Comments on: Understanding Creative Anxiety http://reptitude.com/how-to-tips/understanding-creative-anxiety/ when being creative is like herding cats Fri, 03 Sep 2010 05:08:29 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Cope with Creative Anxiety Exercise http://reptitude.com/how-to-tips/understanding-creative-anxiety/comment-page-1/#comment-1548 Cope with Creative Anxiety Exercise Fri, 10 Jul 2009 07:17:59 +0000 http://reptitude.com/?p=586#comment-1548 [...] There are many different potential answers to this. You might opt to feel the anxiety but keep at it anyway (my personal “Just keep your butt in the chair technique.” or you might have a favorite breathing technique or something like that to help yourself get through it. So figure out what you could do to help yourself when you feel anxious. [...] [...] There are many different potential answers to this. You might opt to feel the anxiety but keep at it anyway (my personal “Just keep your butt in the chair technique.” or you might have a favorite breathing technique or something like that to help yourself get through it. So figure out what you could do to help yourself when you feel anxious. [...]

]]> By: Barbara Martin http://reptitude.com/how-to-tips/understanding-creative-anxiety/comment-page-1/#comment-1541 Barbara Martin Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:00:47 +0000 http://reptitude.com/?p=586#comment-1541 It is hard. Sometimes using the two chair "talk to yourself" exercise can help... It is hard. Sometimes using the two chair “talk to yourself” exercise can help…

]]> By: Eileen http://reptitude.com/how-to-tips/understanding-creative-anxiety/comment-page-1/#comment-1540 Eileen Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:37:33 +0000 http://reptitude.com/?p=586#comment-1540 I hear ya on this. It can be really hard to just sit with any emotion, instead of trying to self-medicate or swirl it into something else. And identifying rational vs irrational...ie is this fear based on reality or a story I am telling myself? A constant practice! :) ~E. I hear ya on this. It can be really hard to just sit with any emotion, instead of trying to self-medicate or swirl it into something else. And identifying rational vs irrational…ie is this fear based on reality or a story I am telling myself?

A constant practice! :)

~E.

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