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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
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.
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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
Laughter and play aren’t just silly extras, they’re powerful ways to shift your mood, reduce stress, and reconnect with joy.
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Body & Nervous System
Embodied exercices are just fancy words to mean bringing movement to the body. Explore some of my recommendations, things that work for me, to reconnect to my body and be in the now instead of in my head.
Ease 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.
Ease Anxiety Fast
An 8-minute call with someone you trust can ease anxiety, loneliness, and low mood—offering quick emotional relief through simple human connection.
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.
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.
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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The hardest last 16 months of my life...
The past 16 months were shaped by the death of a father who never made things right, forcing me to carry unresolved anger, quiet grief, and the loss of what never was while still staying functional and self-supporting. Instead of breaking or romanticizing it, I became clearer, more embodied, more selective, and more alone at times because I stopped tolerating what costs me my nervous system.
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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