People who suffer from anxiety can often greatly decrease this anxiety by changing their daily habits. Trying to incorporate structure and an outlet for stress can be helpful. Often a changing relationship of people and places you frequent can help to alleviate anxiety symptoms. Learning relaxation techniques to use in the moment can help when you feel an anxiety attack coming on.
Lifestyle
An often overlooked area of anxiety reduction is addressing a person's lifestyle. People with poor eating habits and a lack of exercise can be prone to anxiety as they have no outlet for their stress. Making a consorted effort to eat well can provide people with regulated moods by eliminating blood sugar highs and lows that set people up for anxiety and frustration. Some people also have food allergies that can contribute to an ill anxious feeling; an elimination diet may help you find foods that contribute to your anxiety.
Similarly, regular exercise can be a huge stress release that lowers a person's anxiety threshold. Activities as simple as going for a walk may help some people while others may need a more intense workout like kickboxing. Yoga has become a commonly used stress reducer and is now available at most gyms. Making exercise a part of your daily routine requires some effort if you are not used to working out, but the benefits of sticking with it can be invaluable.
Removing yourself from stressful relationships can also be of help. Some people enjoy drama and prefer to live in a state of panic, just being around these people can raise your anxiety. Often it is necessary to evaluate the friendships and places you frequent and remove people or places that add to your anxiety. If it is impossible to remove these people completely, try limiting your time with them as much as possible.
Meditation
Besides cleaning up your lifestyle there are other activities that can help control stress and anxiety. Meditation can dramatically help calm and focus a person fixating on an issue to the point of anxiety. Meditation involves sitting in a quiet environment and focusing on slowing the breath. Slowing the inspiration and expiration tells the brain that everything is fine and you are safe. Meditating on a daily basis will lower a person's anxiety on a whole as well as teach a person calm themselves in any situation by concentrating on slowing respiration.
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