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How to manage anxiety and self-doubt
Strategies for setting realistic goals
The importance of self-compassion and self-care
Therapy
If your own coping strategies are not helping, you could explore professional help. A therapist can help to find sources of stress and help to address possible causes. They can also help you identify harmful or less effective coping methods.
Therapists may recommend cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) or exposure therapy.
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Anticipatory anxiety as a symptom
Anticipatory anxiety can appear as a symptom of generalised anxiety disorder.
Other conditions can also involve a fear of possible future events:
- Social anxiety disorder involves an extreme fear of rejection.
- A specific phobia...
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Take care of physical needs
Your physical wellness can impact your emotional health.
- Nutrition: If your symptoms include a nervous stomach, you may find it hard to eat, and that can make you feel even worse.
- Sleep: Anxiety can make it difficult to get pro...
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Check your self-talk
How you talk to yourself about anxiety will affect you.
When you start to worry about something, ask yourself if it is a realistic possibility.
- If the answer is no, try to redirect your thinking to the present.
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Medication
Medication may help improve symptoms, especially when combined with therapy.
Medication may be recommended if your symptoms:
- make it difficult to cope in your daily life
- prevent you from making progress in therapy
- cause serious distress ...
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Talk about it
It's often not easy to talk about what you're afraid of, but voicing those fears can help them seem less scary.
Letting loved ones know about your anxiety can also help, especially if you feel isolated because of your symptoms. Friends can offer support by listening and pr...
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Symptoms of anticipatory anxiety
With anticipatory anxiety, you may spend many hours imagining the worst-case scenario.
Symptoms include:
- Difficulty concentrating
- Trouble managing emotions
- Emotional numbness
- Loss of interest in your usual hobbies
- Restlessness
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Anticipatory anxiety
Anticipatory anxiety is worrying about the bad things that could happen. The anxiety typically focuses on things you can't control or predict.
While fears are normal, they can become signs of anticipatory anxiety if they start to interfere with your daily life.
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Kinds of Therapy
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