Suggestion to Overcome Anxiety

Have you ever felt your heart racing or your stomach hurting and you can’t focus at all because stressful thoughts and images were flashing through your mind?

Anxiety is an imaginary or excessive fear which impairs our functioning. When we worry, it can get to the point of overwhelm. I can only imagine how exhausting it can get. Then, somehow it still escalates. What could get worse?

Therefore, I would like to share about an insight I have gained from a book which is widely recommended. The book is named Atomic Habits. They mentioned we are often anxious because the situation we are facing is too intimidating and undesirable so I think one way to manage anxiety levels is to reframe and actively alter a situation to make it slightly more convenient and desirable, reducing anxiety.

There is hope. Let’s include elements we look forward to in ‘the seemingly, endlessly dreadful scenario’.

Some ideas:

Make it fun

Make it safe and comfortable

Take regular breaks

Break down into manageable parts

Question: What are some of your specific healthy coping mechanisms for anxiety? Take your time to ponder about possible and used coping strategies.

Thanks for reading. Hope it helps.💛