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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
Healing is personal and there are so many tools out there. Some I haven’t gotten around to yet, and others I’m just beginning to explore. These might not be part of my journey right now, but they could be meaningful and powerful for you.
Joy & Play
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.
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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?
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.
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.
Ease Anxiety Fast
Breathing Techniques for emergency
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.
Healing CPTSD
When Setting a Boundary Feels Like a Breakup
Sometimes setting a boundary doesn’t feel peaceful at all! It feels like heartbreak.
Emotional Regulation
DBT tools I use for Anxiety, Overthinking and Emotional Dysregulation
DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy) can sound complicated, but it is really just a set of tools that help you stay grounded. I share the ones I reach for when my emotions run high.
About Otterly Anxious

Hi! I'm Marine 🦦

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This website is the result of my personal journey.
It's a "Tool Box" I turn to everyday.
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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.
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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.

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