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Anxiety Top 10 No No's In no
particular order: Anxiety and How Important is a Good Laugh? Most anxiety sufferers don't laugh much. Most anxiety sufferers are too wound up in their own thoughts to see all the good and funny things around them. If you focus on the negative then that's what you are going to get- negativity and more anxiety. Maybe you need to learn how to smile again. Is this a joke you say? Hardly, it's like riding a bike, once you learn you never forget. Maybe you just need some practice to bring joy back into your life. What can you do? Surround yourself with positive people who know how to laugh and have a good time. If you notice children are usually happy and find happiness in the smallest of things. You need to learn how to recapture that innocence and learn how to laugh to help your anxiety. Look at yourself in the mirror and smile, try it, practice it, you might just get a laugh out of yourself! Rent some funny movies you know you love. Read a humorous book like the old Archie comics or your favourite cartoon. Avoid negative anxiety provoking TV. People tend to spend too much time in front of the TV. It's easy to watch a couple of hours of TV without even realizing it. Take note to the type of programs you are watching also, this can impact your anxiety level. Keep the content light and enjoy your programs. Accept what you have and cherish it. Help others, volunteer your time. Use whatever positive means you need to get yourself laughing again. Your self esteem will improve and your overall mood.
Anxiety Strategy Part One Insight into your anxiety is probably one of the most important keys to getting relief. There may be many reasons we suffer from anxiety so we will have to look at all aspects of our lives. Many things can be the cause of this condition such as stress, chronic pain, depression, medical issues, alcohol/drug abuse and traumatic events in our lives. Maybe you fit into one of these categories or maybe a combination of them. It is important to reflect on our current lifestyle and past life experiences to find the answers. So what happens when we find these answers. Well we can use a problem solving approach to deal with each of the issues. How is it done? The first phase is the assessment phase which involves what was just described earlier in this article. We need to look back at our current lifestyle and past experiences. It is very helpful to write down these thoughts for easy reference when moving to the next phase. Once we have completed the assessment phase what do we do with all of this information? The next step in exploring our causes of anxiety is to identify problem areas from this information. You should be able to see the problem areas quite easily. Some areas may be work related, medical, stress load, family, past traumatic experiences etc as discussed earlier. Make a list of these problem areas keeping them as simple as possible. Try to use only a couple of words to identify each problem if possible. So if you complete this exercise properly your list should look something like this: 1)chronic stress 2) Employment problems 3) current alcohol use 4) death of loved one 3 years ago. Of course this is an example and you will make your list out of the problems you have discovered in your assessment phase. Part Two In the last article we were at the point
where we completed out assessment and identified problem areas. The nest step we
need to take is to prioritize what problems we need to look at first. In our
example we can see 4 problem areas. At this point you will have to make your own
decision on what problem should be given first priority. For this example we are
going to prioritize in this order: 1)current alcohol use 2)chronic stress
3)death of loved one 3 years ago 4) Employment problems. Now we can clearly see
some of the causes of our anxiety and can formulate a plan to address these
issues. Our first problem we identified is the current alcohol use. For this
example we will say that this person is currently consuming 3-6 drinks per day
and more on the weekends. Their use has been gradually increasing and it is
probable that they have an addiction. Now we have to look at ways to deal with
this problem area. There are many options one can look at such as a) Detox b)
12
step program c) Self Help Group d) Medications e) Professional Counselling
Service. The key is to tackle one problem at a time. Often dealing with one
problem area will help us solve another related problem at the same time. In our
example taking care of the addiction will impact the other identified problems
and give us a good head start on the total picture. As time goes on we can re
organize and re evaluate so that we can achieve optimum wellness. By completing
this exercise it will impact us in a positive way and aid us in decreasing our
anxiety. Anxiety Help
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