12 Powerful Ways to Reduce and Calm Your Anxiety

Your thoughts are becoming jumbled, it is hard to focus and to think as clearly as you usually do.Maybe you have an important test in school.

A job interview. An appointment with your doctor or dentist.A date that you are looking forward to but at the same time you are scared to make a fool of yourself on.Whatever it may be it is making you anxious.Now, these self-help tips are for relieving low or medium levels of anxiety.

They are not intended for anxiety attacks or anything that serious.I know nothing about such things and would recommend that you seek professional help in such situations.Sit down, in a quiet place if possible.Breathe a little deeper than usual and do it with your belly and not with your chest.For just a minute or two focus on only the air going in and out of your nostrils.

Nothing else.This will calm your mind and body down.And it will bring your attention back to the present moment instead of it being lost in overthinking scary, future scenarios or bad memories from the past.Dispel the clouds of uncertainty and vague fears by researching what you have anxiety about.By talking to people who have done what you are about to do or want to do – or by reading what they have written – you can build a more realistic roadmap with both positives and negatives of how things are likely to go.And learn how to improve in the area that gives you anxiety.Do research on the best ways to become better at and less nervous when – for instance – doing public speaking, job interviews or presentations at work or in school.I like to lift heavy weights for about 30 minutes when I feel worried, stressed or anxious.It makes me feel stronger both in mind and body.