The Anxiety Trap: When Playing It Safe Keeps You Stuck
How avoidance becomes the very thing that feeds our fears There’s a cruel irony at the heart of anxiety: the very thing that feels like it’s protecting us is often what keeps us trapped. We avoid the networking event, skip the difficult...
Top 5 Coping Skills to Manage Anxiety
In the mental health field, anxiety is akin to the common cold so everyone should know the top five coping skills for managing anxiety. At some point, everyone experiences anxiety and to a certain extent it is healthy. Anxiety prompts people to take action. Some anxiety about the term paper due for school, the midterm exam, the proposal for work, or the client meeting can increase motivation and a needed sense of urgency. However, when the anxiety is too great or irrational, it can be debilitating. Worries can persist for hours about health, job status a relationship or family members, effecting sleep, creating irritability and a chronic restless and edgy feeling. The anxiety can be so pronounced that one’s concentration and capacity to function or enjoy activities becomes hampered but using these coping skills for anxiety management can help.