23/04/2026
Day 2 of 7 things that genuinely helped heal my anxiety: learning my cycle.
Every time my anxiety spiked, I used to think I was going backwards.
I’d think I’d ruined all my progress, that I was slipping back into old patterns, or that something was wrong with me again. But over time I started noticing that a lot of those harder days were showing up at certain points in my cycle.
I’m not speaking as an expert here, just as someone who started paying attention to her own body and realised there were patterns.
At certain times of the month I was more anxious, more emotional, more reactive, and much harder on myself. And once I understood that, it changed so much, because instead of panicking, I could be softer with myself and support myself better.
It stopped me seeing every anxious day as failure.
Sometimes it wasn’t that I was going backwards.
Sometimes my hormones were shifting, and I needed more rest, more awareness, and more compassion.
And now on the days it is higher? I rest more I give myself time and space and make sure I do lots of Reiki to ease the pain and pent up anger or sadness I'm storing.
Learn your cycle. It might explain more than you think.
Follow along for day 3 tomorrow
