Anxiety Tips: Why You Need At Least A Little Routine In Your Life
Channel: The Anxious Truth
Date: 26/09/2021

When anxious and stressed, it is FAR better to DO rather than to think or feel. You may be trying to tame your anxious feelings and thoughts with more feeling and thinking, but that is likely not terribly effective or consistent for you.

Rather than sitting, thinking, and scanning ... ACTIVATE. DO. ENGAGE WITH THE WORLD. This can be in very small ways. You don't have to take life-changing action all the time. Every little action matters. But when you're anxious or afraid, it can be really hard to think of what you do at any given moment. If you have some pre-defined simple routines set up, you can run one of those routines when you need to.

I hate routine and planning as much as anyone, but this is a lesson I learned in recovery that served me well then, and still serves me well now. So ... create some routines, then run them when you're tempted to sit and think as a coping mechanism. It doesn't matter how small your routines are, they are better than that alternative.

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