You know you cannot make anxiety disappear. You just learn to live with it and have it under control.
You know you are achieving it when:
- You accept it and welcome it into your life. Anxiety is normal. Admitting to it plays a big part in recovery.
- You learn to be comfortable in situations in which you are not in control. The more you demand yourself, the higher your anxiety levels will creep up.
- You are not looking to rely on alcohol/drugs/herbs/medicines/food/other stuff to calm down and worry less.
- You feel you can accomplish things and choose to have positive views on them. Otherwise, anxiety eventually makes the body shut down; that has a name: depression.
My goal is not to eliminate anxiety, but to have it under control so it does not run my life. Some of the strategies I use are: sleep enough, eat healthily, reduce caffeine, exercise and meditate.
