feel this way because anxiety can become like a part of your identity or a shadow you simply shake Here are ways to take the strategies reading about and form term habits that will lead you away from hopeless thinking and toward the satisfying life you want and deserve From Strategies to Habits If you continue to cultivate your skills for finding ease and calm when anxiety is triggered eventually your anxiety patterns will begin to break and in the spaces that open up you can cultivate new habits of thinking and responding important to remember that changing the wiring takes time and consistent practice just when we think we take it anymore and want to give up that we make our biggest gains Eventually for longer and longer periods of time forget that practicing healthy coping Instead enjoy the breeze on your face and the experience of living in this life now Consider what can come if you continue to do this work Perhaps your baseline anxiety level what you feel most of the time was at a 6 on a 1 to 10 scale is entirely relaxed and 10 is full anxiety Once these strategies become habits find