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Once you develop a specific way of thinking, feeling, and coping with anxiety by means of valium, these behaviors can perpetuate anxiety. You can add to you feelings of discomfort by blaming the way you feel on some external happening or some other person. When you do that, you probably feel helpless because something outside of you is responsible for your anxiety. When you begin to take responsibility for your anxiety, you can begin to do something about it.

Much of this website is devoted to helping you learn new ways to cope with anxiety by taking valium. Although many actions can keep an anxiety condition going, the following are the most common and are the easiest to change:

1. Avoidant Behaviors As long as you continue avoiding situations or objects that cause you anxiety, your anxiety will continue. Avoiding a situation doesn’t eliminate it. You continue to worry and spend a great deal of energy to make sure you don’t have to confront the situation or object. The key to unlearning your phobic reaction is to approach the upsetting situation or object in small steps. Imagery and desensitization are key to this effort and are discussed in post 9.

2. Negative Self-Talk We all talk to ourselves in our minds. Sometimes it’s so automatic and subtle you don’t notice it. Self-talk can be positive and encouraging or can be negative and create more anxiety. It is the following kinds of self-talk that must be silenced, ineluding: “What if I have another panic attack?” “I’ll never be able to deal with this!” “What if I lose control of myself?” “What will people think if I lose control?” “I’m having a heart attack-I just know it!” “My legs feel so weak, I can’t walk.” This kind of talking scares you even more and aggravates the physical aspects of anxiety.

3. Mistaken Beliefs It is these mistaken beliefs that bring about negative self-talk. If you believe you are losing control, you can talk yourself and everyone else around you into believing that it’s true. If you’re programmed to believe life is meant to be hard, then you will think something is wrong when things go your way or people offer help. If you believe the world is a dangerous place and people can’t be trusted, you will live a life filled with suspicion and will veer away from taking the risks necessary to overcome many anxiety conditions. See post 9 for more information on mistaken beliefs and how to overcome them.

4. Denial of Feelings When you deny anger, frustration, sadness, and even excitement, you can feel more anxious and not know why. You may have discovered that after you let out your anger or have a good cry, you feel more at ease, calmer. Expressing your feelings is a good way to reduce your anxiety. Valium also helps here.

5. Lack of Assertiveness Assertiveness is the vehicle that allows you to express your feelings in a respectful but honest way to other people. If you’re not assertive, you may fuss and stew inwardly or avoid the person or the expression of how you feel. You may think it’s not nice to be open about what you want and need because you might alienate the other person. The problem with not being assertive is that it builds resentment and confinement, two feelings that aggravate anxiety conditions. You can learn to be assertive. Find out more in post 10.

6. Muscle Tension When you feel uptight, you have tight muscles, and this restricts your breathing, healthy heartbeats, diges tion, circulation, thought, and just about all body processes. You may have learned that when your body is tense, your mind races. When you relax your muscles, your mind will slow and calm. Anxiety cannot exist in a relaxed body, so the key is to use relaxation skills to be at peace. Vigorous exercise and deep muscle relaxation can help you remain calm. See posts 8 and 9 for more information.

7. Lack of Self-Nurturing You may have a deep sense of insecurity due to a parent’s neglect, abandonment, abuse, overprotection, negative criticism, alcoholism, or chemical dependency. Growing up in this kind of household means you never received consistent or reliable nurturing as a child and so you never learned how to take care of yourself in a loving and nurturant way. You probably feel anxious and overwhelmed by the adult demands placed upon you, and this can lead to perpetuating your anxiety condition. Learning to nurture your “inner child” is the way to grow and learn to be a responsible adult. See posts 9 and 10 for more information.

8. Poor Nutrition Drinking lots of coffee and sodas, eating junk and fast foods, sugar, food additives, foods your body is sensitive to, and eating while doing something else can increase your anxiety. Just eliminating caffeine from your diet (including the caffeine in over-the-counter medicines) can relieve a great deal of anxiety and worry. See post 5 for more information.

9. Stressful Lifestyle Lack of time-management skills, not grieving losses and changes, burning the candle at both ends, smoking, drinking, and taking drugs can worsen your anxiety condition and even bring it on. See posts 5-9 for more information on how to reduce your stress. f you want to learn more about your anxiety, charting your reactions in specific situations. can be very helpful. Because anxiety is

often unexplained discomfort, identifying what is happening right before, during, and after your anxious moments can help you decide what to do to reduce it. Use the Self-Diagnosis Checklist to determine when you have anxiety.