My mind won't slow down
Your thoughts are moving faster than you can follow, and trying to outrun them only winds the spring tighter. A racing mind is usually a mind that has been working very hard to keep you safe. You are not broken for being unable to simply think your way to calm. You don't have to slow the thoughts down to be okay in this exact second — you only have to be here.
Read one, sit with it, and draw as many more as you need.
Anxious
My mind won't slow down
“Your mind is trying to protect you from something that isn't here yet. You are safe in this exact moment. Feel the ground beneath you.”
More comforting words for this feeling
“Name three things you can see right now. There — you just came back to the present, where you're okay.”
“Anxiety lies about how the story ends. You've believed it before and it has been wrong every single time.”
“That racing feeling will pass like every wave before it. You don't have to fight it — just let it roll through you.”