• Pins & Needles feelings
• Random Sharp pains for no apparent reason
• Pains in the side when breathing
• Shooting head pain
• Tight muscles
• Sore Shoulders
• Sore Throats
• Twitching muscle spasms
• and a million other crappy feelings

Enough Complaining! Take a few deep breaths…….. and float!

Make a list of the top 20 things that you are happy for. Every time you have a negative thought take a look at your list.

List making can help you find the positive things in your life that have been buried beneath your anxiety.

Researchers studied nearly 80 heart failure patients, with an average age of 57, who got either a visit from a volunteer, a volunteer plus a dog, or no visit at all.

Anxiety  dropped by as much as 24 percent for those visited by the dog and volunteer team, 10 percent for subjects visited by just the volunteer, and 0% for those who received no visit.

• Biofeedback
• Deep breathing exercises
• Meditation
• Prayer
• Music
• Relaxation Exercises
• Sleep
• Yoga
• Television
• Reading

Active Forms of Relaxation:

• Dancing
• Exercise
• Riding a Bike
• Jogging
• Hobbies such as fishing, golf, etc…
• Long Walks

Whenever you recognize any of these symptoms, take a step back and look at what is going on.

• Do you need to reduce your activities?
• Do you need to take better physical care of your body?

All of these symptoms are your bodies way of telling you to slow down or to take some sort of action to fix the problem.

It’s not just a Nike slogan, in fact it can be one of the best things you can do to get rid of your anxiety.

The more you give in to your fears the more powerful they will become. Sometimes the act of jumping in spite of your anxious feelings is exactly what you need to overcome your fears.

Sharing your fears and anxieties with someone a friend, relative, pastor or counselor can help you on your path to recovery. If you feel like you have no one to turn to try asking your pastor or physician.

Having Faith can heal your anxiety

1. Keep in mind that your nervousness rarely shows: Most of the anxious symptoms that you feel as a result of public speaking rarely show to the audience. Nervousness, butterflies, sweating, racing heart beat, etc., are actually very hard to spot.
2. Don’t Hold your notes: If you worry about the audience seeing your shaky hands set your notes down on the podium.
3. Practice - Being prepared is the number one thing you can do to calm your nerves. Practicing your speech to memory will not only help your nerves, but it will help you make sure that your main points get delivered. Try practicing your speech in front of a mirror or with a friend or loved one.
4. Show up Early: Having time to set up and prepare can help you relax and put your mind at ease. Check your sound system, network with the audience and take a few minutes to relax.
5. Deep Breathing: When people get nervous, we start to take shallow breaths. This type of breathing can actually add to your anxiety and make your symptoms more intense. When you start to get nervous, pause, take a few deep breath, and then continue.

Become Aware of what you say to yourself, it is the key to turning your life around and pointing it in a positive direction. Believe it or not, talking to yourself is a positive way can help you hop on the road to recovery.

Your mind is a very powerful, not only can you talk yourself into feeling anxious you can also learn to talk yourself our of panicky feelings. Refocus your scary thoughts into positive self-talk. It will take some practice, but if you can master this skill you can start to overcome obsessive panicky thinking.

More help with Positive self talk:

• Get rid of Anxiety by using Positive Talk
• Overcome Anxiety by changing how you think