Suggestions on dealing with fear (panic, anxiety, terror).
Pick only the idea that feels comfortable and right for you.
- Breathe deeply right down into your belly. Imagine the air coming in brings you energy while the air leaving carries the stress with it.
- Breathe out. Fear can make you hold your breath.
- Stamp your feet and describe what you hear, see, smell and taste.
- Relax your jaw and let your teeth chatter.
- Hold someone or something comforting and allow your body to shake off the fear.
- Imagine the cause of your fear in an iron strong box suspended above the deepest part of Lake Ontario. Watch as the box drops to the bottom of the lake.
- Ask someone kind to speak soothingly to you as though you were very young and very scared.
- Let your feet run as fast as they can. (On a track, in the woods, down the street)
- Scream as high and as loud as you can without hurting yourself. (It's quiet if you do it in a car, into a pillow or under water.)
If you wish, try that one again or pick another and try it.
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