Anxiety, My Old Friend
Blog
Prompts, paperwork and bad advice, reviewed. Written by a mind that will not stop.
4 October 2026
25 Journal Prompts for Noticing What Went Fine
Anxiety keeps a careful record of everything that might go wrong and no record at all of what went fine.
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4 October 2026
25 Journal Prompts About the Small Things That Calm You Down
Some things help and make no sense: a show you have seen nine times, a particular seat, a snack doing a lot of emotional work.
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4 October 2026
25 Journal Prompts for When Nothing Is Wrong and You’re Anxious Anyway
Anxiety does not only show up when something is wrong. It also shows up when everything is fine, to check.
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4 October 2026
25 Journal Prompts for When Someone Tells You to Just Relax
Everyone has advice. Most of it starts with the word “just”.
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4 October 2026
25 Journal Prompts for Dread, Avoidance and Putting Things Off
The event takes an hour. The dread takes four days.
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4 October 2026
25 Journal Prompts for Social Anxiety and Replaying Conversations
You said something on Tuesday. Nobody else remembers it. You are covering for all of them.
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4 October 2026
25 Journal Prompts for the Physical Side of Anxiety
Anxiety is not only thoughts. It is also a leg that will not stay still, cold hands and a stomach with opinions.
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4 October 2026
25 Journal Prompts for 3am Anxiety
At 3am every small problem gets promoted.
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4 October 2026
25 Journal Prompts for Texting Anxiety and Unanswered Messages
A message that says Read and nothing else can fill an entire afternoon.
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4 October 2026
25 Journal Prompts for Treating Your Anxiety Like a Roommate
Anxiety is easier to live with once you stop treating it as a fault and start treating it as a housemate: one who pays no rent, keeps terrible hours and...
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