Controlling the anxious mind is not easy. It is chaos and disorder, caring for us and preventing us from developing our potential, which often leaves us in a state of utter weakness and anguish.
To regain control and reduce that impact we can use the strategy that best suits our personal characteristics, in this context there is one that still works: personal care, we look at each other, we feed our psyche and we listen to each other to control ourselves. the mind.
- Being held hostage to a mental state populated only by worries can exhaust us.
- But the more contradictory this condition is.
- The more exhausted we are.
- The more resources and energy our brain consumes.
- The harder it will be to rest.
This is because sleep does not always occur when one is exhausted, but when there is an inner calm, when there is silence in thoughts.
It is not easy to live with anxiety as an escort and yet we do it often. In addition, as the available data on the reality of the psychological state of the population show, even if we are faced with a treatable disorder, only 35% of people with the problem even ask for help.
There are people who live their whole lives with an anxious mind. In this way, they end up losing their quality of life and erasing the full potential of their present. These people fill the future with anguish and even put their health at risk.
So, let’s see what this strategy is, which we should all apply in our daily lives.
“When you’re in the present, you can let the mind be as it is without getting stuck in it. “Eckhart Tolle-
Taking care of yourself is essential in a demanding world that demands so much and is full of uncertainties, now it should be noted that this term is often confused with other concepts.
It was in the 1980s that mental health professionals first talked about the importance of having healthy habits on a daily basis to reduce the health effects of stress and anxiety.
Now, even then, the advertising industry has not hesitated to use this term, so much so that a wide range of personal care products has been launched on the market.
So has this idea long been associated with bath salts, creams, shampoos and even targeted food products?at least supposedly do us good.
That is why it is so necessary to talk, from a point of view of the field of psychology, about the fundamentals of correct self-care, it is necessary to promote strategies based precisely and scientifically on what this concept really means and seeks.
In addition, as a study from Queen’s Kingston University in Canada explains, personal care is a set of activities in which a person engages throughout their lives, day by day, which generates changes and helps us prevent multiple diseases.
Pessimism, excessive anxiety, uncontrollability, psychological exhaustion . . . The anatomy of the anxious mind may differ in some respects between persons, but on average it is characterized by having these same factors in common.
That way, before you use drugs and before you even say “I’m like that and you have nothing to do,” it’s worth taking a moment and thinking about how to implement these three strategies. The consequences of daily personal care can be wonderful.
A safe space is a place, a room, a bench, a shadow under a tree or a sofa in front of a window that creates calm.
It is a comfort zone that can be searched at least twice a day for 15 or 20 minutes, in the meantime we will connect with ourselves to ask how we are.
This safe space will allow us to enjoy a moment of solitude in which we can create a positive and loving inner dialogue with ourselves, we will analyze our concerns to convince us that everything is well.
Happiness is well-being and satisfaction. It means being good to yourself, with nothing or nothing, to control the anxious mind it is necessary to schedule an activity throughout the day that generates these sensations.
It is essential that in each of our trips we can take advantage of this time and other moments to distract, rest and positively stimulate the brain.
To do this, just do something we love
Anxiety also needs a relief channel to release all these accumulated energies and tensions. So ideally, we use practices like yoga, mindfulness, a sport we love, or even, why not, an artistic discipline.
Personal care also has to do with health, but one aspect must be very clear: we must commit firmly to it.
In this way, aspects as basic as paying attention to what we eat, how we eat and the habits that we have every day will change and improve our well-being, we must develop a plan and stick to it.
Health is also prevention, so you have to be attentive and listen to our body and mind. Let’s not let physical discomfort or concern for tomorrow, give an answer today or look for a professional.
What remains outside can get worse, as soon as we realize it, we realize that living with an anxious mind is not living, it just exists in a mode of survival.