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Youth plays an important role in the development of the country, and their healthy physical and mental development deserves attention and attention.
In a "Survey on Social Mindset of Chinese Youth Netizens (2009-2021)", it shows that nearly 70% of young netizens expressed different degrees of anxiety, and study, work, appearance, and health have become the four major factors that cause anxiety.
Young people begin to become anxious under the strong pressure of reality -
When facing their studies, they may be worried, nervous, afraid of their studies, and even physical symptoms.
When faced with work, they may experience "lying down" and choose to live alone or live at home.
When it comes to appearance, they may not recognize themselves enough and are ashamed to date or date with the opposite sex, let alone get married and have children.
Faced with health, they are worried about their sub-health, chronic fatigue, , hair loss, , sudden death and other problems...
These all make them feel anxious.
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Moderate stress and anxiety will make people more motivated, but excessive stress and anxiety can easily crush a person.
So, how should young people better deal with anxiety?
The following methods in the book "Burns Anxiety Self-Help Therapy" may help everyone overcome anxiety faster.
1. If method
If method can help us discover the terrible fantasy that triggers anxiety.
When we can face fantasy, we can defeat the fear in our hearts.
If you are anxious about something, you might as well ask yourself the following questions:
Why am I anxious?
What if this is true? What happens to
? What is the worst case for
?
What is the most feared in my heart?
Through these questions, you will see the deepest fear in your heart and have the opportunity to face it and defeat it.
2. Emotional hiding method
When we feel anxious, it is easy to hide our emotions and feelings.
If we can dig into the emotions and feelings behind anxiety and discuss it, anxiety may disappear.
Using the emotional hiding method involves two steps:
Step 1, find out the problems or feelings that are bothering you.
For example, if you think work is not suitable for you, feel angry with friends, or desire a different life in your heart.
Step 2, express your feelings and take measures to solve the problem.
When you discover the problems that are bothering yourself, you can express your inner feelings and take action.
For example, in the previous example, you can take the following actions: change to a new job, talk to friends, try a new lifestyle, etc.
When these problems are truly resolved, your anxiety will gradually decrease and disappear.
3. Exposure therapy
Exposure therapy achieves the effect of overcoming anxiety by directly contacting what we are worried about and overcoming inner fear.
In other words, the more you fear something, the more you need to expose yourself to something you are afraid of.
For example, if you are afraid to stand on a high place, try to stand on a high place;
If you are afraid to speak in public, try to speak in a place with a lot of people;
If you are afraid to interact with people, try to deal with different people more.
You may feel extremely frightened in the early stages of using exposure therapy, but as you are exposed to things you are afraid of, you may find that your anxiety is gradually decreasing and disappearing.
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at the end
If you feel anxious, you might as well stop and ask yourself: What am I avoiding? What are you afraid of?
When we learn to face the fear in our hearts, we have the courage to overcome it.
