subject: Anxiety Management - Powerful Tips For Controlling Your Anxiety [print this page] Stress and anxiety are more prevalent in today's fast paced world. If you are one of those people suffering from an excessive amount of anxiety, then the following information should help answer some questions as well as provide you the one step solution towards anxiety management.
General Anxiety Disorder
Perhaps the most common anxiety disorder is GAD, or Generalised Anxiety Disorder. In this case, there is no specific stressor that is adding to the general anxiety levels. Instead many things can contribute to a person's concern and worry. These can be just daily activities.
We can become very used to our anxiety levels so much so, that they become very normalised, without noticing just how negatively it's influencing our life. So what's a normal level of stress and how do we know when it is too much for us?
If any of the following symptoms are present for more than 50% of the time for at least six months, then you may very well be suffering GAD:
1) Worrying about your job
2) Continually nervous about nothing in particular
3) Battling to switch off your negative thoughts
4) Worrying continuously about everyday things
There are some very effective tactics you can use to begin to control your level of anxiety. Doing so will mean you'll begin to notice vast improvements in your quality of life. It's not as difficult as you may think it is possible to learn how to use anxiety management to regain a sense of control.
You can learn how to relax both your body and mind using a range of different techniques. You can do this through physical exercise such as yoga and doing something you enjoy doing or mastering deep abdominal breathing, self-hypnosis, or even meditation.
Master the art of relaxation
1) Lock yourself away in a quiet place and sit down or lie down and close your eyes.
2) Begin processing relaxation by breathing in and out very slowly through your nose, ensuring that you exhale twice as long you inhale.
3) Take five more deep breaths, and create a vivid image of you lying on the beach somewhere or any other place you find relaxing. Really use your imagination here to create this experience.
You can maintain being in this state for as long as you want but up to 10 minutes should do. Practice this daily for your anxiety management to be effective.
