Redefining Anxiety
By John Delony
– Your anxiety is not just burning you up, it is also burning up your relationship with your spouse, your kids, and your friends.
– Anxiety is not the problem, it is just a symptom.
– Myth One: anxiety is a disease or genetic condition
– Myth two: anxiety is a medical problem that can only be fixed by a pill.
- All that anxiety medicines can do is soften the alarms your body is sending out, it cannot solve them.
– Myth three: anxiety is your identity or destiny.
- Anxiety is not something that you are, it is something that you are going through.
- You are more than your mistakes and failures.
- You must decide to work through things instead of dwell on them.
– Myth four: you can have all you want right now.
- You cannot do everything and be everything for everyone all the time.
– Slow down and listen to the alarms. When your heart is racing and you’re feeling anxious, slow down to find out why. What is your body telling you?
– Start a gratitude journal and begin to pray. Gratitude will change your life.
– Prayer reminds us that we are small and God is big. We can only handle what is in front of us.
– We are not alone, and we need each other.
– Learn to control our thoughts and our actions. Our thoughts will dictate our actions.
– You can’t control what thoughts enter your mind, but you can control the thought you are going to dwell on.
– Anxiety many times stems from things that you cannot control.
– Process your past hurts and trauma.
– Don’t give your emotions the steering wheel.
– Let your emotions speak to you, but not dictate your life.
– Breathe, eat, exercise, and sleep.
– Learn how to grieve properly.
– Understand the value of the right relationships. You need other people. Loneliness is will kill you.