Click HERE to return after printing. Awareness of triumphs bolsters confidence, creates further motivation, and lessens anxiety. If you are feeling anxious or fearful, express those feelings to another person, or speak into a tape recorder, or write it down on paper. Find a good friend to talk to. Being able to share and express your feelings and thoughts can be very instrumental in promoting feelings of well-being.
Honest communication is anxiety reducing.
Attention to self-image can be a key denominator in our quest for good emotional health. To employ a sound plan for healthful eating, attaining a healthy weight and level of fitness, is one aspect of achieving a desirable level of self-caring. In doing this, we feel good about ourselves, develop needed self-confidence and initiate good habits that will assist in further anxiety reduction. No matter how limited you may feel you are at this time, do whatever you can to seek out pleasure. Having an anxiety disorder can be so absorbing of our attention and energies, that we may come to believe that pleasure is not even possible.