Her patients are gathered for a group therapy session. They’re here to learn mindfulness techniques, stress mitigation and coping strategies for anxiety.

When Dr. Ayanna Abrams, Psy.D., founder of Ascension Behavioral Health, starts handing out candy, they’ll soon realize certain coping tools are tastier than others.

The latest social media craze is encouraging people to turn to sour candy when they’re feeling anxious. According to experts, the suggestion has merit. In fact, some have long been using it in their practices.

“When I was leading dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT) groups and I’m working with individual clients and we’re doing some DBT, I usually would use mints,” Abrams tells TODAY.com. “I was using mints, I was using chocolates and then sometimes I would use sour c

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