Anxiety is an emotion that is related to the major emotion Fear.
Fear can range in intensity on a continuum including uneasiness, apprehension, nervousness, tenseness, fright, panic, terror, shock, horror, and dread.
Anxiety fits within this continuum.
Fear is helpful when there is a perceived credible threat to one’s life, health and well-being or to those of one’s family, friends, or community. Fear can motivate and organize someone for action to solve the problem at hand.
In such times, the emotions may be very helpful.
When the reality of the threat is less intense than what is perceived, it may be necessary to reduce the level of fear or anxiety to match the experience.
Changing how you feel increases the capacity for living with sustained effectiveness.
How Is Anxiety Treated?
The process of understanding the accuracy of the threat, reframing the experiences, reducing the intensity of fear and being skillful in problem solving can be taught.
By learning, practicing, and implementing techniques and skills, you can decrease the feelings of unwanted anxiety.
Therapy can help.
What Are Coping Tools for Anxiety?
You can learn to recognize symptoms of anxiety.
You can learn to understand the facts of the situation.
You can learn to change your feelings to match the facts of the situation.
You can learn to be mindful of the moment.
You can learn to tolerate the stress of the moment.
You can learn to improve the quality of your relationships.
You can learn to utilize your wisdom in solving problems.
You can learn to prepare yourself to cope ahead with potential problems.
How to Cope with Social Anxiety?
- Grounding yourself in the moment
- Gaining a realistic appraisal of yourself, the environment, and the people around
- Improving how you perceive your inner and outer world
- Creating a solid sense of being.
- Doing what is necessary to be effective
How to Reduce Anxiety?
Anxiety can be reduced by using skills of
Mindfulness – Being in the Moment
Emotion regulation – Changing how you feel
Distress Tolerance – Improving how you handle stress
Interpersonal Effectiveness – Getting your objectives met, while building relationships and self-respect
How to Find a Therapist Help with Anxiety?
Find a doctoral-level practitioner who has extensive training and experience with behavioral health therapy.
Find a doctoral-level practitioner who can meet you where you are at in this moment in your life.
Find a doctoral-level practitioner who can help you gain the necessary skills to make your life better.
Find a doctoral-level practitioner who can help define your values, improve strengths and raise abilities to overcome challenges.
Find a doctoral-level practitioner who can support you in several states around the country.
Find a doctoral-level practitioner who can connect your experience in therapy to tangible ways to improve multiple aspects of your life.
Anxiety can rob a person from their sense of agency and lead to isolating or destructive behaviors.
These behaviors are not sustainable, nor are they effective.
Learn to understand how you respond to stress.
Improve your sense of calm and energy therapeutic strategies and tactics to make your life work.
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