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Every week on Well+Being with The Washington Post , psychiatrists and psychologists suggest ways to improve our mental health . Here are 10 popular columns of 2024 with a summary of the advice shared by experts. Cope with anxiety Anxiety can be overwhelming and all consuming, writes Christopher W.
T. Miller, a psychiatrist. If certain cues set off a cascade of worry and stress, we may fixate on them and magnify their meaning, keeping our mind and body in overdrive.
This can make it hard to think our way through situations. Our thoughts can be emotion-driven, negative, repetitive and hard to change (what has been termed “perseverative cognition”). There are many ways in which anxiety can manifest, and oftentimes people’s experiences don’t fit neatly into a certain category.
Social anxiety , generalised anxiety , panic attacks and phobias are some common ways in which anxiety can be felt. But we can cope with anxiety with some helpful strategies such as giving ourselves a break and finding a middle space. Read more: The five-step wellness model that really works.
