.2026 21:59
This post is about anxiety, which is something we all experience at some point in our lives to different degrees. Anxiety is characterized by an unpleasant state of inner turmoil and includes feelings of dread over anticipated events. Much of my work with clients experiencing anxiety involves, on one hand, an examination of the possible outcomes of anticipated events, and on the other hand, the physical and emotional ways the inner turmoil that the anticipation of these events can cause.