Psychologies

6 SURPRISING WAYS TO soothe anxiety

There’s something about this time of year that encourages a rethink – of bad habits, fitness levels and cluttered rooms… You cut back on alcohol or sugar, join a gym or start running and prune your wardrobe and bookshelves – but why limit this burst of energy and re-evaluation to the traditional resolution areas? The way in which you deal with anxiety is probably just as much in need of reassessment.

When you are worried, it can be easy to fall into familiar but unhelpful thinking styles. Perhaps you intentionally avoid the source of your tension, or maybe you repeatedly tell yourself to stop being so irrational. How’s that working out for you? More than likely, the negative chatter and sleepless nights have slowly but surely ramped up. ‘When we try to block troubling emotions, it can be like blocking a wave. This doesn’t

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