Anxiety—whether it’s new to you, or you experienced it before your loss—is a huge issue in grief. It’s exhausting. And it’s not even useful.⁣ ⁣ So what does help? Being honest with yourself. Acknowledging your own feelings. Telling the truth allows you to relax enough to ask yourself what you need in that moment. ⁣ ⁣ You won’t always get what you need. But the practice of asking yourself what you need, and taking the most likely-to-be-effective course of action to meet those needs, actually BUILDS a sense of safety in the world. ⁣ ⁣ For a whole lot more about how to deal with anxiety inside grief, check out my first book, It’s OK That You’re Not OK: https://refugeingrief.com/book/ And my guided grief journal, How to Carry What Can’t Be Fixed: https://refugeingrief.com/grief-journal/