Wednesday, October 01, 2008
If you've been following my posts, you'll recall that external triggers are things that occur outside of ourselves that are usually (but not always) intimately linked with an internal trigger, such as a thought, feeling, memory, image, or body sensation. This post is part four in a series that ...
mindfulness is a general practice of being relaxed and aware of ourselves in the present moment and has been proven to reduce anxiety. this practice is typically associated with buddhism but has been secularized by many scientists, notably Jon Kabat-Zinn who started a stress clinic based on mindfulness.
instead of bombarding our senses by cell phones, laptops, and other activies simply to stay busy, try being mindful of your experiences more and see if that helps with anxiety, even if you are "bored". Just a thought.
http://mindfulness.ucsd.edu/abtmindfulness.htm
I like mindfulness a lot, and I should have mentioned it in the article. I think the more options a person has the better. It appears that one approach often does not work every single time for people, but having a variety of approaches gives people a much better chance at lowering their anxiety!
I have very bad anxiety that pops over many situations. I do believe that this technique works a great deal. Sometimes the best thing to do it turn the tv, radio, computer, cell phone and everything else off. To much input only makes the anxiety worse.
Hi, good point, I found this article because I was begining to wonder if there was a connection between my anxiety (obsessive thoughts) and the amount of screen time I consume. I think perhaps TV is the worst culprit not because of the content but because of the speed that it makes the mind run at, and all the decoding of images must realy tire the mind out I'm guessing. Anyway Im gona see what helps if anything.