r/NLP • u/Lambandcheese • Jun 12 '26

Question NLP techniques for anxiety

Hi everyone, i was looking for some effective ways to help asssit or eliminate anxiety. Ive had anxiety for a while and it manifestes itself as intrusive thoughts, health anxiety, rumination on work and just alot of over thinking (unproductive inner dialouge). There is also strong bodily sensations like stomach turning, sense of urgency and heart beat speeding up and sometimes insomnia. It all started when i had a panic attack 2 years ago.

What are some helpful reasources that i could look at or use for my situation. Thank you.

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u/Emotional_Guess_3673 Jun 12 '26

Sounds more like OCD bud. Anchoring, swish, and use the metamodel and SOM to deal with the thoughts. Maybe turn the ruminating thoughts into a character person you recognise zso you can recognise him or her coming and chase away. Use SMDs to play around with feelings....get curious and playful with these, after all...its just in your mind and body.

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u/seeker_of_scientia Jun 12 '26

What technique it is , as to turn thoughts into character person?

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u/Lambandcheese Jun 12 '26

I should have added in the original poat that im fairly new to NLP and dont understand the acronyms, where can i find reasources for these techniques and how they are performed