Exercises To Calm Your Anxious Thoughts

Written By Holly Jetter
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Coping Skills

It is crucial to learn new and helpful coping skills to reduce overthinking, obsessing, and overanalyzing.

  • Deep Breathing

  • Progressive Muscle Relaxation

  • 5-4-3-2-1 Technique

  • Body Awareness

  • Mental Exercises

  • Mindfulness Meditation

Some apps/books that I find to be excellent for those struggling with anxiety are listed below:

  • Calm

  • BetterSleep

  • Unwinding Anxiety: New Science Shows How to Break the Cycles of Worry and Fear to Heal Your Mind - Judson Brewer

  • Mind Over Mood: Change How You Feel by Changing the Way You Think - Dennis Greenberger, Christine A. Padesky & Aaron T. Beck

  • Stop Overthinking: 23 Techniques to Relieve Stress, Stop Negative Spirals, Declutter Your Mind, and Focus on the Present - Nick Trenton

  • Finding Quiet: My Story of Overcoming Anxiety and the Practices that Brought Peace - James Porter Moreland

  • The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle - Emily Nagoski & Amelia Nagoski

  • Mindfulness: An Eight- Week Plan for Finding Peace in a Frantic World - Mark Williams, Danny Penman & Jon Kabat-Zinn

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