I work to black and white versus colour. If something appears in my mind’s eye in black and white, it signals I’m being too rigid. I think anxious people tend to do this because when we’re in anxiety it’s very hard to access our intuition. For years I’d be told to ‘trust your gut’ and ‘go with what you feel’. But when you’re in anxiety – particularly in an anxious spiral – you’re all head. Blood rushes from your internals, powering the thoughts, disconnecting you from your gut.
