5 Sure-fire Ways to Overcome Fear and Anxiety Today.
stay cool.. stay awesome
1) Breathing is the short circuit for anxiety
I know I know, you hear a lot about 'deep breathing' to help you relax and reduce anxiety, but bear with me.
If you purposely breathe out longer than you breathe in, your body has to calm right down (regardless of what tricks your imagination is playing on you).
So if you start to feel fearful:
Stop
Focus on your breath
Take a breath in (to the quick count of 7 in your mind)
Then slowly breathe out (to the quick count of 11 in your mind) (just random numbers)
2) Prepare for peaceful performance
Think about what you are gonna do tomorrow. Plan it well.
3)Scale your fear
The easiest way to do this is with numbers. You can scale your own fear from 1 to 10, 10 being the most terrified it's possible to be and 1 being the ultimate relaxed state.
4) Get control of your imagination
Especially for ppl, who fear the dark. see yourself being calm, composed, cool, and comfortable and things going well.
5) Use the AWARE technique
A: Accept the anxiety. Don't try to fight it.
W:Watch the anxiety. Just watch it and when you notice it, scale
your level of fear and start to breathe longer on the out-breath.
A: Stands for 'Act normally'. Carry on talking or behaving as if
nothing is different. This sends a powerful signal to your
unconscious mind that its over-dramatic response is actually not
needed because nothing that unusual is going on. Like fire
fighters coming out and seeing that no emergency is happening
and so going back to the fire station.
R: Repeat the above steps in your mind if necessary.
E: Expect the best. One of the greatest feelings in life is the
realization that you can control fear much more than you
thought possible.
