Cliched Anxiety Coping Mechanisms Not Working?

Hello everyone and all, I hope you are well :)

Okay, I'd like to issue a disclaimer before I start, not all of these tips are going to work for everyone. They are not my ideas but rather from this site (but Ill try summarisingthem here as well)https://www.realsimple.com/health/mind-mood/emotional-health/ten-ways-to-cope-with-anxiety. They are very outlandish and odd techniques that claim to work, but I offer them as suggestions if you are looking for more ideas on how to cope. (It also doesn't mention anxiety disorders so take care and heed caution, you hear? :))

1. Repeat your worry until you?re bored silly.

Basically just repeatthe worrying thought repeatedly until the thought is boring. Thoughts that promote anxiety tend to be emotionally invoking and you can't be invoked emotionally if youre bored by something!

2. Make it worse.

Now I was worried when I saw this (ironically...) but the mechanism looks much more helpful than the title suggests. This suggests that if you exaggerate the worry you are feeling and then apply your logical mind to what youve said; you realise it isn't as big as it first seems. (The article has some great examples).

3. Don?t fight the craziness.

Replace the word craziness with creativity and you might get the idea. Sometimes we imagine scenarios that we then worry about. Similar when you want to scream at the next person who speaks to you but then worry you will do that and hurt them? You shouldn't be afraid of these thoughts. Our minds are such creative tools that can potentially imagine every possible outcome. The thoughts that can worry us about what we might say or do are simply our minds entertaining themselves. Think of it like imagining yourself in a movie universe. You dont worry about that happening but our minds just wonder what would happen if such a thing would happen. Embrace your creativity!

4. Turn your anxiety into a movie.

Similarly, if you have worriesome thoughts, you could instead try to imagine it as a movie you are seeing in a theatre starring YOU! If a thought doesn't go away just imagine it as a piece of fiction you wrote. It has no real basis in truth but you have filled the gaps with people and situations you recognise.

5. Set aside worry time.

Anxiiety is usually caused by a sudden event or thought. Giving it attentioon can ruin the next hour or day; and ignoring it can lead to unpleasant emotions and distraction. So why not have a worry time. It's a short period when you can sit down, maybe write down everything that is causing you trouble and walk yourself through them. Even just worry uncontrollably if you need; but at the end of that period it is gone again until the next day.

There are 5 more but they look like the advice that most sites offer and dont wish to bore you!I would suggest you read the article above and do more research into the ideas :) Also I apologise if they have been previously suggested o the forum.

Take Care and Stay Strong Everyone ^_^