Four Strategies to Calm Anxiety

You can calm anxiety by integrating certain strategies into our daily life.

Living with anxiety is hard.  Millions of people struggle with anxiety every day.  Calming anxiety is a long-term process.  But you can integrate  some ways to calm anxiety into your daily life.

Here are four strategies to calm anxiety.

• Eat fermented foods.

Fermented foods (yogurt, pickles, and sauerkraut) can reduce anxiety  and may also improve symptoms of depression.

The bacteria in fermented foods are called probiotics.  Probiotics  in your gut has a direct effect on your brain and vice-versa.  Having probiotics in your gut influences your brain’s production of serotonin.

You can reduce your anxiety by eating fermented foods.

• Lower your expectations.

Expecting too much of yourself raises your anxiety level.  When I was in college, I had high expectations.  I always had to do my best work.  The pressure I put on myself make me anxious.

So you can reduce your anxiety by lowering your expectations.

• Massage therapy.

Massage helps you relax.  Therefore, it reduces your anxiety.

When you are getting a massage, you need to avoid talking and thinking about your problems.

It is also helpful to find a certified massage therapist.  Massage may not be covered by your insurance.

Massage therapy reduces anxiety also.

• Live for today.

Focus on today instead of worrying about the future.   When I was in college, I constantly worried about the future.  In my senior year, I finally figured out that worrying about the future did not help my present or my future.  When I stopped worrying about the future, my life was easier to deal with.

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Living with anxiety is a challenge.  It is important to not allow yourself to live with anxiety symptoms for a prolonged time.  You need to manage your life in ways that calm anxiety.

You can calm your anxiety!  I believe in you!

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