How can I learn to confront anxiety provoking situations?

The first step is to admit that these situations are causing stress! From there, you can start to take note of how your body reacts in anticipation of these events - does your breathing become more shallow, does your body language demonstrate less confidence? These physical reactions can create a negative loop in fight-or-flight situations (i.e. you are nervous, you stop breathing regularly, less oxygen flows to your brain, you continue being nervous, etc.). It's also helpful to remember that nervousness and excitement are really the same thing - an excess of energy in your body, meaning that your brain already has the capacity to process this additional energy in a positive way!

A good way to confront it would be to logic yourself out of it. A lot of times in therapy, my therapist will ask me about something that is causing me great anxiety and then keep questioning it to why it is causing me anxiety until I acknowledge that I am having anxiety over it for no logical reason. Logical is the best was to combat anxiety.

By taking deep breaths and counting to ten in your head, it can help calm your anxiety and help you to relax.

I have found that if I am able to think about all of the little things that are causing me to be anxious, and deal with them individually, I find that it's much easier to calm down.

Don’t ever tell yourself that you must not think these thoughts. Let all thoughts come; do not run away from any of them; see them for what they are, just thoughts, exaggerated because of the way you feel. They can do you no harm and they mean nothing. They won’t be around when you recover, so pay them no respect. The best way to alleviate these intrusive thoughts is to allow them their space by NOT trying to force them out.

You have to take it slowly, step by step, because throwing yourself into a situation that is anxiety provoking can result in more anxiety.

Sometimes, you just have to do it. It maybe hard and scary, but when you confront it, you learn to deal,with it

Using mindfulness meditation is a great way to bring yourself into the present moment and reduce anxiety.

From my experience, slowly easing yourself into stressful and anxiety provoking experiences rather than jumping right in has helped me immensely.

I think asking the person first if ever the topic your asking is okay to him/her.. if not, the best way is to apologize..her change the subject or if not ask another question. Try to ask light questions and try to lighten the mood. Asking things that he/she enjoys doing and things she/he likes is important to...i think it makes them feel better.