How to Shift Perspective on Anxious Thoughts

Reframing is not pretending, it is choosing the more useful frame.

• Reframing is not pretending, it is choosing the more useful frame.
• Catching the thought is half the work, replacing it is the other half.
• A brain dump turns a swirl into a list you can actually triage.
• Self-compassion lowers cortisol faster than self-criticism does.
• Inner critic voices usually borrow language from someone else.