If Your Teen Struggles With Anxiety, Therapists Say This Portable Tool Can Help

Mental health experts give them the thumbs up.

Parents editor at HuffPost UK

Gen Z are utilising “anxiety bags” to help when they’re feeling especially anxious – or a panic attack starts coming on.

TikTok is awash with videos of 20-something creators talking about what they store in theirs.

For those who’ve not come across them yet, an “anxiety bag” is basically a little pouch with items in that can help during an anxious period.

TikTok creator Ange Mariano shared she keeps a fidget toy, alcohol wipes, sour sweets, a sketch book and chewing gum in hers, while 24-year-old Stefany Skye keeps one in her car.

“I’ve been struggling with panicking [and] anxiety for a little while now, so I thought it’d be pretty smart to make myself one of these,” Skye said in a video, where she listed some of the items in her bag such as: lavender essential oils (to help calm her), magnesium glycinate, sour sweets, and a cold pack.

“I’m hoping that I don’t have to use this anytime soon, but I do like knowing that I am prepared ... [I’m] definitely keeping this on me at all times, because sometimes the anxiety comes out of nowhere,” she added.

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