ANXIETY: What it Looks Like and Ways You Can Take a Proactive Approach
Health encompasses physical, spiritual, and mental well-being, yet the mental aspect is often overlooked. This discussion focuses on anxiety, a prevalent issue affecting both adults and increasingly, younger people.
Anxiety attacks aren’t always hyperventilating & rocking back and forth. They also come in the form of:
Random bursts of irritability
Obsessive behavior and nit picking
Hypersensitivity
Pacing
Silence
Overthinking
Zoning out
Brain fog ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Here are some helpful ways I personally deal with my own anxiety:
Routine
Anxiety thrives on turbulence and uncertainty so creating a routine helps me A LOT.
Rationalize
Anxiety pulls out the worst-case-scenario. I tell myself the reality of the situation won’t be as bad as I’m making it in my head and do my best to focus on the present instead of getting caught up with all the what-ifs.
Talk
I reach out to friends who can help me rationalize and sort through my thoughts.
Schedule
If there’s something that’s triggering my anxiety, I’ll schedule it into my day/week. Putting things off indefinitely makes things a hell of a lot worse.
Mindfulness
Finding things that occupy and calm my mind and spirit has helped. For me, that’s been meditation.
SO many of us deal with this on a daily basis- you do NOT need to suffer alone in silence!
By speaking freely and openly about mental health, we open the door for others to do the same. ⠀⠀