How to Deal With Anxiety
Quick and simple tools to help your body settle and calm your nervous system.
Ease Anxiety Fast
When emotions run high and time is short, simple breathing and grounding techniques offer relief and help calm the nervous system in just a few minutes.
Body & Nervous System
Lately, I’ve been noticing how easy it is for me to slip back into survival mode, even when things are mostly fine. I can be doing all the right things and still feel like my body is quietly bracing for something.
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Healing CPTSD
A check-in about what it looks like when anxiety takes over, even when you “know the tools”. What’s been hard lately, and what I’m doing to be a little kinder to myself.
Joy & Play
Creative activities like writing, painting, or gardening reduce stress, boost mood, and help process emotions—much like meditation. They can bring joy, focus, and a sense of growth through the simple act of creating.
Recent Articles
Ease Anxiety Fast
The 8-Minute Empathy Phone Call
An 8-minute call with someone you trust can ease anxiety, loneliness, and low mood—offering quick emotional relief through simple human connection.
Joy & Play
Learning to Cultivate Joy
Noticing small, everyday moments of wonder can shift your perspective and soften anxious thoughts. From stargazing to morning coffee, simple joys can become anchors of calm.
Pregnancy & Anxiety
The Baby Was Fine. I Was Not.
The baby was okay. So why, several hours later, was I sitting on a bench, crying like something terrible had happened?
Emotional Regulation
Small Rituals That Bring Me Balance When Life Feels Too Much
I’m not a big routine person, but I’ve found that a few gentle rituals can make a world of difference. Here I talk about the small things I do in the morning and evening that keep me grounded, plus how planning little joys helps me feel lighter and more stable.
Ease Anxiety Fast
Using Cold exposure to calm anxiety, fast!
Cold showers, ice on the wrists, or a cold foot bath can quickly interrupt anxiety by shocking the body, boosting focus, and breaking the cycle of overwhelming thoughts.
Emotional Regulation
Social Media, Notifications, and Anxiety
Constant pings and endless scrolling were quietly feeding my anxiety. In this post, I share the simple phone boundaries I set for myself, like deleting apps and silencing notifications, and how these changes gave me more peace of mind and presence in my everyday life.
About Otterly Anxious

Hi! I'm Marine 🦦

A comprehensive toolbox of evidence-based techniques, articles, and resources to help navigate anxiety. Discover embodied movements, emotional balance tools, and more.
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This website is the result of my personal journey.
It's a "Tool Box" I turn to everyday.

I suffer from Complex PTSD, and chronic anxiety is unfortunately part of the package. Over the years, I’ve searched for ways to feel safer in my body and more at peace in my mind.
What you’ll find here is a collection of tools that have helped me navigate emotional waves, ease physical tension, and reconnect with myself, especially in difficult moments.

Everyone’s healing path is different and I hope this guide can offer a starting point, a bit of support, or a reminder that it’s okay to sometimes feel lost.

Resources: Books, Podcasts & Therapists