Positive Ways to Cope With and Manage Anxiety

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Positive Ways to Cope With and Manage Anxiety

by Wendy Suzuki PhD with Billie Fitzpatrick

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Positive Ways to Cope

• Name your feelings, positive or negative

• Control your anger

• Practice self-reflection

• Seek support from friends and family

• Communicate or talk about your feelings

• Exercise

• Participate in hobbies and/or sports

• Spend time outdoors

• Consider a situation from another point of view

• Remain flexible and open to new ways of thinking

• Keep a journal or engage in another form of conscious self-reflection

• Spend quality time with family, partner, friends

• Use positive self-talk and affirmations

• Meditate or pray

• Clean or organize your workspace or home

• Seek support from a health professional when you need it

• Playing or being with a pet or children

Without judging yourself, ask yourself this: What, if any, of your go-to ways of coping with stress are helping you? Are any hindering you, or having unwanted secondary effects? Also, which of these coping strategies could you do more of?

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