Anxiety and uncertainty
Choose the situation that fits. Explore 12 practices and open the steps you want to try.
Plan access and support for participation
- Plan a chosen everyday activity with optionsYou want to participate in an ordinary activity while retaining control over its scope.
- Plan access to an activity you care aboutYou want to participate but need practical arrangements.
- Agree on what kind of support is welcomeSomeone wants to help with a difficult activity and you need clear boundaries.
Name what you want support to help with
- Name what you want anxiety support to make possibleYou want a support goal that matters personally to you.
- Describe a difficult cue without recreating itYou want to explain a recurring difficulty to a support professional.
Check fear, facts and missing information
- Solve the practical part of an anxious situationAnxiety and a concrete logistical problem are mixed together.
- Acknowledge fear and check what it calls forYou feel afraid and need to decide what the situation requires.
- Name the uncertainty you can leave openYou cannot know every detail before an ordinary decision.
- Plan what to do while waitingA predictable delay tends to leave you frustrated or repeatedly checking.
- Leave room for an unanswered questionYou feel pressure to settle an issue before you have enough information.
Clarify a choice or an ambiguous message
- Separate reasons for and against an ordinary stepYou are unsure whether to proceed with a nonclinical everyday choice.
- Ask for relational clarification onceUncertainty about another person's meaning is affecting an interaction.