3 Ways I Manage Anxiety (not breathing, diet or exercise)

In this video, MedCircle host Kyle Kittleson discusses three ways he manages anxiety. Kyle goes above and beyond the usual strategies like breathing, diet and exercise and dives into how he finds true relief from anxiety symptoms. Whether you live with generalized anxiety disorder, high functioning anxiety, or another kind of anxiety—you may find this video helpful.

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[michellec]

To manage my anxiety, I give myself 15 minutes a day that I allow my brain to have it's go at running tbrough the worries. I write them down. When my timer goes off I look through the list for actionable tasks and plan for those. I go about my day. If I start anxious thoughts I remind myself I've gone through those and have plans on addressing the ones I can. Anything else can wait till tomorrow's 15 min session.

[Xanarox_]

2:06 mindfulness moments around de day - every time you wash your hands take that time to be completely in that momento
3:10 you are NOT your thoughts - don’t believe everything you think
11:19 remember that if you succeed one time you will succeed again. In other words if you get over one episode of anxiety you will get over the next ones

THANK YOU KYLE!!!!❤❤❤😊

[nadineF]

When I have anxiety, I experience physical sensations that are often overwhelming. I learned to give these sensations a minute and let them go through my body without trying to neither deny what I am experiencing nor reject it. I let myself experience the whole thing: the accelerated heart beat, the weakness in my legs, the empty in my stomach, the shaking, the sweating. I stop and experience these feelings as they happen and then they go away. For me, it feels like these feelings have a cycle and if I let the cycle complete, it ends. If I resist them, they continue to be there causing suffering for hours.

[ladygurr]

My daughter passed away July 2020 and anxiety is so bad. I find that when I’m focused on my grandchildren it helps me so much as well as going out of my way to do random acts of kindness every day in her honor helps me feel good.

[sallymoore]

I write love letters to myself. Things like “your doing the best you can” “you’ve done hard things before you can do it again”

[TomRipley]

“You are not your thoughts.” Recognising the thought and detaching myself from it is the most helpful for me. I also constantly remind myself to concentrate solely on what I can control at that moment. If it’s out of my hands, I make an effort to recognise the intrusive thought and tell myself the ball is not in my court.

Also, I find the phrase, “It is what it is”. Helpful. Things are not always what I hope, wish or believe them to be and that makes life easier.

[elenaoakes]

Something that helps me as a grounding exercise when I’m feeling really overwhelmed with the physical symptoms is putting my awareness and attention in my feet. Works best bare foot, I feel the texture of the floor, I wiggle my toes and really focus on those sensations. I love this when I’ve just woken up and feel a little jittery it’s really helpful.

[catherinecuti]

Kyle, I just wanted to tell you that I find this series both practically helpful, and, on a personal level, very comforting. While therapists are definitely useful, it's so much more meaningful to me to hear someone who actually has depression, anxiety, etc talk about realistic management strategies. It also makes me hopeful to see someone who clearly has a very successful career despite their mental health struggles. :) Please continue this series- you have a great presentation style!

[FM-qmxs]

For social anxiety I use the 'fake it til you make it' technique. If you pretend you are confident and likable you can start to feel that way a little.
Also realizing that everyone else is too wrapped up in their own inner world to dwell on your mistakes helps a lot. You might be feeling awkward and embarrassed and kicking yourself for your mistakes but they may be feeling the same or worrying about something else in their life or trying to remember to buy cay food.

[GrandmothersGarden]

My go to when anxiety starts: “Fear not, I am with thee; oh, be not dismayed, for I am thy God and will still give thee aid. I’ll strengthen thee, help thee, and cause thee to stand, upheld by my righteous, omnipotent hand” (see Isaiah 41:10). If I say it three times, especially focusing on the first six words... I'm good to go.

[hopedozier]

Saying “no” without guilt. Making sure if I’m saying “yes”‘ to something that it’s not for the wrong reason. Being honest about my limits without guilt. It’s when I do too much, spread myself too thin that I become very anxious and stressed. That’s something that I have to personally monitor. And also accepting that not everyone has to be ok with, or understand, my boundaries, but I still have to place them regardless.

[KizerCreative]

My therapist said that contact with cold (ice cubes was the example) to your temples can help snap you out of the anxiety loop. Since I can't always access ice (plus it's messy, ) I substituted ice with beautiful smooth stones that are a type that stay cold longer and shed heat quickly. It has helped a number of times.

[frugalcooking]

My one, I learnt many years ago - wash your dishes by hand paying extreme attention during the process and dry them with a towel by hand. This is the best !

[phyllisjunemillerjohnson]

We don't know if our thoughts are true. Realizing that is a great tool to help with anxiety. Thank You for that.

[patcharapornmakarasara]

My way of being mindfulness is to have the ‘doing things slowly’ session in the bathroom in the morning when I brush my teeth/ take a bath. Do it like 10 times slower for each movement. For example, when you reach your arm to grab a toothbrush, reach it sooo slow then stop, grab it, then slowly move it to your mouth. The slower, the best, as your mind will be able to follow each of your movement. At first it would feel annoying, but you will feel calm almost instantly when you walk out of the bathroom.

[Aliya.]

Argue with my negative self-defeating thoughts, never done that before, but I've started doing that lately, now my main priority to protect myself)

[justincaldwell]

My mother is the ultimate in catastrophe thinking. The amount of energy she put into an assume outcome was more than trying to prepare for it. I found over the years myself doing this as well among other classic trauma narratives . I realized that at 53 it's time change the narrative. Peeling back the lineage of family toxicity has not been easy, but the journey so far has been liberating. Channels like this help. There is comfort in the concept of strength in numbers. Thank you

[robertgray]

When I'm feeling depressed, I look around and see others who 'appear' to have it worse than me. If I can remind myself that I'm not at the bottom, that I am overplaying the magnitude of my situation, it often helps me feel a bit more grounded and in control.

[jackedkerouac]

Changing careers, sobriety, exercise, taking GABA and l-theanine
and most importantly staying away from narcissists all made a huge impact
on my ability to manage my depression and anxiety.

[Weasleykins]

You know what helps my anxiety, is doing the task that is bothering me. If I’m having anxiety over my clothes piling up at the back of my door, I will fold/put for washing. If it is not night I will start the laundry, if it is night I will get the washer ready for washing in the morning. If I’m bothered about the dishes not being done, I will do them as soon as possible. This is really calming to me to see tasks that were giving me anxiety done.