The Anxious Photographer

These are some of the prompts I use when I am having a hard time and want to work out a truce with anxiety. There are 31 prompts in this little ebook that help me ground myself so that I can feel connected and safe.

Anxiety sucks. It's hard. And while therapy, medication, and other stuff can help, sometimes those tools aren't immediately accessible (and sometimes they just aren't the right fit). I am nearly always in arm's reach of a camera and learning to look for things in my environment has been and continues to be one of my best coping tools.

You don't need to have any photography skill or a particular kind of camera. This isn't about technical ability or manipulating settings. It's about awareness, curiosity, and connection. And if you are anxious I bet you already have that awareness thing nailed. :D

While I wrote this with adults in mind, many of these prompts are ones I use together with my young person, who is nine years old.