Preventing Anxiety

Prevention

Prevention of anxiety essentially involves an awareness of life's stresses and your own ability to cope with them. This can often be a difficult task in our busy and hectic 21st century.

• In essence, you might develop coping mechanisms for all of life's stresses. Strategies might include these:
  
  • Exercise
  • Meditation
    
  • Relaxation exercises including deep breathing
    
  • Visualization
    
  • Interpersonal skills in dealing with difficult people and situations or parenting skills training in dealing with your children
• Prevention also includes diet, regular exercise, rest, and the basics in terms of preventive health care maintenance. Diet is a large factor. Caffeine, stimulants, lack of rest, and lack of exercise all are factors that influence anxiety.