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## Anxiety: How Does Self-Care Help?

Anxiety, financial crises, economic uncertainty, incurable illness, quarantine and death penetrate the bubble of safety and security now. Coronavirus, stock market plummeting, travel limited, no clear leadership, conflicting perspectives in duration and consequences.

This disruptive state is enough to trigger binge eating and anxiety attacks.

In the face of such powerful disrupters, what can we do for ourselves and others?