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The difference between worry and anxiety.
Three things to help your worries:
— Give yourself a worry “budget,” an amount of time in which you allow yourself to worry about a problem. When that time is up (start with 20 minutes), consciously redirect your thoughts.
— When you notice that you’re worried about something, push yourself to come up with a next step or to take action.
— Write your worries down. Research has shown that just eight to 10 minutes of writing can help calm obsessive thoughts.
Remember: Worry is helpful only if it leads to change, not if it turns into obsessive thoughts. Three things to help your anxiety
— Limit your sugar, alcohol and caffeine intake. Because anxiety is physiological, stimulants may have a significant impact.
— Check in with your toes. How do they feel? Wiggle them. This kind of refocusing can calm you and break the anxiety loop.
— When you’re in the middle of an anxiety episode, talking or thinking about it will not help you. Try to distract yourself with your senses: Listen to music, jump rope for five minutes, or rub a piece of Velcro or velvet. Take a deep breath and count till 20.
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Three things to help your worries:
— Give yourself a worry “budget,” an amount of time in which you allow yourself to worry about a problem. When that time is up (start with 20 minutes), consciously redirect your thoughts.
— When you notice that you’re worried about something, push yourself to come up with a next step or to take action.
— Write your worries down. Research has shown that just eight to 10 minutes of writing can help calm obsessive thoughts.
Remember: Worry is helpful only if it leads to change, not if it turns into obsessive thoughts. Three things to help your anxiety
— Limit your sugar, alcohol and caffeine intake. Because anxiety is physiological, stimulants may have a significant impact.
— Check in with your toes. How do they feel? Wiggle them. This kind of refocusing can calm you and break the anxiety loop.
— When you’re in the middle of an anxiety episode, talking or thinking about it will not help you. Try to distract yourself with your senses: Listen to music, jump rope for five minutes, or rub a piece of Velcro or velvet. Take a deep breath and count till 20.