The Lie We Keep Telling Ourselves (and How It Fuels Anxiety)
By Alexandra Janelli, Hypnotherapist & Founder of burble
We all do it — even when we know better.
Years ago, I caught myself whispering this tiny lie almost every day: “I’ll deal with it later.”
One night, I lay in bed staring at the ceiling at 2AM. My mind was racing with the usual loop: the email I forgot to answer, the conversation I was avoiding, the decision I kept putting off. Every “later” had turned into a brick in the wall of my anxiety.
Here’s the truth no one talks about: underneath every delay is a core belief hidden deep in the subconscious mind. For me, the belief was “If I face it now, I won’t be able to handle it.”
Procrastination isn’t just poor time management — it’s self-protection that has gone sideways. Our subconscious mind wants to protect us from discomfort, so it convinces us to wait. But the longer we wait, the more our mind feeds our anxiety — rehearsing the fear over and over.
If you struggle with anxiety, procrastination, or chronic overwhelm, it’s worth looking at the hidden belief underneath. Because when we change the core belief, the behavior naturally changes too. That’s the real power of using hypnosis for anxiety — it helps you update the subconscious stories you’re still living by.
A quick hypnosis-inspired visualization:
Take a deep breath. Close your eyes. Picture the thing you keep putting off — see it as a small box in your hands. Now imagine opening that box — just peek inside. What’s one tiny step you can take today to move it forward? See yourself doing it. Notice how your shoulders relax when you do.
A journal prompt to uncover your core belief:
What “later” have you been carrying that deserves your “now”? Use these 5 questions to help you dig deeper:
What am I really avoiding?
What am I afraid might happen if I do it?
What does that fear say about what I believe about myself?
When did I first start believing this?
What new belief would help me feel safe to take action now?
Anxiety doesn’t have to run your life. When you teach your subconscious mind that you’re safe to handle life now, not later, your whole nervous system calms down.
That’s exactly why I created go burble — to help you break old patterns and use hypnosis tools that target your anxiety at its source: your subconscious mind. If you’re ready to gently shift the beliefs that hold you back, burble is here for you.