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Since 1849, FCS has provided families, children, and elders in Baltimore and the surrounding counties with social services focused on prevention, intervention, counseling, and advocacy. Our clients — from expectant mothers to at-risk elderly — are living, breathing examples of the critical work that we do.

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Embrace your nervousness!When you feel a sense of nervousness, it can help to remind yourself that nervousness is an 'unwanted' feeling rather than a 'negative' feeling. It's only negative if it stops you from doing what you need to do. It's helpful when it keeps you alert and it's better than boredom, apathy or depression.

Turn nervous thoughts into affirmations. 😳

Nervousness is just our adrenaline pumping--the production of energy. 😁So, when we get nervous our minds are busy having tons of ideas that correspond with the stressful intensity of our feelings: "I can't do this." or "I'm not good enough."😮
While you may not be able to stop the racing thoughts, you can replace them with affirmations.👍
Affirmations are positive descriptions of your capability, written in the first person. The following are examples of affirmative statements that you can drown out negative thoughts and poke hole in your belief of them:
“I am the best candidate for this job”.
“I am perfectly qualified to give this performance and I will”.
“I can handle this”.
“They want me to succeed on this test and I will”.

Embrace your nervousness. 🤗
It may seem counter-inutitive to accept and welcome being nervous...after all, you are trying to not feel nervous❗️But trying to squelch down natural feelings has a way of making them worse.😮
Allow yourself to feel uneasy, but recognize that just because you feel uneasy does not mean you cannot do something.🙌
Accept that you will feel nervous as a natural state in a given situation...just as you would feel happy, sad, or angry in a given situation. Instead of running from the feeling, simply allow it to be present, but not overwhelm you.🤔
Being nervous shows you care. And if you care, you are more likely to do well at something than someone who does not.👍

And Breathe..... 💨

Try learning some techniques to take deep, relaxing breaths. These techniques will serve you in preparation of the moment and can even be done in moments of major nervousness. Anxious 😦 Whether you have a tendency to use shallow breaths, monitored breaths, or breath too rapidly, deep breathing will help you breath more efficiently. 🙌This way your body will be receiving more of what it needs to get through a moment of major energy expenditure❗️Also, relaxed breathing will relax your highly stimulated autonomic nervous system.❤️ ... See MoreSee Less

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Family and Children's Services of Central Maryland

2 days ago

The correlation between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and substance use is profound.... treatment must be trauma-informed to make a lasting change and address the root causes of addiction ... See MoreSee Less

Bad news-good news: Each additional ACE increases opioid relapse rate by 17%; each ACE-informed treatment visit reduces it by 2%

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Each additional type of adverse childhood experience increases a person’s risk of relapse during medication-assisted opioid treatment by a whopping 17 percent. And each visit to a clinic that integrates trauma-informed practices based on ACEs science reduced the relapse rate by two percent, which ...

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Family and Children's Services of Central Maryland

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