Anxiety is the feeling of fear or apprehension that is intense enough to disrupt one's daily activities. It hits anyone at any point in their lives, regardless of sex and age. If you suffer from anxiety and you let anxiety overcome you, you then let stress and unhappiness overrule you, through being paralyzed by anxiety. You need to learn how to overcome it or at least reduce its effects. Here are twelve tips that can help you conquer anxiety:
1. Be the master of your thoughts. Inability to control what you think strengthens your tendency for anxiety. Anxiety gains momentum when you entertain negative thoughts.
2. Practice self-discipline and control over your feelings. Anxiety is like taking a ride on a rollercoaster. Once you start entertaining negative thoughts and fears, they become a mantra that would perpetuate themselves. The best thing to do is to cut them off right then and there. Distract yourself, divert your thoughts, or go talk to someone and have him or her correct your fears. Most of the time, anxious thoughts are distortions of reality. It is best to have someone tell you the objective facts, and show you that you are grossly exaggerating your fears. If they are valid, you can seek reassurance of a happy outcome or have the other person suggest ways to work around the problem/s you face.
3. Think positive. As they say, try to think of the glass as being half-full. Thinking it is half-empty will only result in a never-ending cycle of negative thinking. Thoughts give birth to thoughts, and what you fill your mind with will spill over into reality. Our mental mantras become self-fulfilling prophecies. When we allow thoughts to perpetuate in our minds, they burst forth into reality as, as was said, self-fulfilling prophecies. The key is not to go "I won't think negatively. I won't think negatively." Rather, you should force yourself to fixate on positive thoughts. Write a list of the things you want to be and the things you want to happen in your life, enough that you could say every single morning within 3 minutes, to yourself. Then every morning, when you wake up or before you leave for work or school, say your affirmations to yourself. Example: "I am beautiful, articulate, and I will make that sale today!" Then all throughout the day, when you catch yourself worrying, stop in your tracks, and force yourself to enumerate 5 things you are thankful for today. Repeat as needed.
4. Keep yourself busy and on the go. Never allow yourself to have idle moments. The moment you get up from bed, keep yourself busy right away and keep moving throughout the day. Volunteer to clean the house for the day or tell somebody that you will do the dishes for dinner. You can also read books or magazines, engage in exercise, or meditate; to keep yourself from worrying/anxiety. Being idle will not solve your problems and the moments when your mind isn't busy doing something worthwhile will only invite more anxiety.
5. Work out a plan and try to accomplish it. Whether it's how to improve yourself or a plan to solve the very problem that is causing your anxieties, doing this exercise would let you see that you can do something about your situation. This would also help you realize that you have control over yourself. Increasing control over your own life leads you to feel less anxious, because anxiety is an issue of control: the lack of it.
6. Consult someone that can be trusted. Sharing your worries with another person lightens the worries and puts them in the proper perspective. The premise is that you talk with the aim to lessen your anxiety.
7. Laughter is the best medicine. Laughter can ease your burdens. Be in the company of amusing friends or indulge in activities that can put laughter in your life, like watching The Three Stooges.
8. If current issues make you anxious, switch off the television. Reduce the time you spend watching news and avoid watching shows that depress and make you more anxious before you go to sleep. Though professional help is needed in extreme cases, anxiety is manageable, if you know how to get around it. Do follow these helpful tips and you will see your anxieties eased.
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thanks for the heads up. This is a great blog and I’ve bookmarked for future reference. Cheers.
Staying positive is an essential element but it isn’t easy when you are strugling with a multitude of irrational thoughts, which at the time seem quite rational and logical. Using positive self talk is useful for dealing with this by replacing negative thoughts with positive examples in your life.
I think that one thing that you mention is very important and that is to remember that anxious thoughts are distortions of reality.
Some excellent tips on managing anxiety. I particularly agree with keeping yourself busy.
i see your point here, thanks for the information
I am agree, anxious thoughts are often distortions of reality. With the anxiety you create stories in our mind which will most likely never happen like this. It’s important to keep your thoughts on reality!
Great advice. This has helped me greatly.
This is a great blog and I’ve bookmarked for future reference. Keep up the good work.
This is a great blog and Great advice. This has helped me greatly.
Yes these are all right, but we must remember to include one thing always with these steps. that is Prayer. WE can not have strength and peace of mind without giving a great prayer to our God almighty.
It’s also important not to worry too much about your reputation, otherwise you’ll start tripping over yourself or end up being too stiff.
It’s truly one of the most encouraging article I’m ever read. Thanks for to apportion from you.
Deep breathing is the most important.
I agree with you that controlling the mind is important. However, someone suffering from anxiety might say, “Well, yeah, but how does one do that.”
Marie and I were filled with anxiety years ago. I mean real worriers. And, then we found Transcendental Meditation. You don’t have to go to a studio to learn it either. There are good books available for that.
It happens that we did learn from a meditator and that was great.
However, I guarantee if anyone suffering from anxiety will practice TM, that problem will be a thing of the past.
It takes only twenty minutes in the morning and twenty minutes at night.
I even use it to go to sleep (although the meditator didn’t care for that idea)
I just lie down and begin to meditate, and within two to three minutes I am asleep.
I used to toss and turn. No more.
This looks like an interesting blog, I’ve bookmarked it in google reader. Everyone deals with anxiety - my main bad habit is to try to ignore the thing that I am anxious about, to procrastinate about dealing with it. This just makes my anxiety worse - if I deal with my problem when I start getting anxious my anxiety will disappear
Nice tips! I’ll share them to my friend.
Thanks for the tips…Like most people I work a stressful job and these tips if used correctly may help me… so thanks for the post
It’s a great blog and I’ve bookmarked for future reference.
A very good and informative post…I agree with all your points, especially that laughter is the best medicine. Being in the company of friends and relatives really reduces tension.
I deal with alot of anxiety and these are some helpful tips. Thanks for the post
Good tips, particularly the one about making a plan. I find I procrastinate when I get anxious. It is better for me if I don’t procrastinate, but do a plan and stick to it.
A nice set of tips there, I suffer from phone anxiety so these are going to help me a lot.
Great tips, really many people suffer from anxiety and they do procrastinate when they are anxious. Your above given tips can certainly help people
laughter is the name of my game..
whenevr im down.. or get any signs of anxiety.. i go to my stock of over 100GB of humour videos, movies, serials… and i slog it out.. nothing like it
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well I believe that anxiety is misstaken, and not well considered, but it’s really a serious problem, and must be treated, and your tips are very helpful, thanks
ery good and informative post…I agree with all your points, especially that laughter is the best medicine. Being in the company of friends and relatives really reduces tension.
Anxious thoughts are often distortions of reality. With the anxiety you create stories in our mind which will most likely never happen like this.
Nice tips to follow every thing.
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Easier said than done. My advice is to play video games. Reading a book or watching TV are passive distractions, but video games are immersive and really make it hard to think about other problems.
Wow, great article! All of these tips are very true and on point. I have struggled with anxiety ever since a terrible car crash about 6 years ago. With the help of counseling I have gotten much better and I improve every day. These simple tips can definitely make a huge difference if your having trouble with anxiety. Great site I will definitely bookmark
I certainly agree that ‘laughter is the best medicine’ i get over my anxiety by spending times with my friends, talking, laughing and enjoying myself.
me myself is an easily anxious person…I think too much about negative outcome
Even when I try to force myself busy..I just cant stop worrying
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Sounds good, Really helpful tips. People should control the Anxiety. Thanks for this tips.
All of them are excellent tips on managing anxiety. I particularly agree with keeping yourself busy and think positive,if you think positive everything will be fine.
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This is a very positive post. I am guilty of many of the things you mention that lead to anxiety. I didn’t realize this was happening. One thing I need to work on is opening up to other people. I work by myself and don’t socialize very much. I think that will help out a lot.