tolerating calm feels uneasy

Tolerating Calm, Part 2

Anxiety, Mental Health

Part 2 of Tolerating Calm How does one tolerate calm, when the state of calm can actually trigger anxiety? Well, psychotherapy has been on about this for a long time.  It’s a big part of what I do every day. It Takes a Village I’m not alone and psychotherapy itself is not alone in helping…

calm and relaxed state

Tolerating Calm

Anxiety, Mental Health

“Tolerating calm.”  Say what, now? I’ll admit, when I first heard this phrase – tolerating calm – it sounded odd; almost an oxymoron.  What’s to tolerate?  It’s… calm. Calm itself can be quite pleasant.  The young folk might use the word “chill” (or at least they did at some point; I can’t keep up with…