Fox Health: Thriving with anxiety: Expert tips on embracing the mental health condition

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Thriving with anxiety: Expert tips on embracing the mental health condition

In a new book, a Harvard professor and psychologist details how to thrive with anxiety, and how the condition can even lead to greater success and self-acceptance....                        ...                        ...                            ...You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login head-on and approaching it differently can enhance your life.......That's according to David H. Rosmarin, PhD, a psychologist and associate professor at Harvard Medical School, who delivers You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, "Thriving with Anxiety: 9 Tools to Make Your Anxiety Work for You."......Rosmarin shared with Fox News Digital that overcoming his own journey with anxiety allowed him to better help others.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......In "Thriving with Anxiety," he writes that he unexpectedly found himself suffering from the disorder as he set up an anxiety clinic in New York City in 2011. ......He had already established a name for himself in Boston, but was struggling to get patient referrals in New York while facing You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login and a tough commute between the two cities.......Rosmarin writes, "A wave of anxiety swept over me. This was followed quickly by a sense of self-criticism for being hypocritical, followed by a surge of catastrophic thinking." ......He describes feeling embarrassed and "headed for failure" — wondering how he could help people overcome their anxiety when he was suffering from it himself. ......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......"Judging yourself for feeling anxious is like beating someone up when they are on the floor in order to get them to stand," he said. ......But he found a way to become more conscientious about making You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login – eating more nutritious foods, exercising more frequently, and opening up to others about his challenges.......People who have anxiety are often conscientious and driven, which can help prime them for leadership roles, You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......Having anxiety can also lead to greater understanding and self-acceptance, according to Rosamarin.......Anxiety can also lead to empathy, he told Fox News Digital......."When someone has been through the depths of difficulty, they can see the struggle on another person's face," Rosmarin said. ......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......"They understand what it means to feel uncomfortable, and it can create that compassion."......Anxiety is not a malady, he said, but "a normal human emotion that we all experience, and we can use it to improve our You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, our relationships with others and our spiritual lives."......Rosmarin offered the following tips for making the most of anxiety.......Instead of trying to avoid anxiety, the key is to face or even embrace it, he said......."We can criticize ourselves for feeling anxious, get upset about it, run away from it ... or we can lean into it," Rosmarin said.......This requires a "healthy dose of self-compassion," he said — and a recognition that part of being human is feeling overwhelmed at times.......Rosmarin suggests in his book that people speak kindly to themselves, allow time away from upsetting situations, and avoid self-deprecating language. ......When he changed his inner dialogue to speak more gently to himself, he became more self-aware and found the self-acceptance he needed to forge ahead, he writes.......Exposure therapy, a You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login in which people face their fears, can also help them withstand adversity rather than let it control them, the psychologist said.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......For example, if you are afraid of public speaking, Rosmarin recommends building resilience by raising your hand at a meeting, wearing something that draws attention to yourself, or even singing karaoke. ......"You don't have to do this, but you also don't have to go to the gym and work out," he said......."There are ways to build your You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login and there are ways to build your emotional fortitude."......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......The goal of this practice is to get to the point where you don't care anymore if you are anxious — and even though it's uncomfortable, it's not going to stop you, he said.......The next step is to share your fears with someone, if possible, and reassure yourself that the anxiety won't last forever, Rosmarin told Fox News Digital. ......"Embrace it ... let it ride and let yourself feel the feelings," he advised.......The last step, which Rosmarin said is the most important, is to let go. ......The psychologist mentioned that humans have a "built-in cooling system" called the "rest and digest" system — which helps the body calm down. ......"We're human beings, and we don't have control over everything," he noted. ......"The more we accept that, the more serenity we can have."......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login ......Rosmarin's Center for Anxiety now You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login in three states, treating nearly 1,500 patients each year, he told Fox News Digital......."Thriving with Anxiety: 9 Tools to Make Your Anxiety Work for You" is published by Harper Horizon. ...

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