Your Anxiety Toolkit

Yep, you read it correctly!  Today we are talking about Checking Behaviors! Chances are, you have done these behaviors a million times They sound like this....“Just to make sure” “I would prefer to be certain” “I cant handle my anxiety if I don’t....” “Terrible things will happen if I don’t.....” If you have Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, you might check doors, stove knobs, hair dryers, crock pots (new for those who watched the TV show, This IS us), For those with Health Anxiety, you might check your ailments, sores, blemishes, degree of pain etc For those with Perfectionism, you might check emails, texts, phone messages, assignments for school etc For those with social anxiety, you might check Evite lists on who is going to an event, check your clothing or teeth in the mirror repetitively. Checking is an attempt to control our surroundings in hopes to avoid possible bad things from happening.  We might be avoiding the uncertainty of knowing if we will get sick or not.  We might be trying to eliminate entirel