Coping With Anxiety

Anxiety

Do you know that feeling when you call your child/partner on the phone several times and they don’t pick up?

Your imagination draws terrible pictures and the worse possible scenarios, doesn’t it?

And your logical mind telling you that ‘’It’s all ok’’ doesn’t help…

Or when suddenly you wake up in the middle of the night, and terrible thoughts run through your mind ‘’what if this / terrible thing / happens after all, and what will I do?’’

Or when you were a witness of a car accident and when driving you feel anxious.

What is anxiety? Is it normal to experience it?

It’s ok to feel anxious while in a stranger area of the city at night or if there is a serious change in your life or the life of loved ones.

This is a normal reaction in the body. In such a stressful state blood circulates into the hands and feet and the fight or flight response kicks in.

Sometimes anxiety may creep up on you when you are feeling the safest, this can feel like you have a broken alarm inside of you that sets off at random times.

👍 So what should you do to cope with anxiety?

You can do any of the following, whichever you prefer.

 

Create more movement in your life

Try to jog, move around more, shake your hands, interact with your surroundings more.

Many people tend to freeze up when they feel nervous, try to move around more in day to day life to make yourself feel more free.

 

Pay more attention to your surroundings

Absorb your surroundings, visualize everything your touching, your breathing, try to take in the smells around you, listen more carefully to sounds being produced.

This is a form of meditation than can be used anywhere.

This will help you to generate a more positive and enlightened perspective on life.

 

Breath with focus

Focus on you how you breath, when you breath. You can perform breathing exercises, for example:

Breath deeply through your nose to the count of 7, then exhale through your mouth to the count of 11. Do this how many times you see fit.

Here are some more breathing exercises you can try: click here

 

Write Down Your Experiences

It is very good to note down what’s happening in your life on paper, write down how you’re feeling.

This can help to unjumble your current thoughts helping you look at the situation logically.

 

❤ When you feel calmer, don’t let the anxiety power over you again.

 

Now connect the logic. Ask yourself questions and try to answer them. You can write in writing:

 

1) What could happen?

2) If this happens, what action plan do I have for this case?

3) Who can help me specifically?

4) What would I say to my child if they would tell me about their anxiety?

 

Do not let anxiety ruin your life and control your life, depriving you of joy and harmony. If you feel that you can’t handle it, that there is a traumatic experience related to your anxiety  then its time to ask a professional psychologist or psychotherapist to help

If you’d like to learn more about my anxiety services: click here