Let’s start with the (sort of) good news: Experiencing some amount of anxiety is an indication that you are human. “Just about all of us have some levels of anxiety and worry. While it’s normal part of life to experience occasional anxiety – especially under our current situation…. I see daily how it’s affecting so many of you in all different ways. Some are drinking more, snacking more, and others eating less and some just completely overwhelmed. For many anxiety is hitting daily and becoming worse by the day and others it’s randomly hitting out of the blue. We are all out of our comfort zone.
I hope it will give you some comfort when I tell you that you are not alone in how you feel. With all the clients that I deal with from all over the world and all levels of status the one thing everyone seems to be experiencing is anxiety. Some more frequent than others and definitely different levels of anxiousness — but we are all feeling it. And sometimes knowing that you not alone can help.
WHAT TO DO:
- One of the best things you can do when you feel the anxiety coming on is to accept it and recognize it… and face it head on. Accept that you are scared and understand that it’s okay to be afraid. But don’t let it control you. Once it gets control that is when we lose our way. Find healthy things that will help you with the anxiety like exercise – a bubble bath – playing with the kids or writing a journal about it. Whatever takes you out of your present mind and takes you to a better place of relaxation. Make sure whatever you choose you add it into your daily schedule. For example: watching too much News might start the anxiety. Recognize it — shut the TV and go for a walk. It’s simple but very effective.
- Another thing that I find so important is your food. Do not let it get control of you. The more you keep control of your food the better you will feel. The more you can control your food will result in how you will feel mentally and physically. Listen, we all know the scale right now should not be the most important thing in the world as a whole — but as a piece of your life when you know that too much snacking, too much drinking, and over eating and gaining weight is going to get you upset and give you more anxiety… that’s when the scale becomes important — and it’s okay that it is important to you. It should be important because it’s part of your health and when you do the right things it keeps you in a happy place. There is a great big world with big problems and then we all have our own little world with our own problems. You need to make sure you are doing all the right things that keep you happy and sane in your own little world so that you can deal with the things that are going on in the great big world.
There is no doubt about it when you are on program you feel good and when you are not on program it impacts your emotional state.
We shouldn’t give up on anything that keeps us happy because when you can stay in a happy positive place it will help with those moments of anxiety. Right now we need to depend on our positive emotions. Our emotions help us survive, thrive, and avoid danger. When you are happy — then you can keep others happy and that is what the world thrives on together — human emotions of sharing the positive love, prayers, hope and happiness. Change will always take place in our life and sometimes even though it’s from unfortunate circumstances we have to seek out the positive in it all. The trees are blooming and the sun is shining so keep doing the right things, stay strong and remember that most of us all have some extra time right now — use it to your advantage. Stay positive and think about what changes have you wanted to make in your life before the quarantine. How you can use this time to emerge to become the very best version of yourself. If you are lucky enough to be healthy right now it’s a great time to reflect and think about the changes you want to make. Start by making those changes today.
Anyone who has grown mentally, physically, or spiritually
knows that growth is not found in comfort.
~Love to Live Healthy with Josephine Fitzpatrick
