7 Ways to Deal With All This Anxiety
Perhaps you’re feeling anxious. Stressed. Stuck.
You’re not alone.
Here are seven ways to deal with that nagging jab of dread:
1. Soothe your election dread with this simple exercise
Tell yourself: “Stress is unpleasant, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be useful as information.”
2. Repeat this mantra to stop worrying about your insomnia
“As with many insomniacs, my inability to sleep was compounded by anxiety about my inability to sleep. And my exhausted and catastrophizing brain had conflated never sleeping again with that ultimate thing we all fear: death. But maybe I didn’t need to go that far?…You know, insomnia will not kill you.”
3. Try this low-effort way to break an anxious rut
“When your mind gets stuck in a ruminative loop, you jeopardize your ability to achieve forward motion. The solution, counterintuitively, is to think less.”
4. Take advice from the people who are holding it together
“You don’t have to predict the next disaster, or how people will respond to it. You just need to get clearer with yourself about who you’d like to be in this era of uncertainty.”
5. Use this trick to give your anxious mind a break
“When you’re feeling anxious, put your hands to work.”
6. Don’t try to fix anything right now
“The ability to sit with uncertainty isn’t just a valuable asset. In these unpredictable times, it’s a necessity.”
7. Remember these ways philosophy can ease your feelings of anxiety
“Philosophy can help you accept that we will always feel anxiety. More importantly, it can help you understand that we don’t have to be anxious about being anxious.”
Bonus: 25 different ways to cope with uncertainty
“Finding sustainable ways to feel okay in the face of uncertainty is its own form of personal development.”
