Anxiety!! It’s an epidemic!!
And it seems like doctors and professionals don’t quite understand what it is like when that feeling, that energy, that overwhelming sense of fear, urgency and doom well up from deep inside.
It overtakes our minds. And it is scary! To feel completely out of control like that feels like impending death. Out hearts race, our minds race, our lives become a continual fight-or-flight experience!!
Anxiety can show itself in many ways. Not everyone has the fight-or-flight experience. Sometimes it is just a gnawing unease in the pit of the belly. Sometimes it is a feeling of irritation. Sometimes it is inability to focus. Sometimes it is exhaustion and a desire to isolate, which goes hand in hand with depression.
Often times anxiety is associated with childhood trauma and adult trauma (sometimes called PTSD or post traumatic stress disorder) and chronic stress or disease.
It’s important to understand the root of anxiety, but it is just as important to understand how to manage it when it starts to rear its ugly head. And I have a few techniques I use that I want to share with you.
1. Deep Breathing. When you feel anxiety starting to well up, take deep breaths counting to 5 as you breathe in, hold for the count of 2, and count 5 as your breathe out. Do this multiple times to begin to regulate the Vagus Nerve that controls the parasympathetic nervous system, which oversees sensory impulse in the body.
2. Counting Technique. Start counting from 1. Counting 1,2,3,4 and then start to mix it up. Count 1,2,3,4,19,56,97,15,10,123, and so on, allowing the numbers that pop into your head be the ones you use. This brings your mind away from the thinking (that is the instigator of anxiety) and focuses it on something else. This works great. Use it as many times as you need to throughout the day.
3. Room Focus. When you start to feel that icky feeling, begin to look around the room or office or space that you are in. Start naming the items in the space such as; window, yellow flowers, picture of a unicorn, stapler, computer, chair ..etc.. Allow yourself to do this until the energy begins to subside.
4. Sound. Try humming, toning or saying “Ommmmmm”. This also calms the Vagus Nerve and helps your nervous system to calm down and balance out. Singing also helps. Make soothing, calming sounds out loud.
5. EFT or Emotional Freedom technique. This is also called “tapping”, and works by stimulating flow of energy through your nervous system creating balance. You can Google “Tapping” to find the tap points. Basically you will start at the outside side of your hand, called the karate chop point. Tap 5-6 times stating that you are in control. Then, tapping 5-6 times at each point, move to the top of your head, beside your eye, under your eye, under your nose, under your bottom lip, along your collarbone and on the side of your body about where your bra strap would be.
While you are tapping, speak positive statements such as “I am safe. I am happy. I am powerful. I am strong. I am calm. I am protected. I am good enough. I am beautiful. I am in control of my life. I am in control of myself. I choose my experiences. I am the master of my life. I am in control of my mind. I am in control of my emotions. I am in control of my body. I am sacred. God loves me. I am safe and protected. I am not alone.” There are many positive things to use here, make a list of positive statements for yourself before you have your next anxiety attack. Keep copies of them with you. Use them liberally.
Bonus tips;
Stop watching the news, it is negative and scary and you don’t need to feed your mind on negativity. This also goes for any negative, scary or violent media content. It’s important to begin to feed your mind and soul of positive, uplifting and beautiful things.
Turn off cell phones at night. Yep, that wifi signal is filled with information just flowing through the airwaves. And it is being picked up by your nervous system and certain areas of your brain.
Turn off your wifi modem at night and stop the flow completely. You’ll be amazed and how much better your sleep is.
Get more sleep. Scientists say that our healthiest rhythm for sleep is to be asleep by 10 and up by 7. Try it and see if it helps!
Begin a meditation practice. Start by using guided meditations, like the ones I offer on my website. They will help you to train your mind to focus. Do this daily for 30 days and watch your life change. It’s hard at first, but stay at it, don’t give up, and it will help immensely!!
Dietary changes are important. Sugar is the enemy when you have anxiety. Sweets, alcohol, diet drinks and fast food excite the nervous system often times leading to more anxiety, more often. Make those changes now!
Try connecting up with a Life Coach who can help you to identify what is going on and will help guide you to become aligned with your purpose and passion. Many times anxiety is due to us not living the way we are designed to live. Contact me to get your Free Discovery Call and let’s see if I can help. Click Here to take you to scheduling page.
I hope these will help you. Remember the healing happens when you apply what you have learned here!! I know what it is like to have anxiety. I’ve lived with it for years before I even knew what it was. But once I found these steps and began to use them, my life changed.
I also found that using high quality CBD oil made a big difference as well. If you’d like to find out more, please contact me.
I hope these tips really help you begin to know that you are not alone, you do have choices, and you can be in control.
Contact me when you are ready, let’s conquer this together.
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