Overcoming Anxiety

Try this short guided meditation

Click this link to see the "To Sleep" Prezi

http://prezi.com/1ghcmupqcalz/to-sleep/?auth_key=04d2ea98467a545f6fafc3e9deae4e0ac1b994c2

So what do you journal about?

Get some ZZZzzzs

Eat Right!

Anxiety does not only affect your body, it also affects your thoughts and behaviors. Therefore, there are three parts to anxiety: physical symptoms (how our body responds), thoughts (what we say to ourselves), and behaviors (what we do, or our actions).

Use Relaxation Techniques

Avoid Alcohol

Thoughts

e.g. I'm going to fail this test!

Avoid fatty, sugary and processed foods. Include foods in your diet that are rich in omega-3 fatty acids and B vitamins.

Visualization techniques, meditation,

and yoga are examples of relaxation

techniques that can ease anxiety.

Sleep is vital to your everyday

functioning. If you aren't sleeping

well, take a look at our sleep Prezi.

It contains great tips to help get

you to sleep.

Alcohol and other sedatives can

actually make anxiety worse!

e.g. Make an excuse to get

out of the test.

e.g. Stomach ache, sweating, hard to

breathe.

Behaviors

Physical Symptoms

Keep a Journal

Take note of these three parts of anxiety throughout the day. You may find a certain situation or thought is reoccurring.

Keeping a journal of your life can

help you identify what's causing you

stress and what seems to help you

feel better.

Get daily exercise:

Exercise is a powerful stress reducer, can improve

your mood and help keep you healthy. Develop a

regular routine and work out most days of the week. Make small goals at first (15 minutes three times a week) and slowly increase intensity (45 minutes five times a week)

Overcome Anxiety

Prioritize Your Life

Self-help Strategies

You can reduce anxiety by carefully

managing your time and energy.

Organize your life in way you can

dedicate time and energy to things

that make you less anxious.

• Get daily exercise
• Eat a healthy diet
• AVOID alcohol and other sedatives
• Use relaxation techniques
• Make sleep a priority
• Keep a journal
• Prioritize your life

What are your resources?

Obstacle 3

College can be a stressful

place. It's natural to feel

some anxiety juggling the

many demands, but what

can you do to reduce your

anxiety and when do you

get some help to do it?

Obstacle 2

Resources on Campus and Beyond

Goal

What can you do?

Your own campus offers a wide variety of services. The Counseling and Psychological Services team (CAPS) at HSU facilitates many different groups and individual counseling. Check out their current schedule:

http://www.humboldt.edu/counseling/groups_workshops.html

You can also check out the Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA). This link sends you straight to their college page.

http://www.adaa.org/living-with-anxiety/college-students

This link is also from ADAA. It has dozens of videos of people sharing their stories about anxiety.

http://www.adaa.org/living-with-anxiety/personal-stories

Living a life free from significant and persistent anxiety.

Use the tips in this Prezi and see if you can achieve this goal. If you want more information, contact CAPS for an appointment. : )

FACTS about ANXIETY

FACT 1: Anxiety is normal and adaptive. It helps us to prepare for danger. That is why we learn to manage anxiety and not eliminate it.

FACT 2: Anxiety can become a problem when our body tells us there is a problem and there isn't one. This can happen both when we have anxiety about something that shouldn't be anxiety provoking and when the amount of anxiety we are feeling does not match the situation.

Too Much Anxiety

Start

What is anxiety?

So what does it feel like when you have too much anxiety?

Anxiety is the nervous feeling often associated with worry, unease, and concern. This is that feeling you get right before a big exam or when you are trying something new for the first time.

You may:

• constantly worry about everything, large and small
• feel restless
• feel tired
• have difficulty concentrating
• be irritable
• have muscle tension or aches
• tremble or shake
• have trouble sleeping
• sweat and experience nausea or diarrhea
• be short of breath or have a rapid heartbeat

Obstacle 1