Anxious Journal Prompts

• What are you worried might happen?
  
  

• Is this fear based on facts or possibilities?
  
  

• What is actually in your control right now?
  
  

• What is the worst-case scenario? How likely is it really?
  
  

• What would you tell your best friend if they felt this way?
  
  

• When did you first notice feeling anxious?
  
  

• What helps you feel even 1% calmer?
  
  

• Are you putting pressure on yourself? About what?
  
  

• What has helped you get through anxiety before?
  
  

• If your anxiety had a voice, what would it be saying?

When you feel anxious, your amygdala detects possible threats, even imagined ones. Your heart rate increases and your body prepares for danger.