# @jewel on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DCcStAsSqlr
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/24878405-jewel-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2024-11-16T18:27:18.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Jewel (@jewel) — https://gondola.cc/jewel

## Caption

MAKE ANXIETY YOUR ALLY. This is a self discovery that changed my life. A perspective shift I had around 2004 when I was going through the 💩 with my mom. The realization I had? : “What if anxiety means something is not wrong with you, but that something is RIGHT with you” 

Anxiety is my bodies way of COMMUNICATING in the only way it can - through sensation- TO HELP ME. TO LET ME KNOW that I am consuming somthing that fundamentally does not agree with me. As I learned to get excited and curious I could see what THOUGHTS FEELINGS OR ACTIONS made me anxious. Then I could get to the WORK of learning how to stop consuming them, and replace it with something that calmed , nourished and benefited me. No sleep made me anxious. Self doubt or self loathing made me anxious. Feeling unworthy made me very anxious. Toxic relationships made me anxious. A bad diet made me anxious. HEALING is HARD WORK. But my anxiety became my ALLY that always showed me where to start. 

Does this resonate with you? Let me know if it’s helpful. And tell me one thought feeling or action that you know makes you anxious - and let me know if you have another you can replace it with. It takes practice and time. But what else are you going to do? Healing is work but being dysfunctional is also hard work.. why not work hard for a better pay off? Hope this helps! #mentalhealth #anxiety #tips #notalonechallenge

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anxiety, tips, notalonechallenge, mentalhealth

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