Action cures anxiety.
HALT = hungry, angry, lonely, tired. Address these when you are anxious. Observe and move to a different state by taking some action.
For instance,
Hungry = have some nutritious meal
Angry = Deep breath, take a walk, Listen to something relaxing
Lonely = Play with kids, talk to your friends, participate in community
Tired = Take rest, sleep.
- When you are having chronic anxiety, check if you are living in congruent with your values.
- Are you spending your day in alignment with your goals and long term vision.
- Are you meeting your needs or are you depriving.
- Are you procrastinating instead of taking action.
- Are you taking care of yourself.
- Are you spending time the things you can control instead of nagging about the things that you cannot.
- Are you spending on things that you do not need to impress people who do not care.
- Are you doing the best with what you have instead of making excuses.
- Are you taking full responsibility for your life instead of blaming others.
- Are you thinking too much about your past and future instead of being present.
- Are you trying to impress people instead of living your life as per your means.
- Are you seeking others validation instead of pursuing what you love.
- Are you spending too much of time browsing social media and watching news.
- Are you feeding healthy food and information.
- Are you exercising or not.
- Are you sleeping enough.
- Are you loving the closed ones enough.
- Are you taking a safe route instead of living your true self.
- Are you doing things that makes you feel valued.
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