You may have heard that the best medicine is prevention, and that’s true for keeping anxiety from getting overwhelming, too. Here are a few ways expert psychologists advise we yank the emergency brake on the runaway thought train and keep it chugging along at a more measured pace. Everyday things like work obligations, family scheduling snafus, worries about kids succeeding in school or spats with a partner or friend can trigger anxious thoughts when there are lots of issues outside of our control - like current events or the state of the world as a whole (like the ongoing global pandemic, climate change, the doomsday clock ticking steadily toward midnight, you get the picture).Īnd unlike slapping a bandaid on a cut or taking some ibuprofen to soften a headache, quieting anxious thoughts can require careful calibration of treatment, often including therapy, medication and figuring out what’s started you down the worry trail in the first place so you can address the root cause of your anxiety.īut there are also DIY tools you can use when you find yourself clicking “buy” on six tubes of tomato paste because what if they stop making it (how will you recreate grandma’s lasagna in the future?!). But everyone feels anxious sometimes, and even those without an official diagnosis can sometimes find themselves caught up in the cycle of anxious thoughts that just won’t quit, especially with all that’s going on in the world right now. who live with an anxiety disorder like I do, this situation might sound familiar. 7 Common Signs of Anxiety You Should Knowįor the estimated 40 million adults in the U.S.
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