Anxiety Recap

To sum it all up, anxiety, social phobia, depression are extremely hard to deal with every day. If you don't have any of these issues, but know someone who does, please try to understand and be supportive.

• Help them to learn to take it one day at a time.
• Instead of worrying about how they will get through the rest of the week or month, try to focus on today.
• Each day can provide us with different opportunities to learn new things and that includes learning how to deal with problems.
• Focus on the present and stop trying to predict what may happen next week. Next week will take care of itself. It always does.
• Try to get them to challenge their negative thinking with positive statements. Tell them when they have thoughts that make them fearful or anxious, to challenge those thoughts. Does this always happen? What are the chances of that happening? Do this carefully, or it will come out wrong. Trust me!

Most of all, take this seriously. It is awful to live with it.

Until next time....