Dealing with anxiety and stress

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When feeling under pressure it can be difficult to escape the fog that often surrounds you, this can make dealing with your feelings and organizing yourself difficult but there are ways to break down your stresses and anxieties and begin to deal with them.

Often we become so overwhelmed with how we feel that we cannot ascertain why it is that we have come to feel that way.

Recognizing the triggers of your stress and anxiety is the first step to overcoming them. When your worries begin to affect your ability to go about your daily routine, it is probably time to start taking action as it can be a very consuming situation to be in.

If you can take a moment to sit down and think about what is making you feel stressed or anxious, you will already begin to see through the fog.

Writing these things down may also help you see them in a clearer light, sometimes just seeing these things on paper may help you understand how much you are trying to cope with.

Taking on too much work is often a cause of stress and anxiety in the modern world, all too often we our work and others before our own well-being and before we know it, things have become too much. We must remember that stress and anxiety is just as damaging to our mind and body as a bad diet. Having said that, it is never too late to turn things around or get help. Recognizing that you need to change your lifestyle is often the most powerful step towards dealing with these issues and once you have accepted that and passed that first hurdle you can concentrate on making things better for yourself.

Remind yourself from time to time that you are the most important thing in your life, learn to slow down and accept that you cannot juggle a thousand tasks at once. Sometimes you have to drop a few balls, to be able to successfully juggle the stresses of work, family, friends and everything else life throws at you.