Many of us are experiencing anxiety today. How to help yourself cope with fear and anxiety?
Here are some tips that might help:
If you feel fear, anxiety, anger - this is normal. Name your feelings, talk about them with loved ones. Don't close yourself off
One of the most unpleasant feelings for the psyche is the feeling of losing control over the situation, the feeling of helplessness. If you have the opportunity, try for a while to switch your attention to solving everyday tasks that depend on you. This will help you feel better
A simple and effective technique for self-soothing is "box breathing". Imagine a box with 4 identical sides, slowly, counting from one to four, inhale, imagining that you are moving up the side of the box. Then hold your breath for a count of 4, "moving" along the top side of the box, "descending" down the side, exhale also for a count of 4, and finally hold your breath, counting from one to four, and mentally move along the base of the box.
