Anticipatory Anxiety 🤔💭

🤕 So much going on in your head? Scared of the future, but don’t know what to do?

You could be experiencing ‘Anticipatory Anxiety’.

🔴 What could cause Anticipatory Anxiety?

• Recent experience of loss.
• Fear of making the right decision.
• Experiencing the unknown. Don’t know what you like or who you are.
• Experiencing changes.
• Work or financial anxiety.

⛳️ Let’s look at some symptoms.

(Different people could experience different conditions.)

• Loss of focus.
• Inability to manage emotions.
• Stumped brain.
• Loss of enjoyment or interest.
• Can’t stay still.
• Muscle stiffness.
• Loss of appetite.
• Sleep trouble.

💗 Let’s look at some at-home remedies.

• Get a good quality sleep and eat your meals at a proper time. 
• Do some workouts, but avoid late night exercise!
• Avoid caffeinated drinks.
• When feeling anxious, ask yourself “Is this scenario possible?”
  • If ‘no’, tell yourself that and slowly pull yourself back to the present. 
  • If ‘yes’, make some plans! Even for small tasks. 
• Keep telling yourself, “you have done your best at the moment.”
• Talk to a friend or someone experiencing the same situations.
• Try wearing a hair tie around your wrist. When feeling like drifting away, lightly pull and flick the hair tie so your brain will focus back onto your body in the present. 
• Contact any organization that can help. 

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❗️Don’t forget to love yourself.

And don’t think that asking for help is a bad thing!

*Each of us reacts differently. You know yourself best. Don’t forget to trust yourself.