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Well, another day another dollar, or so most of us hope. We wake up smell the comforting aroma of freshly brewed coffee or tea and either go online or turn on the television to see what nail biting, anxiety riddled, situation is occurring. All of the sudden the euphoria we were feeling from a good night's sleep and the fragrant aroma of our morning brew starts to turn into mild anxiety. Nevertheless, we attempt to shrug it off through philosophical interpretation by reciting the old quote stating something along the lines that as long as it is somebody else's problem it couldn't be all that bad.
Obviously the anonymous author who originally penned this idea must have been from another planet because someone else's problems have a way of coming home to roost somewhere between the credit cards and empty cash pocket in our financially strapped wallets.
So we must find a way to deal with the monumental amount of anxiety that seems to be creeping, or maybe even charging, into our lives. After all it looks like it going to be sticking around for a while, kind of like the unforeseen house guests that is determined to over stay their welcome.
What about just embracing all that anxiety?
I once had a friend that loved overweight girls. When I asked him about it all he would say is they have a lot more to love, though sometimes I have trouble getting my arms around it all.
I would suggest to you that the massive amount of anxiety that each of us is experiencing on a daily basis is a lot like that.
Of course we would prefer to just get rid of any excess anxiety in our lives. But the paradoxical dilemma of anxiety is that the more you feel that you must vanquish it back to wherever it came from, the more anxious you feel.
Almost like you threw a boomerang and it came back an hit you in the back of the head!
The more disconcerting it makes you feel, the more it will entangle you. In other words the more you struggle, the more trapped you feel.
So what is the answer?
I am proposing taking an observational approach. Some might even view it as dispassionate approach.
How is anxiety making you feel? How is it impacting your thoughts? How does it chance your behavior?
Now you are starting to turn the tables on anxiety by observing it rather than letting it control you. Let's look at few question you might ask yourself.
*Am I feeling any physical tension in body and if so where?
* Is my anxiety causing me to think more negatively than normal?
* Is it causing me to create a mountain of problem where only a minor bump in the road exists?
* Am I worrying about something totally out of my control that I cannot change?
* Should I be feeling severe anxiety symptoms such as sweaty palms, a racing heart, or tightness in my chest or throat, or are these symptoms simply an overreaction?
What next? Once you start to observe anxiety by asking a few simple questions, and providing yourself with honest answers, it will be much easier to chart a level headed path going forward.
Some will choose to live more in the moment, not looking forward or backward. Others will work on their relaxation breathing techniques. Others will implement additional relaxation techniques into their lives such as mediation or yoga, perhaps combining one or more of them with a safe and effective natural herbal or homeopathic anxiety remedy.
By implementing the above suggestions you will be taking a giant first step on the way to getting your life back in balance and diffusing many of the possible problems both short and long-term anxiety can present.
