How to Cope with Anxiety: Reader Tips

A new threadjack It inspired us to share some reader suggestions on how to deal with anxiety – including both tips in this thread and comments on our past posts about anxiety. You’re probably familiar with some of them, but we’re sure you’ll find something you haven’t tried. (Did you know that May is Mental Health Awareness Month? We’re pretty sure every month should be Mental Health Awareness Month…)

What have you found to be the best ways to deal with anxiety? what did you try does not have helped you?

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Reader Advice on How to Cope with Anxiety

The Usual Suspects

To exercise

Readers particularly recommend the following activities:

• kick box
• Running
• peloton
• HIIT
• Dance
• Yoga
• Pilates (I tried this myself recently and really enjoyed it.)

{relating to: Guaranteed laughter: how to deal with anxiety through laughter}

Outdoor Time

• Hiking (Here are our tips for gear!)
• A long walk – even on a phone call with a friend
• Gardening (I have zero expertise in gardening, but I find it cathartic to weed out…)

Personal Care/Self Care

First off, there are two great lines I’ve seen on the internet about self-care: (1) Self-care is more than just a bubble bath, and (2) Self-care is anything your future self will thank your current self for doing. (as noted by one psychotherapist) This article on Allure). I’ve also heard good things about this new book by Doctor Pooja Lakshmin: True Self-Care: A Transformative Program to Redefine Health (Excludes Crystals, Purifiers, and Bubble Baths)) [affiliate link].

All that said, here are some readers’ favourites:

Mental Techniques

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Daily Habits

Extra Tips from Kate & Kat

• To try progressive muscle relaxation technique. A simple and quick way to feel more physically comfortable.
• groundalso known as grounding, by putting your hands on it or lying on it, swimming, etc. (There isn’t much research on this yet, and some say its benefits may be a placebo effect, but it’s worth a try!)
• Do a brain dump: When you have a ton of thoughts swirling around your head, take a piece of paper and write everything down. You don’t even need to organize or tackle tasks/thoughts right away; simply typing gets them out of your brain.
• She likes a meditation tool called Kat. TRIPP It offers 10-, 20- and 30-minute sessions for relaxation. It can be used for VR devices, mobile devices, and the web and is a Free demo.

{relating to: how to deal with anxiety when you are busy}

Readers, say this: What are your favorite ways to deal with anxiety? Which of the above worked for you?

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