Anxiety is no fun but you can get rid of it. Depending on how bad your anxiety is whatever it may be whether it's dealing with relationships or stress related to your job and other activities, it can take time to totally annihilate this horrible burden. We all change at our own pace but if you get started focusing on this issue now you can fix the issue sooner rather than later.
** Feel free to skip the next paragraph if you know what causes your anxiety or what many forms of anxiety can be caused by. **
Anxiety is related to a lot of things that you can figure out for yourself (google) but one thing that causes it is wanting to get something or a specific outcome out of something else or someone. This is a bad way of thinking. Another phrase for anxiety is "being anxious". You can come of up with a great idea and then start thinking about the future and how great your idea or invention will be to the world and how much money you will make. Also anxiety can be caused by thinking about the past and events that have happened in the past like maybe a horrible break up or you losing your job. I hope you understand a little now that thinking too far ahead in the future or thinking back into the past can cause anxiety. When you think about the past most people don't think about the good things and dwell on the bad things which is also a bad way of thinking. Or when people get anxious about their new idea and what the future holds for it.. they began taking huge steps and can overwhelm themselves in turn causing more anxiety and stress (more on this some other time). On some level one way or another we have all done this in the past.
For me, my anxiety was caused by this irrational thinking process I had about how I was not good enough or just good enough to get by with all things in life such as women, work related activities, even my own hobbies. Also from past experiences with certain family members by putting too much expectation on me then getting angry at me and me not having the strength to stand up to them and tell them how it is. I can blame myself for this too because I actually felt like I had to lie which may have also had a big part in building up this anxiety in my chest where my tension was mostly kept (tension and anxiety builds up all over the body and in specific places depending on the person).
Now, I feel like the main cause of anxiety is the fear of not getting something.
The best way I have found to cure anxiety is to be in the present moment. Meaning.. you aren't really thinking about anything except admiring the beauty of the here and now. This is a very foreign concept to many but everyone has the capability of enjoying the now. This is pure bliss ladies and gentlemen. The key to this is to hold on to nothing but enjoy and love everything. In the third paragraph I may have gone off on a tangent but being in the moment allows you to do what you feel you need to do now. If you are hungry you will go eat.. if you want to be outside you will be outside.. if you want to open that new business you take the necessary first steps (baby steps) to making that business a reality. You do what needs to be done now. And what is great about it.. by being in the moment you are not worried about what happened to you in the past nor how things will end up in the future. Again this is a foreign concept for many and does not come easy but this in turn will cure what ever anxiety you have hanging over your shoulders. For the record I still experience very mild anxiety here and there. I myself am only half of what the title is of this site but I strive for the best and want to make people happy. I enjoy people and everything now as much as I know how I can while doing everything I can to be in the moment, doing what I want to do, what I need to do now.. with no regrets.
I have some suggestions for helping you take those first steps to getting rid of your anxiety forever.
- Affirmations
- Pranayama
- Meditation
- Subliminals
I myself have used all of these. Some are techniques and some are products (Subliminals). I highly recommend using them all in conjunction with each other to achieve efficient and ideal results.
I personally started using affirmations and they did a fantastic job but for some unknown reason I may have been wording them in the wrong way and I really felt like my issues were not being taken care of from the core. I heard about subliminals and how they help you change your beliefs and essentially reprogram your thinking and annihilate the old ways of thinking. It's up to you to decide how you want to help yourself but I just want you to know that you can. If you do have anxiety issues please be honest with yourself. Change is an amazing thing! Take advantage of the opportunities in front of you and just go for it.
Here's a cool video I watched the other day that talks more about giving and is basically connected to the present and what is now.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoPlx-t6F1M
Brent is a great guy and knows what he is talking about because he is a professional life style coach. Feel free look at his youtube channel.
I also want to recommend a book which is absolutely a must READ! So you can understand what living in the moment is and how you can cure yourself of anxiety and bascially unhappiness/depression (if this is an issue).
The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
Stress is a huge part of anxiety and I will like to talk more about that in a later post. For now, I truly hope you got something out of this post and I helped you along your life transformation journey. I had tons of fun writing this so now I'm going to celebrate with a nice cold beer. :)
Peace!
Photo Credentials: https://www.facebook.com/PeopleWhoInspireUs