Comment by ajkjk

I like this article, but I wish it was phrased "are you being a baby" instead of "are you a baby". Labeling oneself as wholly a particular attribute is one of the mechanisms by which anxiety takes root: you _are_ or _aren't_ something, full stop. Labeling actions or states shifts your mindset so that you can clearly see this is something you're free to change. It's the sort of thing that makes no difference at a factual level (they're logically equivalent! right!?) but emotionally the tone shift makes a huge difference.