22 unexpected ways to cope with anxiety

Edition of The Huffington Post asked members of the mental health community The Mighty talk about how to cope with anxiety. And they offered some unexpected relaxation options.

1. Drive a car

When focus on the road, anxious thoughts there is no room in my head.

2. Listen to audiobooks and podcasts

By focusing on the history and the voice of the narrator, detract from the troubling issues.

3. take arms

It should have on hand a soothing toy or trinket - something that can pull to disturbing moments.

4. Include heavy music

Fast and loud rock music drown out the negative thoughts in your head.

5. Mentally surround yourself with a protective wall of white light

And give her a setting not to let any negative energy.

6. Prepare a complicated dish

Creation - a simple method to clear the mind and distract. Food - one of the available methods to direct energy in a constructive direction.

7. Play video games

Intense storyline and sudden collision with opponents will draw the attention of all and temporarily displace disturbing thoughts out of consciousness.

8. Sing

To hum to himself a pleasant melody, do not need to be locked in a room. You can look strange when you sing in a public place, but it is not your reason for concern.

9. solve puzzles

It helps to focus on something other than disturbing thoughts, and successfully finding clues returns confidence.

10. To count small change in your pocket

During a panic attack soothing sound of coins, and the expense of a little distracting.

11. Restore order in the house

The disorder may increase the feeling of anxiety and chaos elimination It gives the feeling that you keep the situation under control.

12. Drinking something very cold or hot

Unusual temperature distract from worries.

13. Do inverted postures of yoga

Stand on the shoulders or on the head makes seeing the world from a different perspective.

14. Play The Sims or other similar game

Management fictional universe creates the illusion that you can keep everything under control.

15. Work

Anxiety disappears when embarking on a daily routine matters.

16. Watch Korean dramas

They provide an opportunity to escape from the over-analyze the situation and calm down.

17. Go to wax eyebrows correction

Beauty treatments are held under quiet music. Estheticians are aware of the client the only that once in three weeks, she comes to the correction of eyebrows. Leaving the cabin, you feel a bit nicer. It's relaxing.

18. Hold in their hands frozen orange

The unusual action forces to focus on the ball in the hands of a cold, which slows down the mind and soothes the heart.

19. Read in a random sequence, or in the reverse order

It takes the brain stronger than a simple listing of numbers and therefore distracting and helps to calm and even sleep.

20. Take care of indoor plants

If you water the flowers, consider the patterns on the leaves, and even talk to them, you can forget about anxiety.

21. Go to the shop for fountain beverages

A short walk to your favorite music completes the reward in the form of a tasty lemonade. The main thing was to drink decaf, otherwise it will excite even more.

22. Make a grand makeover, even if it is not necessary to go anywhere

This is not simply a way of look better. This expression of their feelings through drawing on the face and almost an art form that inspires and distracting.

comment specialist

Most of the proposed methods related to the distraction to some new activity. This is truly one of the easiest methods to cope with anxiety. Good all the options related to sports, exercise, singing and dancing. Through movement we release accumulated tension. For the ladies will be effective beauty treatments. The women at the physiological level provided help in dealing with stress - production of the hormone oxytocin. This hormone is produced by contact with the body, which occurs during cosmetic manipulations.

It is a pity that among the techniques was not anything associated with simple human communication. In a conversation, you can use facial expressions and gestures of the reset voltage, structured experiences, to hear the views from the outside. All this can change the attitude to the situation, and reduce anxiety.

However, anxiety is usually caused not just. Sooner or later, it would be good to eliminate its original cause, otherwise you will be very tired. This can be compared to a computer. You have one program is running - worry, you run a parallel second - distract. And spend energy on both treatment and more to curb anxiety. So no need to worry just shoot into the background, but also close running processes anxiety as we free memory on your computer.

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And how do you deal with anxiety and panic attacks?