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Eco-distress is real. 🌿💙

Feeling overwhelmed by environmental concerns or extreme weather is more common than many people realize. These feelings can be heavy, but you don`t have to carry them alone.

Focus on what you can control, take breaks when you need them, and remember that protecting your mental health is just as important as protecting the world around you. 💙

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📞 312.508.3645
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Sunset anxiety is a real thing. And if you`ve felt it, you know.
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That creeping unease as the light fades. The restlessness that shows up right around golden hour. A vague sense that something isn`t right — even when everything is fine.
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It doesn`t have an official diagnosis yet, but the experience is real and well-documented. Research suggests it`s tied to anxiety patterns that don`t ease up through the day, as well as your natural body clock.
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Dr. Debra Kissen, CEO of Light On Anxiety, was recently featured in SELF Magazine breaking this down. Read the full piece at the link in bio — and share it with someone who needs to know there`s a name for what they`re feeling.
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As a therapist, here`s what most people get wrong about anxiety. 👇
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Most people think anxiety is a thinking problem. It`s not.
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Here`s what I wish more people knew:
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1. Anxiety is not weakness. It`s your brain`s protection system working overtime. It just hasn`t learned yet that you`re actually safe.
2. Trying to eliminate anxiety makes it stronger. The more you fight it, avoid it, or beg it to stop, the more your brain interprets that as confirmation there`s something to fear.
3. Avoidance gives you short-term relief and long-term suffering. Every time you skip the hard thing, your brain logs it as: "That was too dangerous for me." The anxiety grows.
4. Calm is not the goal. Tolerance is. The goal of anxiety treatment isn`t to feel peaceful all the time — it`s to be able to do the things that matter to you even when anxiety shows up.
5. "Just think positive" doesn`t work. You can`t reason your way out of anxiety when your nervous system is in alarm mode. The body has to come down first.
6. Reassurance-seeking feels helpful but isn`t. Asking "are you SURE everything will be okay?" over and over trains your brain to need external permission to feel safe — and that permission never fully lasts.
7. Anxious thoughts are not facts. They`re your brain generating worst-case scenarios to make sure no risk gets missed. That doesn`t make them true.
8. Anxiety often lives in the body before it lives in the mind. Tight chest. Shallow breath. Racing heart. Learning to recognize and respond to those physical signals changes everything.
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The good news?
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When you understand how anxiety actually works, it loses a lot of its power.
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That`s what we do at Light On Anxiety — evidence-based CBT that teaches you not just how to cope, but how to actually rewire the patterns underneath.
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💙 8 locations across Chicagoland + telehealth.
Book at the link in bio.
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“My stomach hurts… I don’t want to go.” 💔➡️💙
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For many kids, anxiety doesn’t show up as words, it shows up as feelings in their body.
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School drop-offs become tears.
Lunchtime feels overwhelming.
Bedtime turns into a battle.
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But what if those feelings aren’t danger… just a false alarm?
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In this session, one of our therapists helped a child understand the difference between a real alarm (true danger) and a false alarm (your body trying to protect you when you’re actually safe).
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That one shift changed everything.
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✨ Fear became something they could name
✨ Anxiety became something they could navigate
✨ And walking into school alone became possible
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This is the power of understanding anxiety, not fighting it, but learning how it works.
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💙 If your child is struggling, support can make all the difference. Book a session with Light On Anxiety to help them build confidence and feel safe again.
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☀️ Light On Anxiety
👩‍⚕️ CBT Treatment for Anxiety and Mental Health
📍 Seven Locations in Chicagoland + Telehealth
📞 312.508.3645
📲 [email protected]
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“My stomach hurts… I don’t want to go.” 💔➡️💙
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For many kids, anxiety doesn’t show up as words, it shows up as feelings in their body.
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School drop-offs become tears.
Lunchtime feels overwhelming.
Bedtime turns into a battle.
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But what if those feelings aren’t danger… just a false alarm?
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In this session, one of our therapists helped a child understand the difference between a real alarm (true danger) and a false alarm (your body trying to protect you when you’re actually safe).
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That one shift changed everything.
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✨ Fear became something they could name
✨ Anxiety became something they could navigate
✨ And walking into school alone became possible
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This is the power of understanding anxiety, not fighting it, but learning how it works.
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💙 If your child is struggling, support can make all the difference. Book a session with Light On Anxiety to help them build confidence and feel safe again.
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☀️ Light On Anxiety
👩‍⚕️ CBT Treatment for Anxiety and Mental Health
📍 Seven Locations in Chicagoland + Telehealth
📞 312.508.3645
📲 [email protected]
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#ChildAnxiety #AnxietyInKids #ParentSupport #CBTforKids #SeparationAnxietyHelp #ChicagolandTherapy #LocalTherapy #LightOnAnxiety #TherapyNearMe #TherapistNearMe
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"They never stop talking at home… but at school, they won`t say a word."

If this sounds familiar, your child may not be "just shy." Selective mutism is an anxiety disorder, not stubbornness, defiance, or bad parenting.

Children with selective mutism want to speak, but in certain settings, their anxiety becomes so overwhelming that they freeze.

Some common signs include:
• Talking comfortably at home but not at school or in public
• Whispering, nodding, or pointing instead of speaking
• Avoiding eye contact
• Looking frozen in social situations

The good news? CBT treatment is highly effective, and with the right support, children can build confidence and begin finding their voice again.

🌱 Early intervention matters.

To learn more about selective mutism treatment and child anxiety support, visit the link in bio.

☀️ Light On Anxiety
👩 ⚕️ CBT Treatment for Anxiety and Mental Health
📍 Eight Locations in Chicagoland + Telehealth
📞 312.508.3645
📲 [email protected]

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