Understanding Anxiety
Learn ways to feel calmer, like taking deep breaths or going for a walk.
Anxiety is how your body reacts to stress. It can last for a short amount of time or last much longer and begin to interfere with everyday life. Anxiety can cause increased worry, sleep issues, headaches, difficulty concentrating, or high blood pressure. It often comes out of nowhere. You can learn how to better handle your anxiety by figuring out what situations might trigger it.
Identifying your anxiety
Knowing what situations make you feel anxious can help you manage these feelings. This will help life feel less stressful and more balanced.
Coping exercises to help reduce anxiety
Reduce your anxiety triggers by finding an activity to help you cope, like:
Anxiety assessment tool
Download this worksheet to start assessing your anxiety.
Rate your level of anxiety on a scale of 1 to 10: (1 - I feel no anxiety, 10 - I feel the most anxiety)
Questions to ask when you feel anxious
What situation or event am I reacting to?
What do I think is going to happen? What will most likely happen?
What can I do to cope with my anxiety and reduce the triggers that are making me feel anxious?
Rate your anxiety again
Complete your coping exercise, then rate your level of anxiety again below:
Did the number go down? If not, talk to your social worker about exploring additional coping exercises.
