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Anti Anxiety Toolbox
Anxiety Support / by Sueperu
Last post
 June 30th
...See more Music for Anxiety Hey guys I have been a wonderful time listening to music and discovering its therapeutic core. Music is an art form, which has health benefits especially for those of us who struggle with anxiety. It is not only soothing but has various hidden properties that are proving helpful in soothing anxiety. The rhythmic beat acts to our brain like a metronome acts to an orchestra. I am finding it so wonderful in ordering my brain, which is precisely what an anxious brain seeks. That ordering and organising of our racing mind. Now I have stumbled upon a further trick. I am enjoying gospel and religious music. I find that it has the double benefit of the steady rhythm as well as the added supportive and hope instilling quality. It is amazing. Now I know not all of us are into religious concepts (I highly recommend trying it) so music with an inspirational connotation is also beneficial because it also gives that rhythmic beat with that addition of upliftment (dophamine :-)) Hope you guys enjoy this one. Share your experiences with me
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Don't be anxious about anxiety
Anxiety Support / by Sueperu
Last post
 June 26th
...See more Heeeyyy guys Hope you are all well. I just thought I would share this crucial first step in dissolving anxiety. Don't fear anxiety At first its kind of like standing up to it. Then it mellows into not minding it. And then it dissolves into I'm above it. So I started by saying Hey I'm not going to live in fear of this. Then it kind of became like something that followed me around. Which was annoying and of course scary at first. But then I heard this idea of not being afraid of it and I began to see it as a nagging voice. ANd then I started to picture it as that nagging, stress-pot, killjoy aunt (but I called it the nagging colleague for some reason (but picture an aunt haha. Anyway...it helped). So each time I heard an anxiety what-if or felt the queeziness, I pictured it to be a nagging colleague, calling out to me in the office and I would ignore them or a nagging aunt poking a finger at me and saying But what-if...And I would picture myself saying yeah yeah and ignoring them (We spoke of the art of ignoring in my first posts). So that's what I would do each time my anxiety flared. Whenever I felt the anxiety creeping up, the pounding heart or the squeeze in my stomach. I pictured them to be the nagging colleague calling out or the nagging aunt poking at me and I would say (sometimes out loud) yeah yeah and ignore them continuing with what I was doing anyway. Eventually, it became second nature and the symptoms simmered down and I would smile as I said yeah yeah to myself. And sometimes I would even laugh picturing the aunt or colleague who always panicked about everything and I would even say to them its fine nagging colleague its not that big of a deal. And I would actually feel my heart and stomach ease. It was a wonderful feeling. And oh how relieving. I would inhale deeply because it felt as if I could breathe again. My wish for is to feel that relief and freedom. Happy day all :-)
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Anti Anxiety Toolbox
Anxiety Support / by Sueperu
Last post
 June 30th
...See more Hi guys I have found these two things extremely useful in jumping over anxiety. The first is Role Models We all look to role models for inspiration to get ideas toward our goals and to get an idea of what someone would look like in those goals. I have found that we can use this principals to jump over anxiety and anxiety bouts. With anxiety, we are trying to get our calm back. Often, we have been feeling and thinking anxiety, panic, fear for so long that we have forgotten what calm would even look or feel like. Have any of you felt that? Well that's where role models have been so helpful for me. This time my goal was to be a calm person. So I looked to the calm people I knew - personally and online. So just like I would look to role models for success, I looked for role models of calm. I love those slow living videos on YouTube. They kind of give an instant slow down. (slowing down the brain is another great find, which I'll talk about in another post). Calm role models reminded me what a calm person or a calm life, a valm situation, even a calm way of handling my situation would look and feel like. Its sort of like a starting point to getting to calm, like training wheels or following a template to start you off. Try it and let me know what you think. I found it significantly helpful in reminding myself of what calm is and I could go from there. The second thing I wanted to share is spending time with the people who make you feel like you. I found this to be a lovely way of helping me throw aside anxiety and stand as who i really am. I know we generally like to curl up in a ball away from everyone but I was surprised by how nice it felt to be reminded by the company of my friends and family that hey I am not that label anxious person or anxiety sufferer. I am a friend, a family member, a leader (all afflicted people are chosen leaders - I'm going to talk about this later on too). I am me. And this made me feel surprisingly free. And I realised that sometimes just a reminder of who we are outside of the anxiety is all we need. Happy week guys. We got this. We are kicking anxiety's butt - one hack at a time
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Anti Anxiety Toolbox
Anxiety Support / by Sueperu
Last post
 January 26th
...See more Hi guys. Its been a while. I have been working on quite a few tools. Two that I absolutely have to share with you are: ChatGPT and God I am going to leave the details for a later post. But what comes to mind when you saw those two suggestions? What are your thoughts on each? Have any of you tried these in relation to anxiety management? What was your experience? Excited to hear your thoughts. Have an awesome day. And remember, we got this. We are kicking anxiety to the curb, one little nugget at a time. We're getting freeeee.
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Anxiety Support / by Sueperu
Last post
 April 27th, 2025
...See more A trick I'm learning and that has significant benefits is: How you go to sleep is how you wake up I've noticed that I generally wake up with the thoughts from the night before running in my mind. And when those thoughts were concerning then I woke up with racing thoughts and a racing pulse. But when those thoughts were good, I woke up with a calm mind and heart. The advice from professionals to switch off or close the book at the end of the work (or productive) day is key. So a few hours before going to bed, wind down. Relax. Calm. And think about pleasant things. I love thinking about things that bring me joy. Things I find fun. And I love envisioning a dream future. I also find listening to someone soothing or positive brings me a surprising stillness in the mornings. Hashtag anxiety hacks. We got this guys. We are kicking anxiety to the curb, one hack at a time :-P. Have a great day or night. Don't miss out on the other anti anxiety toolbox tips and info
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Anti Anxiety Toolbox
Anxiety Support / by Sueperu
Last post
 February 13th, 2025
...See more We know very well the mind body connection when we struggle with anxiety. We feel the physical symptoms of an anxious mind. But we often forget about the body mind connection. More and more studies are emerging on the profound impact of our physiology on our physical and mental states. We who struggle with anxiety mostly try to calm our minds to calm our bodies. What many of us don't know (and I didn't know this until recently) is that it works the other way around as well. If we calm our bodies, this helps to calm our minds. With this little golden nugget, I have been having fun with a variety of relaxation techniques. I have found lovely little tools that help me calm my body, which leads to a calmness in my mind. Its beautiful. I've been enjoying the benefits meditation and breathing techniques. I've been enjoying the bliss of marveling at nature and getting lost in a good book or chick flick again. I've also been taking full advantage of the Italian concept of Dolce ver niente, something I heard in the movie Eat, Pray, Love and was drawn to for some reason. It is the sweetness of doing nothing. Guilt-free hours of doing nothing. What a concept. Just lying on the bed or under the shade of a huge tree and letting the sound of nature calm me and soothe my mind. It is absolutely wonderful. Why it works: It goes back to that feedback loop in the fight or flight mechanism which I will discuss in subsequent posts. Essentially, it lets your mind know that you are fine. Not threatened. Calm and relaxed. So it can switch off fight or flight and flood our systems with wonderful dopamine, serotonin and oxytocin. Natural highs. Oh yes please. Have fun with this guys. Treat yourself to some self care and relaxation. We got this. We are slowly but surely kicking anxiety to the curb and resuming our normal lives. Scratch we're coming out stronger and better equipped for a bright future ahead. Enjoy this little tool.
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Anxiety Support / by Sueperu
Last post
 January 23rd, 2025
...See more What would you be doing if there was nothing at all to worry about? Do that. I am learning that worry is the most futile of our emotions. It solves nothing and adds no value to anything. Its like a dummy emotion that causes havoc in our systems. So since it is pointless to worry, let's leave it aside and do what we would be doing if we didn't have to worry in the first place. Might take a little game of pretend initially but it soon becomes natural. This is especially useful for us struggling with anxiety. Happy doing what we really wanted to do before anxiety took centre stage. We got this. Anxiety is fading into the background. It will soon be nothing but a foggy, distant memory. Have a lovely day everyone
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Anti Anxiety Toolbox
Anxiety Support / by Sueperu
Last post
 January 9th, 2025
...See more Hey guys. Hope you are all well and having a beautiful day. Just a reminder to check out my posts on Anti Anxiety Toolbox for some great tips on kicking anxiety's butt. I cover topics such as anxiety management tools, little tricks to rewire your anxious brain and more delightful topics. Hope it helps. Would love to hear your feedback and interaction. Have a wonderful day We got this. We are going to rise up and kick anxiety to the curb. To a light and blissful future.
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