Anxiety is a Superpower
Anxiety Therapy in Colorado Springs
"Anxiety is a Superpower...
through the eyes of the CIA."
I recently saw a clip of a CIA agent talking about anxiety from the perspective of how it's a strength and an asset that can be leveraged. He went on to say...
"Most people who suffer from anxiety feel like they're inadequate in some way. But in reality, they are hyper-adequate. They are more than adequate. The CIA wants people who carry a certain level of anxiety because when you carry anxiety you naturally" ...
think critically and analytically
have heightened observational skills
are sharp and attuned
continually embrace new learning and growth
make decisions in alignment with good judgment and safety
This is exactly what I tell my clients, that anxiety is just one aspect of a set of personality features that are overall positive. People with anxiety are also typically deep and analytical thinkers, highly attuned noticers, very intuitive responders, unswervingly committed to excellence workers, and deeply compassionate and connected relaters. This is why people with anxiety also tend to be high performers and high achievers.
People with anxiety are often high performers and high achievers because of their deep and analytical thinking, high attunement and awareness, strong intuition, commitment to excellence, and depth of compassion
These are all great qualities, the potential downside can be an overactive mind that tends to overthink, overanalyze, and ruminate to a point of anxiety. I always say that, for all of us, our greatest strengths have a corresponding weakness that we have to adapt to. This is definitely true with anxiety - it is simply the flipside of some of the best and most wonderful things about you. In therapy, we leverage the strengths and abilities you have that are connected to your anxiety to help you better manage it, prevent it, and heal the underlying causes of it.
Once we bring the anxious side of you back under the management of the strong and capable side of you, it relieves. Then we can resolve it at a deeper level so that it works for you, not against you. We can shift anxiety to function as your superpower.
