11/01/2023
Anxiety is a normal and often healthy emotion, but it can also cause physical symptoms, such as shaking and sweating.
The nervous feeling before an important life event or during a difficult situation is a natural echo of the original ‘fight-or-flight’ reaction.
The symptoms can interfere with daily activities such as job performance, schoolwork, and relationships.
Not doing anything will just increase the fear of the fear. But if you take a risk with a safe person and tell them that you are anxious about something, their warmth and compassion will reduce a large percentage of the feeling, and you will feel relief.
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No worries, it happened to me, I didn’t want to admit it.
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This are two grounding techniques you can do and they can be done at any time, without anyone else knowing that you’re using them.
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First, you may want to start with a simple deep breathing exercise called the 5-5-5 method. To do this, you breathe in for 5 seconds, hold your breath for 5 seconds, and then breathe out for 5 seconds.
You can continue this process until your thoughts slow down or you notice some relief.
When you can find your breath, try practicing the 5-4-3-2-1 technique. For that, you want to look around and focus on:
5 things you see
4 things you feel
3 things you hear
2 things you smell
1 thing you taste
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