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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.
Healing CPTSD
Sometimes setting a boundary doesn’t feel peaceful at all! It feels like heartbreak.
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
Healing CPTSD
Can you heal Complex PTSD outside of therapy? Many trauma survivors do through somatic work, mindfulness, and self-compassion. Here’s what actually helps when you’re healing on your own, drawn from real community experiences and my own journey.
Emotional Regulation
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.
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.
Emotional Regulation
Tracking my cycle has changed the way I understand my moods and energy shifts. Here I share how I plan around different phases of my cycle and why working with my body instead of against it has brought me more ease, balance, and self-compassion.
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.
Healing CPTSD
Have you ever said something with the best of intentions, only to replay it later and wish you hadn’t said anything at all? That sinking feeling, the heat in your chest, the loop of “why did I do that?”, that’s shame. And it’s one of the most human experiences there is.
Somatic exercises for anxiety
Sometimes the best way to ease anxiety is to let your body be cared for. Here are simple self-care rituals, like osteopathy, massage, sauna, or a warm bath, that help me feel grounded and calm.
About Otterly Anxious
Hi! I'm Marine 🦦
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
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