AUTHOR: LAURIE PINKINS
5-SIMPLE STEPS
TO Overcome
Anxiety
How to identify the symptoms of anxiety and conquer them to create a stress-free environment.
Are you easily irritated or annoyed with change? Have difficulty making decisions or concentrating? You may be anxious. Here are 5 simple steps to help you gain perspective, reduce your stress, and overcome anxiety.
“Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of GOD, and of JESUS our LORD,” 2 Peter 1:2 KJV
What is Anxiety?
Anxiety is fear. You feel persistent and intense worry about everything in the present and the future. Anxiety causes you to be confused, apprehensive, and unable to make decisions. It can conceal itself as a desire to be overly concerned. Analyzing desired outcomes prior to developing a plan of action, is a balanced mind frame. However, anxiety is panic of distorted and unproportionate outcomes, with a lack of clear vision. Feelings of excessive concern with worry about a particular issue is a symptom of anxiety. Why am I anxious?
“Let this mind be in you, which was also in CHRIST JESUS:” Philippians 2:5 KJV
Symptoms of Anxiety
Stress can be a trigger for anxiety. When faced with circumstances that you did not plan for or seem beyond your control, you resolve to worry and fear. The following are symptoms for anxiety.
- Excessive worry
- Intrusive negative thoughts
- Fatigue
- Emotional distress
- Dread
- Fear
- Confusion
- Isolation
- Panic attacks
How to Overcome Anxiety
Set a schedule.
Being able to control your environment and create predictability will decrease anxiety. A schedule will lessen worry about what tomorrow may bring, because you will have a plan for it.
Exercise.
Physical activity releases endorphins to the brain which helps to decrease anxiety. Set 20-minutes a day to exercise. Find activities that you enjoy, maybe able to do with friends/family, or allows you to meet new people. Exercising will help you to reduce stress.
Pray and Meditate.
Focus on closing out the noise of the world, and your own thoughts with prayer and meditation. Read a scripture of the Bible out loud, and sit in silence meditating on the scripture for at least 10 minutes or more. Meditation brings clarity to your mind and allows GOD to be your peace. Pray to give GOD thanks, give HIM what you are anxious about, and ask HIM what you should do. Trust GOD will provide you with HIS direction. Prayer and meditation will help you to gain perspective, reduce your stress, and overcome anxiety.
Eat healthy.
Food affects your brain focus. Stress will cause you to reach for foods that have a high calorie count but low nutritional value. The nutrients you add to your body will help to reduce your anxiety. Reach for foods high in vitamins and nutrients to stimulate healthy brain focus. A healthy diet, rich in nutrients will help reduce stress.
Write it down.
Oftentimes, anxiety is because there is no visible solution. You need to gain perspective. Write down the issue you are concerned about. Brainstorm the different solutions and what it will take to accomplish them. Repeat this method as often as possible, until an attainable solution is found and a plan is implemented. Write down the issue, solution, steps to accomplish, resources needed, timeline to complete, next steps or other people who may need to help. Developing a plan of action will help to reduce stress.
5-SIMPLE STEPS TO OVERCOME ANXIETY
1. SET A SCHEDULE
2. EXERCISE
3. PRAY AND MEDIATE
4. EAT HEALTHY
5. WRITE IT DOWN
These 5-simple steps can be used to reduce stress in every area of your life.
Next Steps
GOD desires for your mind to be at peace. You can attain sustainable healing with GOD to overcome anxiety. Use these steps to gain perspective, reduce your stress, and overcome anxiety.
Use these simple steps to gain perspective, reduce your stress, and overcome anxiety. Why am I anxious?
- Set a schedule
- Exercise
- Pray and meditate
- Eat healthy
- Write it down
Read, speak and meditate on the 10 scriptures of the Bible for Anxiety.
- “Now the GOD of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the HOLY GHOST.” Romans 15:13 KJV
- “For HE is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;” Ephesians 2:14 KJV
- “And let the peace of GOD rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.” Colossians 3:15 KJV
- “Now the LORD of peace HIMSELF give you peace always by all means. The LORD be with you all.” 2 Thessalonians 3:16 KJV
- “Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of GOD, and of JESUS our LORD,” 2 Peter 1:2 KJV
- “Mercy unto you, and peace, and love, be multiplied.” Jude 1:2 KJV
- “Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto GOD.” Philippians 4:6 KJV
- “Let this mind be in you, which was also in CHRIST JESUS:” Philippians 2:5 KJV
- “Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things. Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the GOD of peace shall be with you.” Philippians 4:8-9 KJV
- “For GOD hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.” 2 Timothy 1:7 KJV
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