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.💛
Hiya @calmingcomfortero I like how you toned down the post with pastels that feel so soothing already.🌞
Thank you for the valuable insight. I loooveee Atomic Habits by James Clear too, it's an incredible handbook, really!
I gotta keep remembering to make it fun. It seems childish at first but genuinely making something into an amusing event helps reduce it's impact and become more manageable. Like to beat a Boggart you have to make it funny so you can laugh at it and that takes away it's power over you.