While it comes on a sliding scale—from the occasional experience to ranging severities of anxiety disorders—we all deal with anxiety in our lives. Your anxiety may stem from any number of causes, including stresses from daily life or past emotional traumas. When things get to be too much, taking just five minutes to try one of these 10 strategies could help calm you down and rise above the anxiety.
Acknowledge your anxiety
When you feel the discomfort that comes with anxiety the easiest path may seem to be trying to ignore it. However, allowing yourself five minutes to lean into that feeling and break down what exactly it is about your situation that is causing you discomfort and worry can be a strong first step to overcoming it. From this standpoint you can work through these feelings to identify the things you can control in the present moment and, hopefully, set aside the things you have no control over.