10 Ways To Deal With Anxiety 

I have anxiety about anxiety which makes me have anxiety.

my brain is so hell bent on keeping me alive it keeps me from *living*

I get anxiety in school for no reason. I just want to jump out of my seat and run around but i cant 😕

Another tip: Stay hydrated. Dehydration can cause increased hr and anxiety. It has happened to me before

I wonder what my life would have been like if I didn't have terrible anxiety since childhood.

I have anxiety and panic attacks every day. I haven't really gotten a good medicine for it yet. Having anxiety like that just makes your quality of life go down so far and so fast. It makes you feel like something is wrong with you because they happen randomly and with no reason. There is nothing making you anxious and yet your heart is trying to pound out of your chest. It makes your soul feel sick

Is it weird if I feel anxious about anxiety videos? I have pretty severe anxiety and I get really nervous about others talking about the subject.

1- cut down on caffiene and alcohol and be aware of their after effect. 2- do breathing exercises. 3-going on a walk. 4- go to therapy 5- identify the trigger 6- check if you're HALT: Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired 7- Microtask your day (start with simple tasks. 8- zoom out and realize how insignificant we are in this vast world. 9- don't beat yourself up, accept the ups and downs. 10- be vulnerable and talk to someone about it.

I get a lot of headaches from stress and anxiety, so focusing on one small task really helps me to relax

Panic attacks suck

My now deceased dad would say "if you have a problem fix it. If you can't fix it, stop worrying about it." He was English and survived the almost daily bombing of his town (Luton) during WW2 including a time when he was working at a drawing board when his boss shouted "DUCK!!!". Four hours later he was fished out of the ruins of his work place. Meanwhile his fiancée (my mother) had been waiting for a bus when she heard the blast but had to rush to her post (she was an ARP warden/Ambulance Driver) knowing that the bomb landed near the building that her fiancé was working. She had to act professional (even though she drove four bodies to the morgue) despite living through one of the most uncertain times in modern history.

When I'm anxious I have a little checklist I always go through: 1. I say to myself it's ok. I don't have to feel bad about it and accept that I'm anxious now. This helped me alot with my depression. 2. Kinda like HALT I check my basic needs hunger, thirst, sleep and I'll add social contact now too :) 3. If it's not better yet, I try to focus on something small, physical. Touching a certain texture and focusing on it or just hugging your favourite cuddle toy relaxes and let's your mind calm down. I recently started drawing and that's great too. Think about how the pen touches the paper, how the ink comes out of it, the sound it makes and the forms you create. When I have a panic attack and I'm not able to draw I like to turn on an episode of Bob Ross. The focus on the texture of the brushes and the canvas helps me to clam down and not overthink the whole situation. There's more situational stuff, but this already helped and friends in alot of situations, so I really hope this helps someone here too :)

I really needed this, thanks guys 😊, one way I deal with anxiety is by listening to music as it helps my mind become distracted and at peace

I hope that these tips will help me! :)

Honestly this is the perfect time to upload this because my anxiety is getting worse again and i havent been able to deal with it in a productive way

I don't know why but this video made me really anxious

'We all go to the gym' is wrong, many people don't.

That wrinkled shirt is giving me anxiety 😂😂😂

I'm surprised meditation is not on this list. It's by far the best thing that I do for anxiety

To avoid anxiety Meditate Think normal Be happy Smile:) (Without a reason)

Music. It's something I can control. It doesn't work all the time, but I find if I can plug in headphones and drown out all of the outside noises it can pause or outright prevent my anxiety attacks. There has only been once lately where I was too far gone (crying, shaking, hyperventilating, wanting to break something/someone, scream, run away, or all of the above and neither my music or huddling in a ball in a quiet dark corner could stop the attack) but once I got away from the crowd of people and hid in the parked car where I could cry it out with more soothing songs I eventually (20 minutes later) calmed down enough to get out of the car and help load the groceries into the trunk. Yes, I ran from the store crying and hyperventilating and getting funny looks the whole way out which didn't help my situation, but as I said, music is what grounds me. It sets my brain waves to a new frequency and sort of overrides the anxiety.

I can't run from school!

I am really afraid of future because I have a dream in my life my brain is always thinking about it will happen or not I just started worrying about it I can't control myself.😰😨😖

Like suggested in the video, a distract myself with a lot of “little” tasks, especially cleaning. Some people think I have OCD because I tend to tidy up my bedroom a lot, or pretty much wherever I go; whether it’s a friend’s house, the store, or work; but I personally don’t think so. I just need a distraction for my mind; cleaning is my own version of a fidget spinner. Plus, being in a clean and organized space makes me feel less anxious.

I always feel anxious and then I keep thinking about what I’m anxious about rather than how to make it better E.G. if it is homework I’m anxious about, I will think “what will happen if I don’t get this done” rather than actually doing it which usually takes me about 45 mins max. If you’re anxious like me a lot of the time, try to completely forget about what your anxious about by doing something (I know it’s difficult). It helps. Stay calm and have a good day :)

Therapy is so helpful for EVERYONE.

I have generalized anxiety issues (actually diagnosed and on meds to help with it!), and I find the biggest thing I need to remember is to not shove down and suppress emotions and big feelings as they come up. my anxiety problems often come out of having these big emotions suppressed for too long, so what I've been trying to do is actually just let myself feel them. which seems like a big DUH, but is amazingly really hard after a few decades of doing the opposite! letting myself feel down, or scared, or angry, or whatever it is, and working through that emotion in a really thoughtful way is incredibly helpful for me to alleviate anxiety and promote my mental health

I really appreciate that Greg and Mitch are giving tips, but at least for me (and I’m pretty sure a lot of other people), it is really hard to remember these tips during a panic attack/a ton of anxiety. So much stuff is racing through your head that you can’t focus! I remember when I was younger, I started getting very anxious, and my mom had bought a book called “what to do when you are anxious” or something like that. Whenever I started to get super anxious she would give me the book, but I couldn’t focus on it. I would shove it away because I was so anxious that I couldn’t even read. It’s crazy how the brain works, and how it can make you feel so horrible in such a small amount of time. Does any one else feel the same? Also btw I am better now then when I was younger (even though I am still a little anxious)!

I remember I was once searching through all these videos, researching how to get better. If you are wondering does it heal fully? No it wont but will it get much better? Yes! You have to fight it, take control of it, your body will become familiar with the way you control it. When your brain relalizes that it's okay, it won't come back anymore unless you let it. Aniexty will not kill you, don't be afraid and fight it. Been struggling with aniexty since 2012 and I barely have aniexty anymore. I've had people talk down about me, degrade me because of my aniexty but I kept strong. I couldn't even get in the car without triggering my aniexty, my first plane ride was horrible, I didn't even fly but got off the plane. Yes its hard, but you can do it, have faith. Prayers to you.

Me during entire video: Walks up to Greg Takes off his shirt Walks over to random ironing board that just appeared Fills Iron up to Max with water Meticulously irons all the wrinkles out of clown shirt. Folds shirt Picks up shirt Walks over to Greg Hands Greg folded shirt Silently walks away It was very calming

I am sorry but that patched shirt gives me anxiety

If I feel myself unable to stop ruminating to the point where it will trigger an anxiety attack, i try to look around at my surroundings and name things I can "see" with my 5 senses. It really helps to ground me and can sometimes stop the hyperventilating and crying that gets out of control during my panic attacks. Example, I see the dots on the ceiling, I feel my warm, heavy blanket, I taste salty tears, I hear my own voice or cars going by outside. It forces me to be present until I'm able to find a task that will further distract and calm me.

something that helps my anxiety is this thing called grounding. it's where you look around you and find: 5 things you can see 4 things you can feel 3 things you can hear 2 things you can smell 1 thing you can taste it really helps me bring myself back down to earth and calms me down at least for a few minutes. it works best if you take your time and really observe what is around you.

I was diagnosed with GAD recently and these tips are worth trying, for me walking / exercise really does make a difference. Hopefully on my way to return to full term education ; great video guys anxiety is hard to deal with and videos like this can really help people. Well done x

Honestly exercising has helped me so much but its hard to get up and do it when you're feeling anxious.

You uploaded this just in time! Thank you for the video guys. Keep up the good work 💗

Anxiety is my city

I use to have serious anxiety attacks. What helped me the most, was after I had a near death experience, I was able to ask myself "Am I dying?" and Usually that answer is "No" and it helps you put things into perspective especially mentally and emotionally. I would calm my heart rate and help me to see the bigger picture. I focus on details and I have OCD. So this worked for me. I follow all the tips on this video except I haven't gone to therapy. I don't want to be on meds. While this has worked for me, it has held me back from succeeding in my career. So I have some work to do still. I intend to. Thanks for the reassurance with these tips that I found way before I was even aware of it. Great advice!

When I have anxiety I like to zoom out and see how small everything is and then I think about how short life is and I just wander in my scattered thoughts

I have bi-polar disorder with generalized anxiety as well as lupus. I’ve found it helpful when I notice anxiety or panic to do check-ins. I’ll text loved ones and make sure they are well, touch base with my own lupus issues to make sure it isn’t something physical and then acknowledge “Ok, this is unnecessary mind, you’ve been tricked by my chemical imbalances let’s refocus”. I guess it boils down to self-talk and for me personally, distracting myself.

Love you guys

Knitting is really helpful for me... Gets my hands occupied and as soon as my mind starts wandering and I lose my focus... I fuck up and have to start again. Forces you to keep focused.

work out, deep breaths, go the fuck outside, be with yourself and learn to enjoy it, animals, animals, animals, talk to someone, get involved in a story (book, series, movie etc), tea time, decide your own thoughts, see the where it wants to lead you and try to avoid those types of thoughts, replace them with an idea, easy going plan etc ..... idk this is what I do

I become anxious a lot everywhere, especially at my job. I think I am socially anxious. I am working over it. Thank you for this video.

riding my bike around really helps with stress and anxiety u should try it

I can't have caffine because of my generalized anxiety disorder. I end up in a trembling heap. (Even half a cup of coffee is too much for me)

It pisses me off that now that I have driving anxiety, which is worse with a passenger, they get offended that I try not to take them anywhere and if I try to explain I have anxiety while I drive they say "Get over it." or "Its all in your head." worse of all, my older brother says "What will you do when you have a girlfriend if you can't drive her anywhere? Get over it." I hate this attitude so much, I chose to spend less time with people like family because they don't care that I have a problem. They just care that someone associated with them has a problem, which leads to THEM being seen as "The brother or mother of a person who is afraid to drive."

One of the thing that works for me is to just stop and think: Wait if i feel anxious/bad/angry what does it bring? How does it help me? What benefit i get from feeling bad? 99.9% of the time the answer is that it brings nothing or it makes it worse. Basically i realise feeling bad about something or nothing (it works much better when you have figured out what it is that upset you) can only be detrimental or neutral. And then i tell myself i might as well not feel bad about it as not feeling bad about it will be neutral or can make it better actually and on top of it, well, you feel better. Basically realising and aknowledging that anxiety is self inflicted and not helping helps me to let fo of it. (I am really not sure if this is helpful for others but it helps me a ton). Cheers

As hard as it is, forcing yourself to do things you don't want to do helps me overcome the hard times. I was barely leaving my house and decided to hop on a planet to fly across the country to visit my family and I have been doing way better. Life still isn't perfect and I still have my moments...but at least I'm out of the house! Not saying to do anything this extreme, but if you don't feel like leaving your house...force yourself to go on a walk or visit a friend. I promise you you'll feel better.

I am appreciative for you sharing your experience / tips in how to handle anxiety. It's important to remember that anxiety doesn't disappear all at once And you have to take care of yourself and treat yourself gently so you prevent it from happening in the future. Keep up the Self care

Many times Anxiety is an accumulation of emotional trauma that originates back in childhood. The traumatic memories get stored in the mind and body, and any external fragments of the memory that go noticed by the subconscious become the emotional reaction by the physical body. Much love to all the anxiety warriors out there. #morethananxiety

Whenever possible, I listen to music to calm my anxiety. However, sometimes I'm in a place where it's not really practical to pull out some headphones and put on my favorite albums. If you're in a public place and start feeling really, really anxious, then try this: just take a minute and use your senses to observe your surroundings. Find a few things you can feel, a few things you can see, a few things you can hear, and a few things you can smell. It helps you feel more in control and less overwhelmed. I do this pretty often, and it really seems to help me. Hopefully it'll help some of you too.

Before the 10 tips: Tip 0: Anxiety is normal. It is your brain and body's way of telling you 'something may not be right and requires your attention'. So FIRST and FOREMOST, decide if your anxiety is normal before 'wishing it away'. Anxiety is unpleasant, but it is important.

When I do talk to other people about my anixety or need to vent, they think all I do is bitch. Um no, sometimes I repeat the a event so that I can rationalize it when I speak it out loud several times. How do I explain to people I'm not bitching, it's my anixety and I need to rationalize it?

When I feel anxious at work I take a min to write down everything I have to do. When everything is bouncing around my brain it's easy to feel overwhelmed. When I get it on paper it looks much more manageable AND you have the satisfaction of watching the list get smaller as you complete tasks.

Being open does help, last week is the first time I shared with someone about my anxiety and depression - that person is my childhood best friend. I've always appeared to be the stronger one between the two of us and now I feel like I don't have to hide anything from her anymore. I heard somewhere that it is strong to make yourself weak so don't be afraid to share. Also, another that really helps me is to drive, because I have grown up with no control of my life, driving gives me that control and I can go anywhere. If you're not active person, it also helps because I feel the movement of the vehicle is much similar to the wind blowing your hair kind of thing when you run.

What if your lonely but don't have any friends ;-;

How to deal with anxiety: Dab on the haters

Tip #8 is way too relatable lmao I have long term anxiety and my trick is blasting music and driving on my favorite empty road. Something about it makes me feel like I’m going somewhere new and I’m leaving my problems behind and I just feel better! Not sure if it’ll help anyone else but thought I’d put it out there! :)

Thank you for opening up, I understand if you feel vulnerable doing so in your personal life then discussing this online might be more daunting. Or maybe it's easier because it's less personal? Either way, thank you. I hope you guys are feeling less stressed about your job, or are atleast able to deal with the stress easier. This video really connected with me and I'm sure many more of your viewers. Lots of people appreciate + love you both, along with everything you create and help us learn.

so helpful!! thanks guys xx

I wish, I could have had an anxious free Life 😔 certain past unpleasantt memories triggers vigorous anxiety in me which causes racing heart and sweating. Wanna get out of it permanently

"When you feel weak and vulnerable that is the time people see the real You" Totally agreed. You guys talked in a really calm and soothing manner. Thanks for the video!

Never acknowledged that Lonely part. My jobs required me to drive and be in the road and I find myself listening to podcast to feel like I’m talking with someone, weird I know. My anxiety kicks in when I become too self aware of myself and my body and my current situation. My body manifest physical ailments like muscle fasciculations, minor tension headaches, and feeling weak in the extremities. The minute I talk to someone about anything, cars, the weather, the job load, my symptoms die down a bit. I say all this to say, sometimes anxiety moves you away from people but I think that can cause it to overload your existing anxiety. Make some time, call that friend that always makes you laugh and let the good times roll.

I can’t do it anymore.

The wrinkles in that shirt is distracting!!

I have very severe anxiety and I've been told time after time to not only focus on calming my anxiety mentally, but calming myself physically. Take deep breaths. Tense all of your muscles from your face to your toes, then let go. Take a stretch break. Go for a walk. Anxiety and mental and physical so you have to work on both. Exercise and eating healthy are as important as going to therapy

I have anxiety because I have to write 3 short poems and I’m not really good at it. I always do my assignments and I can’t say that I can’t do this. I’m so anxious about that people will judge my poems, it will make no sense and stupid. Every time I have to read something in public I feel like my voice is trembling and I can’t control my body, my hands and legs are shaking and I really don’t want to read or speak I just want to get out and run, forget about everything and just run and hide.

i just realized... i am in anxiety because i feel lonely. WTF. O.o

I got anxiety from the thumbnail

I’ve found a lot of the time a major anxiety trigger for me is money. Writing in a calendar when all my bills are due and making a weekly schedule for making payments helps me control my spending, and know when it’s a good time to splurge, and when I need to scale back a little and watch my spending. I do this with school assignments too. Rather than waiting til a couple days before a test or assignment is due, I break down studying into manageable periods of 1hr at a time. Then I can check off each hour I get something done, and it’s really satisfying to see a list of check marks, instead of freaking out over how much I have to get done.

I dealt with anxiety what helps me is to learn new languages talk stimulating convo with friends and sing karaoke by myself convince yourself your growing and learning.

Thank you for this💜

Marijuana helps too.

I have Toby. So whenever I'm having a panic attack i have this room in the middle of a void in my mind which has a chair in the middle and no roof. I sit on the chair and then comes Toby. He tells me things like "Everything's going to be okay" or "You're doing great" and positive stuff.

That was the most useful video I've ever seen on RU-vid, I really needed this, thank you guys

Why are so many people concerned with his nails? Lol He painted his nails because he wanted to paint them.

I like the H.A.L.T., I'll ave to try that more often :)

When I’m anxious, I try to remember that it’s only temporary and that no matter how I feel now, it won’t last forever. I just need to wait it out sometimes

Listening to a podcast is something that has really helped me. Whenever I feel myself getting super anxious, I'll listen to an episode of a podcast and I'll try to really focus in on what they're talking about. This helps distract me from my own thoughts. Also, talking to my mom really helps. I was reading that when you listen to your mom's voice, your brain releases oxytocin which helps you to relax.

Ahhhh!! I love Greg’s nail polish color!! So bold and beautiful! Color?

when you have aniexty go to the store and buy chamomile tea, kava, munca puries,

I have chronic anxiety and out of all the videos on RU-vid this one really spoke to me and helped so much. Thank you!!!!

For me it really helps to talk someone, but sometimes I'm so anxious that I can't even send a text to anyone. Listening to music helps also for me, so does trying to breathe slowly. And one thing I rarely do even though I could do it is to pet my dog. I've also heard this one thing that does help anxiety. You just need to look around and find 5 things you can see, 4 things you can touch, 3 things you can hear, two things you can smell and 1 thing you can taste. It gives you something to think about and it helps when you feel that you lost all control about your surroundings. I have done this only few times but it worked.

Hey guys! I was wondering what y'all think about religion... I am a Christian, not the trump loving gun loving hate spreading kind but I do believe in Jesus and all that shit... Even if what I believe is false I feel that it improves my mental health. What do y'all think? Just curious.

Greg your shirt, my Lanta. But you have very nice dimples to distract me from it. And I like the big picture strategy, I might try it. Also hi mitch! K peace

I'm a single father 5 & 9 I also take care of my Mom. I'm currently going thru a eviction and being forced out by a slum lord here in Sacramento,Ca I've been dealing with this anxiety now for 18 YEARS! It gets worse during hard times but just let yourself know that you will get through it because nobody has ever died from it and you will be just fine later on in the day I wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy

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I like the nail color..

Weed has took me off my anti-depressants and reduced my anxiety down to base level. May not work for everyone but deffo worth a try if you're apprehensive about meds or want to come off them to get rid of the side effects like me.

I have anxiety in open spaces. For example me and my friend will walk to the gym and we have to pass through a graveyard and it’s like a big open field. I break out into sweats and I start hyperventilating and it feels like I’m gonna pass out. I’m not sure if nicotine has anything to do with it but how could I cope with this?

I’ve done number 8 so many times and it can help. So many of our problems are small and insignificant in this mighty universe.

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10 tips for anxiety 1. Face your fears the more you do something the less anxious you will be when doing the task.We get anxious about talking in public the more you do, the easier it becomes. Repeat the task numerous times rather than avoid it. 2. Build your confidence by repeating phrases to yourself .. like i can do it, this will be fun, I'm the best, I'm really getting better at this. A lot of anxiety in people is based around lack of confidence. 3. Reward yourself for something you have done to conquer anxiety, incentives are always a great way to change our mindset. 4. Be careful not to over eat when your anxious when you feel anxious eating releases endorphins which makes us feel temporarily good. ( I think possibly the prime reason why we have the worst obesity because of the stressful society we live in) 5. Reduce stress and bring balance into your life. If you spend a lot of time inside on a computer get outside. If you do a lot of physical work do some brain exercises. If your life is all work organise some holidays. 6. Reduce stress by taking out the stressful things. If you have relationships that are always causing you to be stressed maybe reduce the time with that person, job, group and hang out with people that make you feel more positive or comfortable. 7. Soak up some sun especially if you work in an office . The Sun is our main source of vitamin D essential to feeling good, bone health etc. If you can't get out in the Sun look at a vitamin D supplement especially in winter months 8. Do some gardening, focusing on other tasks like gardening helps to tune your mind into a simpler space, gearing down, and you feel a sense of accomplishment at the end. 9. Exercise and become physically fit when you are physically fit you feel better and can deal with anxiety better. 10. Reduce your blood pressure if possible try things like fish oil and Vitamin C these supplements can help in numerous way to improve your physical well being, along with a healthy diet as mentioned

my hands are sweaty all the time ,and they shake when im nervous I think that is called hyperhidrosis , is it caused by the anxiety?? who are the specialist who can make the diagnosis of anxiety ?

Anxious seeing red nails

We're all going to die, and there's nothing you can do to stop it. Your parents, your grandparents. Your siblings, cousins, friends, coworkers. They're all going to die.

Skateboarding helps my anxiety alot the satisfaction of landing sick tricks for the first time instantly puts me in a better mood so doing something you're good at or a hobby you like to do will distract your mind and help calm you down

I don't really experience anxiety or nerves too often. But yesterday, I found myself giving a presentation to about twenty people (nothing new for me, I've given dozens of presentations), and I looked up at my hand and saw I was completely shaking. It made me realise that because I don't experience anxiety often, I'm very under-equipped for when it does happen. So thanks for this video! I'll try to bear the tips in mind next time I'm unexpectedly nervy. :)