Anxiety
What do you do when all your thinking
And all your worrying
Makes you so nervous
You cant sleep properly?
What do you do
When you feel indescribable panic
And you cant really tell anyone
Because it makes you feel silly and worthless?
How do you tell your body
And your mind
To stay calm?
How can you feel safe
When your heart is racing
And your palms are sweating?
First,
It is important to remember that anxiety is trying to protect you
Strange as it may seem, anxiety is your friend
Keeping you safe
Without it, us humans would not survive
Second,
Its important to understand the essential ingredients of anxiety:
1) Imagining something bad will happen to you
2) Imagining that you will not cope at all when that thing happens
Third,
Acknowledge that your anxiety has probably helped you a lot through your life
Made you conscientious
Made sure you got to places on time
Made you remember to do things
So we do not want to get rid of it completely
But we do not want anxiety to get so strong
That you make yourself so uncomfortable
That you avoid doing things
Or worse
Engage in behaviours that only make you feel more anxious and ashamed after
The good news is
Anxiety is a very common problem
And a lot of research has gone into working out ways of managing it
So you may as well tap into them
And learn a thing or two about yourself
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