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More tips to help with anxiety
Following on the theme over the last two months on tips to help with anxiety
- Get enough sleep: Aim for at least 7–8 hours of sleep each night, and try to stick to a regular schedule. Avoid screens and blue lights for at least an hour before bed.
- Eat a healthy diet: A healthy well balanced diet can help improve anxiety symptoms. Try to limit foods high in sugar and processed foods, and increase your intake of B vitamins and Omega 3 fatty acids.
- Avoid caffeine: Caffeine can make physical symptoms of anxiety worse. Remember tea also has caffeine, only herbal teas have no caffeine. Camomile tea is known to help calm anxiety.
More tips to help with anxiety.
To continue last month’s theme, today I will be providing you with another tip to help with anxiety. Today’s tip in essence is a grounding technique. Start with sitting back, firmly put your feet on the ground and take in one deep breathe. Now look around you, find five things you can see, four things you can touch , three things you can hear, two things you can smell and one things you can taste. You can repeat if necessary. This technique should make you feel calmer, present and a little more in control.
Measures to alleviate anxiety-part I
During the COVID-19 pandemic, I noticed a low grade anxiety settle in with clients I saw and in society in general. Although very understandable at the time, it seems this low intensity anxiety still permeates society. I have also noticed an increase in anxiety symptoms in my clients, as well as myself. The movie Inside Out 2 demonstrated beautifully how anxiety can overcome all other emotions to be permanently in the driver’s seat to the determent of the individual. Based on this, it is prudent than to dedicate a few blog posts to measures that can alleviate anxiety.
Lavender according to aromatherapy transmits messages to the limbic system (a region in the brain known to influence the nervous system and help regulate emotion). Breathing in the scent of lavender or lavender essential or applying is so the skin can hence have a calming effect on a person’s anxiety.
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Exploring the Meaning of Session Termination in Therapy: A Psychologist’s Reflection
I have been a psychologist for a while now, recently I have been reflecting on what it means to terminate sessions with a client. For me, session termination signifies that my client and I have achieved my client’s therapy goals. It signifies that they have coping skills to thrive in their lives. What many clients don’t realise that to me they will always remain in my mind and heart. I had the honour of walking their life journey with them for a while. I would like to use this opportunity to ask my readers to comment here on, what it meant for you so terminate with your therapist?
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Asking for forgiveness
In childhood, we often learn that if we make a mistake, we need to say we’re sorry. Apologies aren’t always so straightforward, however. Asking for forgiveness is important, but only when it’s necessary.
Mental illness can sometimes bring feelings of shame and inappropriate guilt. Making us feel unduly responsible for things that are actually beyond our control. In fact, inappropriate feelings of guilt are a hallmark of depression, and different types of anxiety contribute to self-doubt and self-blame.
While each circumstance is unique, these general guidelines can be helpful in knowing if you need to ask for forgiveness:
- Did you do or say something hurtful (intentionally or accidentally)?
- Have you been highly self-critical lately? Sometimes, the person from whom we need forgiveness is ourselves.
- Was the situation outside of your control? Just because you were involved doesn’t mean that you are at fault for something that wasn’t right.
If you decide that you do need to ask for forgiveness, from yourself or others, keep it simple and sincere. Explaining that you feel bad for what happened, offering to make amends, and asking for forgiveness strengthens relationships—including the one you have with yourself—and allows everyone to move forward rather than stewing over the past.
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