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Approx. 40 million people in the United States suffer from Anxiety disorder. It is the most common group of mental illnesses in the country. However, only 36.9 percent of people receive treatment for anxiety disorder. Medication and anxiety counselling or therapy is used as treatment to reduce the symptoms. Know here ways to overcome anxiety on own.
Cognitive Distortions
dentifying our irrational/faulty thinking patterns and moving to positive thinking.
Progressive Muscle Relaxation Anxiety impacts one's physical health too. Progressive muscule relaxation helps to stabilize those effects that we experience.
Deep Breathing Exercises Deep breathing exercises helps us to calm down our racing thoughts and feel centered.
Sharing with close ones Sharing our worries with our loved enables us to gain different perspectives regarding the same and feel unburdened.
Physical Activity/Exercise Engaging in physical exercise helps to channelize the nervous energy productively. it releases endorphins in our body or what we call happy hormones
Penning Our Worries Down Expressing our anger, frustration or sadness on paper reduces the intensity of our emotions and makes us feel calmer hence helping us to gain more clarity and make rational decisions.
Circle of Concern/Control Understanding and differentiating two psychological building blocks can help. Everything that concerns us does not fall within our circle of control, which means that, given the situation, changing what has already taken place in the past is beyond our control, and cannot be altered.
Setting SMART goals
Focus towards SMART (Small, measurable, achievable, realistic and time-bound) goals as setting unrealistic goals are another major source of anxiety.
Mindfulness Meditation Meditation helps us feeling less stressed and make us more focused and calm.
Make a Gratitude Journal Focusing on the positive aspects of our life and maintaining a gartitude journal about hat make us happy. And our anxiety does not reach to a level that it overpowers our rational thinking and negatively impact all domains of our life.
Hope these coping mechanisms will help you to overcome anxiety. Avail anxiety counselling or therapy at Betterlyf. Talk to a Counselor and learn the mindful techniques to overcome anxiety.