This is Buddy the Cat. Stick around a while, and let the ol' Bud guide you through our workshop on coping with anxiety and worry.

 

Why do these pages have a “Cat Theme”? What do CATS have to do with ANXIETY? Well, do you know ANY living creature that worries more than a cat? After living with six cats, we decided that cats are the best example possible for generalized anxiety and worry. Five of our six kitties are constantly in inner turmoil over such major issues as “She got one more rub behind the ears than I did” and “The food dish isn’t empty now, but it looks like it could be, soon.” Seems funny, huh......but oddly familiar too......

 

Worry? Anxiety? Not our cat Buddy! Buddy the Cat has mastered many of the coping techniques for anxiety that we describe on these pages, and leads a most serene life. As you go through these workshop pages, Buddy will demonstrate some of his favorite techniques for coping with anxiety and worry.

 

We're people, not cats. We don't have to be like that, or to let anxiety rule our lives. It takes a conscious choice, a decision to change, and lots of hard work. Use the workshop pages, do your "homework" journaling, and practice your new skills. After all, doesn't "practice make perfect"?  PERFECT? PERFECT?? That sounds kind of anxious, doesn't it? I guess we really need this workshop!

 

Anxiety affects all of us at some point in our lives. What does anxiety feel like? It's a feeling of worry, insecurity, apprehension or foreboding. Someone once described anxiety as “a chronic feeling of impending doom”. Anxiety is not  the same thing as fear. Fear is an acute, short term response to a clear cut, well defined external threat; anxiety is a diffuse, generalized response to some vague threat or stress.

 

This website is not intended to be a substitute for professional therapy. If you need help, get it. However, these pages can be used as part of a self help plan to increase understanding about anxiety and worry, and to develop improved coping skills to relieve some of the symptoms. Each page is a separate lesson, part of a free anxiety workshop, to be done at your own speed. They can be printed out, and used that way too. You may want to do some journaling as a self-help tool, after you complete each page. Come back for reviews frequently, and learn from what you have previously written.

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