I carry a blue monkey in my pocket (from the game barrel of monkeys) so that it can take on my anxiety so I don’t have to. Yea it is gitchy but for me it works. Then I can ask it how it will deal with the anxiety and it allows me to look at it through third party eyes and detach from it a little so I can deal with it like helping someone else.
Author: Steve D.
Steve Daggett, SUDP(CDP), ADC-2, USN-Ret
Sunrise Services, Inc. Substance Use Disorder Supervisor, Island County