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Emotions come in waves, with highs and lows. Know that the cycle is natural — everyone feels it. If you're at a low point, better times are coming.
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Have you felt this emotional cycle before — and given where you are in the wave, what is the right tactic to apply right now?
Identifying what you know and what you don't can decrease your anxiety and provide some knowns to fill in the gaps. Analogies can make sense of the unknowns and give you firmer footing.
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What do you actually know for certain right now — and what are you just afraid of?
Obsessing about the worst case can be disabling. Walking it through to its final implications often reveals that the “monster under the bed” isn't quite as terrible as we feared.
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If the worst actually happened — could you survive it, and what would you do next?
