Stop Anxiety Attacks by Getting Out of Bed on the Right Side
The question I get asked more than any other is this: How do I stop anxiety attacks? And it's a question I used to ask a lot myself until a couple of years ago, when I successfully overcame my 17 year battle with panic and anxiety.
So in response to this question, I'd like to share one of the best ideas I stumbled across, which you can start using right away, and which I believe has the power to stop anxiety attacks, if you stick with it.
It's all to do with how you get up in the morning.
I firmly believe that your first few minutes after you wake up set the tone for your entire day.
If you start the day right you can have a far better day than if you start the day wrong.
The number one rule I set for myself a few years ago, when I started looking for ways to "start my day right," was to get up the moment I woke up.
No lying in bed worrying, dreading the day ahead, reliving yesterday's mistakes.
I made a rule that within 60 seconds of waking up or my alarm clock ringing, I had to be up out of bed.
So that was rule #1.
Rule #2 was this: I would always have something that needed my attention, or something that I needed to do, within the first few minutes of getting up.
This could be something as simple as not ironing the clothes I would be wearing that day.
In that example, I would immediately get up when my alarm rang, and I would immediately go and iron my clothes.
The important thing was, I gave myself something to do right after I got up.
This is like an extension to the "not lying in bed" rule.
It starts your day off right by not allowing your mind time to wander anywhere bad.
So give yourself something to do: maybe you need to take the trash out, so stop doing it the night before and let it be what you do as soon as you get up.
Maybe you have a pet you have to let out, and you normally make it wait until you've been up long enough for your head to clear.
Well, from now on, make letting your pet out a priority that you do the moment you've got some clothes on.
It can be anything - just make it something that you really have to do as soon as you get up.
These 2 rules are a fantastic way to get your mind functioning healthily from the moment you wake up, and it's a great way to stop anxiety attacks that might have struck you later in the day.
So in response to this question, I'd like to share one of the best ideas I stumbled across, which you can start using right away, and which I believe has the power to stop anxiety attacks, if you stick with it.
It's all to do with how you get up in the morning.
I firmly believe that your first few minutes after you wake up set the tone for your entire day.
If you start the day right you can have a far better day than if you start the day wrong.
The number one rule I set for myself a few years ago, when I started looking for ways to "start my day right," was to get up the moment I woke up.
No lying in bed worrying, dreading the day ahead, reliving yesterday's mistakes.
I made a rule that within 60 seconds of waking up or my alarm clock ringing, I had to be up out of bed.
So that was rule #1.
Rule #2 was this: I would always have something that needed my attention, or something that I needed to do, within the first few minutes of getting up.
This could be something as simple as not ironing the clothes I would be wearing that day.
In that example, I would immediately get up when my alarm rang, and I would immediately go and iron my clothes.
The important thing was, I gave myself something to do right after I got up.
This is like an extension to the "not lying in bed" rule.
It starts your day off right by not allowing your mind time to wander anywhere bad.
So give yourself something to do: maybe you need to take the trash out, so stop doing it the night before and let it be what you do as soon as you get up.
Maybe you have a pet you have to let out, and you normally make it wait until you've been up long enough for your head to clear.
Well, from now on, make letting your pet out a priority that you do the moment you've got some clothes on.
It can be anything - just make it something that you really have to do as soon as you get up.
These 2 rules are a fantastic way to get your mind functioning healthily from the moment you wake up, and it's a great way to stop anxiety attacks that might have struck you later in the day.
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