Monday, November 9, 2009

Try These 7 Methods to Relieve Anxiety in Your Life

By Dillon McRamey

People who work too much, or some who worry a lot, most probably would fall into a state of anxiety. That is if stress acquired from their daily activities are not managed properly. Who doesn't want to be happy in life? Of course the majority would always want that, so manage your stress, and you are on the right track to achieving happiness.

Some people cannot handle their anxieties, thus they need to seek professional help. Anxiolytics or anti-anxiety drugs are prescribed to people who cannot manage their anxieties consciously. If, however, your anxieties are still within your ability to control them, here are some alternatives on how you can relieve your anxieties:

1. Psychoanalysis- used to uncover unconscious memories and processes. This is the best in insight therapies and has been widely employed to assist people with anxiety. An anxious person, who wants to take this step in managing the causes of anxiety, thinks of situations that caused his/her anxieties then tries to process it in applying coping mechanisms and creates constant awareness of the stimulus to anxiety.

2. Meditation - makes you relaxed by thinking on positive thoughts, usually with closed eyes. Reflecting on good energies will aid you in having a calm state of mind.

3. Exercise - Daily physical activity frees the pressure in the body and at the same time within the mind because you sweat out negative energies and toxins.

4. Sleep - Lack of sleep weakens our body and lowers our tolerance to stress, which again could easily lead us to anxiety. Getting enough sleep on the other hand, like 8 hours of sleep at night, recharges our whole being and makes us capable enough of facing another day ahead.

5. Taking a break - Have fun and live your life to the fullest. Learn to relax and enjoy. Learn that you're not living to work, you're working to live. So take a break, unwind, and enjoy life.

6. Diet - The state of our physical health often depends on the food we eat. Eating foods rich in fiber, vitamins, and minerals could easily strengthen our body and state of mind, which also makes us capable of dealing with high levels of stress.

7. Attitude - Thinking positively could easily help us perform all of the previous six steps in order to relieve anxiety from our lives. So, having the right mindset is our best weapon in overcoming anxiety.

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