Anxiety can be life sucking – even if it is only temporary. For those who experience anxiety fulltime, however, it can have extremely detrimental affects on your health and your life. You can control your anxiety, however, by putting your mind to work – in reverse. Here is how you do it.

Identify what is causing the anxiety. Often simply identifying the cause of your anxiety cures it. At the very least, it is the first step to controlling it. Is there a situation at home, work or school that is causing stress? Is there a medical condition that you are worried about? Have you had an argument with a friend or loved one? Are you worried about your financial situation? There are numerous things that could cause stress, which often results in anxiety.

Is there a resolution to the cause of the anxiety? Once you’ve discovered what is causing your anxiety, determine whether there is anything that you can do to remedy that particular situation. If there is, take action to resolve the matter. At the very least, make a list of possible resolutions. When we start acting to resolve our problems, we almost instantly feel better.

If there is nothing that you can do to resolve the issue that is causing your anxiety – the situation is completely out of your control – realize one thing. The only thing that you have absolute control over is yourself. If there is nothing that you can do about a situation, simply stop worrying about it. Acknowledge the situation, acknowledge the stress and anxiety that it is causing you, and finally, acknowledge the fact that it is out of your control, and whatever the result of the situation is, that is the result that you will have to live with. Since the only thing that you truly control is yourself, determine how you want to live your life, and how you want to feel, and then make it happen.

If there is no apparent cause, and you have Generalized Anxiety Disorder, is there anything in the world today that you have the control to do anything about? Only think about today – right now. Don’t allow your mind to wander to tomorrow and all of the ‘what if’s.’ Concentrate on living more in the moment and less in the future – and simply deal with the things that you are able to deal with today, right now.

If you are an ‘anxiety lifer’ you may have to ask yourself these questions every single day, and possibly more than once a day to keep yourself on track and to keep the anxiety at bay, but taking the time to do this is always well worth the effort. The mind is very powerful, and just as your mind can cause you to see everything in a negative light, you can make a concentrated effort to see the more positive side of life as well, for the purpose of combating anxiety.

Author Bio: Brent McNutt enjoys networking with healthcare professionals online. He also likes talking about Landau Scrubs and Landau Uniform and also likes writing articles about various topics.

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