When I’m upset and especially when I’m angry, writing what you want to say to a person (cuss words and all) helps keep me from saying something I will regret later. That definitely made driving home a lot easier.įinally, I have to recommend my old faithful, Writing. After trying it, I was down to a much more manageable 5. My anxiety had been at an 8 mere minutes before she’d taught me this technique. It surprised me how much that worked for me. All while I kept breathing deeply in and out. For example, she had me place my hand on a cool surface, like a window sill and focus on the color of my skin, the way the smooth surface feels against my palm and so on. It’s basically a way of distracting yourself from the anxiety combined with breathing exercises. But Life has found other ways for me to make up for that! I try to fit in some walking during my lunch break at work. Once I’d identified the ones I’d like to try (which would probably be the most effective since they were activities I already enjoy), I set out following them through. Some were things I don’t do enough like exercise or talk to friends. Some of them were things I already do like listening to music or journaling.
She gave me a few worksheets listing possible strategies and asked me to pick out the ones I liked best. The first thing my therapist did was help me pick a number of coping strategies to use when my anxiety spiked. 1 pencil, what do I do to relax? Well, I’ll tell you three things. Hey Life, I’d like to remind you that I’ve already graduated college and I’m not interested in Extra Credit!Īnyways, when Life is testing me without a No. But perhaps that’s because Life has decided to test me several times in the past few months. I recently went back to therapy and started taking medication for anxiety. But under the surface, I’m a big ball of nerves. On the surface, my demeanor appears to be calm and unflappable. Yes, this is actually the prompt on my calendar for today.īelieve it or not, I have a hard time relaxing.
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