Have You Breathed Today?
Practice slow deep breaths several times during the day. For example, when you get in your car, take a slow, deep breath. Before you go indoors, take a slow deep breath. This way it will become your default when you start to feel stressed or upset. When we are over stressed or upset, we won’t remember to breathe. It’s important to practice and catch the stress or anxiety early.
Your Thoughts Matter
My thoughts were very negative. This type of anxiety comes through the cortex pathway of the brain to the amygdala.
The cortex is where we have thoughts, imagine, think logically and make plans.
How and Why our Brain Causes Anxiety
Although the amygdala is small, it has a huge responsibility in our survival. It’s there to cause the alarm to help protect us, and it’s the source of many of our emotional reactions - both positive and negative. It automatically activates the fight, flight or freeze response. We can’t control when the amygdala is activated. However, once we are aware it is, we can work to calm it down and get ourselves under control.
Is it Fear or Anxiety?
Knowing the difference between fear and anxiety helps us take the necessary action to overcome it, recover and move forward. Here are some tips to help.
Getting Back to Normal - 7 Tips to Feel Less Stressed Today
It’s tough getting back to a normal routine. Here are some tips to help feel invigorated.