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Don’t you ever wish you could tell anxiety to shut up?

I’ve had anxiety since I was at least 4 years old, but it took until the last year or so to really try and get my anxiety in check.

I’ve spent a lot of time trying to fight my anxiety or avoiding certain things that made me uncomfortable, but that only made my anxiety worse.

One thing I’ve learned is that you shouldn’t fight your anxiety. 

You should try and accept the emotions you’re feeling.

Try to sit with the uncomfortable for as long as you can.

This probably won’t get rid of your anxiety, but it will help you realize that your anxiety isn’t going to kill you.

Another way to try to accept and relieve your anxiety is to tell it exactly how you’re feeling.

Every once in a while you gotta tell your anxiety to just shut the hell up.

How to Tell Your Anxiety to Shut Up

1. Fuck you
2. You are my bitch
3. You have no control over me anymore
4. I’m allowed to make mistakes
5. Your advice is terrible
6. Nobody asked you
7. I’m tired of your shit
8. Quit breathing my air
9. Learn to hold your tongue
10. Shut your face
11. Enough already
12. Shut your pie hole
13. Put a sock in it
14. Quiet!
15. Pipe down
16. Cut the crap
17. Uh-huh Uh-huh Uh-huh
18. Zip it
19. Be quiet
20. You’re making me upset
21. Quit your complaining
22. Shut your peeper
23. Knock it off
24. Pretty please, will you stop talking?
25. Shhhh
26. Don’t make me put a muzzle on you
27. Shut your trap
28. Can it!
29. Stop talking already
30. Are you done yet?
31. You’re taking up too much space again
32. No one cares what you have to say
33. Go back to bed
34. You’re just being cranky
35. Enough with your jibber jabber
36. Brain, please, stop
37. Yeah, I hear ya. I hear ya
38. Nobody likes a complainer
39. I’m gonna ask you to lose your attitude
40. Hush it
41. REALLY?
42. Cut it out
43. Quit whining
44. Shush
45. Shut the fuck up
46. Great advice. I’ll take it and shove it up your butt
47. Put a cork in it
48. Quit yapping
49. “DID I STUTTER?!” – Stanely, The Office
50. Keep it down
51. Silence!
52. Button your lip
53. Here we go again…
54. I will control you
55. I am better than you
56. I am better without you
57. I am powerful.
58. You are no longer powerful
59. You are not going to hurt me anymore
60. I will be victorious

Telling Your Anxiety to Shut Up

Keep in mind, you are almost 100% not going to be able to use any of these when you’re having a panic attack.

I use these when I’m facing my everyday, inconvenient anxiety that I have because of my generalized anxiety and social disorder.

Have you ever told your anxiety to shut up? What phrases have you used?

Related posts:

• 10 Common Bad Habits Making Your Anxiety Worse
• 10 Self-Care Essentials for Managing Your Anxiety
• 85 Calming Affirmations for Relieving Anxiety and Panic Attacks

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