What to do if you are feeling anxious?
What to do if you are feeling anxious?
Firstly, we would like to highlight the fact that literally everyone (really, everyone) experiences bad days from time to time. Although the socials nowadays might give you different feelings, it is not weird if you feel sad for a whole day, or if you have an anxious gut-feeling for a few days. Thus, it is ok to feel like that sometimes, but that does not take away that it is very annoying and that it might get on your nerves. Especially feeling anxious, since it also might give you anxiety about the anxiety and before you know it, you are thinking and suffering (in) a vicious circle. Time to break patterns! Read us effective tricks and tips which you can use when feeling anxious again!
Observe your surroundings
Take this tip very literally; see, listen and breathe your surroundings. And the most important; think about what you see, hear and breath. If you are watching a few kids playing in the sun, just think about everything you see. ‘’I see three children playing, one girl with brown hair, two boys with black hair’’… You get us, I think. Make sure that your thoughts only go to the observable, this will result in decreasing the ‘unobservable’ thoughts (your anxiety, in this case).
Household chores!
Might sound like something you do not admire at the moment, but believe us; when feeling anxious, start with your household chores! Go to the dishes, get the vacuum cleaner, clean the bathroom and go work in the garden. Within a short amount of time, you will notice that you are busy with the household chores rather than what you were thinking of before! So, the thoughts about your tasks replaced the anxious feelings and thoughts! Bye bye, anxiety!
Do not drink alcohol
When you are feeling anxious, please remember that you can do a lot to reduce your anxious feelings. On the contrary, you can also do a lot to increase your anxiety; something you do not want! Our main advice; cut the alcohol. Of course, you do not have to stop drinking forever, but when you are feeling anxious for a few days, make sure that you won’t take a glass of alcohol. Maybe it seems like your anxiety will go away for a few hours (the more drunk, the less anxiety, right?) but the day after you will for sure feel more anxious than before! No, alcohol is not the solution. But if you are in the need to reduce your anxiety for a few hours and still want to feel sober, you could of course take pills from a Smartshop. By using this, you will still remain a crystal-clear mind, but your anxiety will reduce for a moment.
