How to deal with grief and anxiety?

Grief and anxiety – two words that sum up the whirlwind of emotions that it brings. Whether you lost a loved one or are dealing with personal struggles, these feelings can be overwhelming but don’t worry, humans have been equipped with unique coping mechanisms. In this article we’ll teach you how to deal with grief and anxiety in a humorous way because who said healing has to be boring?

Understanding Grief and Anxiety

Before diving into how we can cope, let’s first explore what grief and anxiety mean.

Defining Grief

Grief is often associated with the feeling of sadness due to loss or death. But, it goes beyond just emotion – it involves physical sensations like tightness in chest or stomach pains.

Decoding Anxiety

Anxiety on the other hand is more generalised fear caused by an unknown threat — distressing thoughts about things that may happen based solely on speculation.

Coping Mechanisms That Work

Now let’s take a look at some ways we can relieve ourselves from such emotions. You’d never guess how simple they actually are!

Meditate

People underestimate meditation as being woo-woo-yoga-ish when scientifically speaking it reduces our heart rate, blood pressure while increasing serotonin levels.

Here’s a list of meditation Apps for all those too lazy for yoga –

App Name Suitable devices
Headspace Android Apple
Meditation Studio Android Apple
Calm Android Apple

Get Active

Hear me out before backing off because “leg days” aren’t appealing enough… working out releases endorphins which reduces cortisol levels along-with reenergizing us physically .So chuck those slippers aside sign-up for a Zumba/Zenyo class and jog those stresses off!

Talk to Someone

They say ‘Sharing is Caring’ but when it comes to emotions sharing eases the pain! Take a deep breath, summon your friend buddy & indulge in soul-lifting-support group sessions/discussions. Brew some hot chamomile tea, grab a blanket and bond over mutual peace and harmony.

Allow Yourself to Cry

Tears are not emblematic of weakness — they’re cathartic themselves- after heavy crying sessions our bodies release oxytocin/happy hormones which aids with coping mechanism.

PROS:

  • Relieves Stress.
  • Reduces Pain : Spending periods crying releases endorphins!

CONS:

I’m sorry there aren’t any cons here…crying proves useful anyway!

Stay Busy (Distract yourself!)

In addition to being productive distract meant serves as mechanism – taking you away from sad/negative thoughts while keeping busy will positively enhance mindset!

Personal Statements

Hearing others experiences provides deeply insight into how people deal with grief & anxiety . We’ve collated some statements below that boast valuable tips on how we can manage such feelings:

Name Tip
Megan Breathwork exercises helped get me through panic attacks
Rhonda Gratitude lists held me positive during grieving period
Joshua Engaging in activities I cherish i.e running indulged distractions/cope factor

These serve both inspirational points along-to comforting mechanisms for us.

Empowerment Living

A crucial aspect of dealing with grief/anxiety is redefining life itself anew-new-nother way of battling stress is empowerment living – this concept focuses on resolving the root causes rather than just handling symptoms .

Some examples include:

Set Realistic Goals

Long-term goals always need planning short term goal setting reduces aimlessness along with providing a boost for immediate satisfaction

Connect With Others

‘Connecting with others allows you to learn new things while better identifying common interests. Humans are inherently sociable meaning that the therapeutic value of social support can’t over-stressed.’

Help Others (Giving = Gaining )

“Helping others shifts perspectives towards selflessness and ensures us we’re capable of making difference out-there .Altruistic behaviour provides emotional validation.

There’s no ‘one size suits-all approach to dealing, but putting aside your platform shoes if even one suggestion changes/positively affects your mood/command/headspace then it was worth trying!

Surviving grief & anxiety is not an easy task — both leave us feeling vulnerable and despair sipping on just chai tea won’t do either- several coping mechanisms should be tried such as meditation/talkingto people along-withreminding ourselves to stay empowered through gratefulness setting realistic goalsconnecting/bondingwithsocietiesandsupportgroupsgenerally immersedinactivitieswhichbringyourealjoy.Remember,it’s okay to feel sad, but never forget you’re stronger than this.

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