To continue making headway in managing our anxiety, it is imperative that we remove the negative people from our lives. Since we can easily be influenced by the people we associate with, it would only do more harm to our mental health and well-being to continue to involving ourselves with negative people.
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Mental Health Days
Taking mental health days are an important part of the process of managing your anxiety. Without taking the time to rest and recuperate, you run the risk of becoming mentally overwhelmed, and more likely to hit a breaking point.
Write It Out
One characteristic of anxiety that is difficult for us to manage is our thought process. Our anxiety hinders our capability to think rationally, causes us to think of the worst case scenarios, and causes us to dwell on a negative situation or incident.
Our Own Paths
We cannot allow ourselves to get swallowed up by feelings of inadequacy or failure. It’s important to remember that we all move at a different pace, accomplishing tasks at a different rate than others.
The Backpack of Horrors
While The Backpack of Horrors may sound like the title of some low-budget, poorly filmed horror movie, I can assure you It’s not. The Backpack of Horrors is where I stored all of my negative experiences.
Fear
Fear is natural emotion that helps us recognize a dangerous situation, physical or psychological. It can occur in response to something that is happening in the present moment or in anticipation of a future event.
Creative Outlets
Having creative outlets are critical for restoring the balance in your life. They help you to relieve stress and anxiety, boost your mood and self-esteem, and help you to achieve breakthroughs.
Acceptance
Having anxiety, whether it’s something that came around later in your in life or something that you’ve had for ever, is nothing to be ashamed of. Your anxiety is a part of you and probably always will be. Accept it.
Find Your Path
For anxiety, there is no cure. Don’t lose hope just yet! While there may be no cure, there are treatments available such as psychotherapy, commonly known as “talk-therapy,” medication, and support groups.
Mental Mistakes
Mental mistakes are the negative things you tell yourself about an uncomfortable situation that hinders you from moving past the issue. They are also commonly known referred to as the Automatic Thoughts.