10 Life Hacks Against Anxiety For The Lazy

2024 Author: Harry Day | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 15:43

10 easy-to-follow steps to stop anxiety attacks or reduce anxiety.

10 life hacks against anxiety for the lazy

Read on, try on yourself. Train while you are calm and remember at least one life hack from anxiety during the next panic attack.

1. Breath. Take four deep breaths in / out, in a rhythm that is comfortable for you. Hold your breath and count to 7. At 8, exhale. Practice in a relaxed environment at home to be ready during an attack.

2. Challenge your thoughts. Most people fear the worst. Think about different scenarios! Learn to argue with yourself, ask questions, think about alternative outcomes.

   Ask yourself:

“What are the facts that everything will be exactly like this?”;

“What's wrong if this happens?”;

“Is it so awful?”;

"Can't I really get through this?"

3. Rule 3-3-3. Look around and name three things you see. Then, name the three sounds you hear. Finally, touch three parts of your body: knees, fingers, nose. This exercise will help the brain "ground".
4. Emergency meditation. Take the "observer" position. Look around, be aware of your emotions, thoughts, but just do not hang labels: "bad / good." Accept what is happening without judgment.
5. Don't scare yourself! Don't fixate on sensations: heart, stomach and head! No matter how hard they are, this is all an illusion that you believe in. Neurotic "symptoms" take you into the jungle to distract from the main thing. The first disturbing thought "I am dying" is always wrong!
6. Don't run away! It takes practice, but this is the only sure way. Anxiety must be endured and endured. As long as you succumb and run away, everything will repeat itself. Stay in place and breathe.
7. Stop reading the thoughts of the people around you. It is not written on your forehead that you are shaking from the inside or that you are panicking. Panic attacks and anxiety are both very intimate experiences. And they are completely invisible to others.
8. Try to control your stress. This is more of a prevention, but still: learn to keep your finger on your own pulse. Literally. This will allow you to feel how your anxiety is growing at the body level and take action in time. Just don't over-check!
9. Cheer yourself up! Watch a funny video on Instagram, find a video with funny cats and dogs. Laughter is the best psycho defense.
10. Worry productively … Decide what is really bothering you. And make a plan of action to exit to another state. The more rational it is, the sooner the anxiety will recede.

Supplement, clarify, ask, share your best practices and practices!