Welcome to the Anxiety Slayer series. Our mission is to assist you with creating more peace and tranquility in your life

through anxiety release exercises and supportive tools created to slay your

anxiety.

Anyone suffering from anxiety knows that your mind or sometimes throw you a negative thought,

but it's not the thought alone that causes you to suffer,

it's how you respond, almost specifically how much attention you're willing to give that thought

that gives it power. Here's an example I find helpful. If you throw a dog a

stick it's either going to chase it or ignore it. A stick ignored remains a stick. An unremarkable scrap of wood that's noticed briefly as it sails through the air, but is soon forgotten.

But a stick that a dog chases becomes an object of intense focus.

Every time the dog sees that stick, he's going to go after it.

He becomes fixated with it.

He can't take his eyes off it, and when he finally gets it, what he do he choose on it. What's my point? A stick is just a stick and a

thought is just a thought unless we give them the attention that allows them to be otherwise.

If you pay attention to negative thoughts, you'll feel your anxiety intensify as the thought grows

and preoccupies your mind.

You have the power to choose how you respond. When you feel a worry

nagging for your attention, get up and move. Walk away from it and find something

else to focus on fast. Anything that you find diverting and relaxing will help you put your

attention elsewhere again. Take a walk, call a friend, read, do a crossword puzzle.

Just find something else to do to divert your mind and help you gain distance and perspective.

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