of control in favor of awareness 3 As you experience the anxiety ask yourself else may be Explore for deeper emotions that may be hiding under your anxiety Many anxious people have not grieved something from their past or fully acknowledged a hardship they suffered For example perhaps anxious about your partner possibly leaving you Dig what is this worry connected to from your When do you remember first feeling anxiety over someone Perhaps you trace this feeling to your divorce and your dad moving out Now invite in that sadness or see if you can notice where you feel it in your body Stick with the feelings 4 Work to uncover the root emotion to which each anxiety branch may be attached Oftentimes getting at the root where the emotion first presented can entirely relieve the anxious feelings Tell the feelings welcomed here with you Validate them as real and worthy of your attention TAKE YOUR ANXIETY ALONG FOR THE RIDEIf like many anxious people fear and apprehension stop you in your tracks You feel as if you have to wait for anxiety to go away before you can get on with your life actually the for your anxiety