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Thais
Thanks again for following the series. My name is Thais Gibson, and if you haven't already watched the first video on here about anxiety, I suggest you go back and do so because it gives you a really important first step. And every other day for the next few days, I'm going to be going through and giving you really important tools to crack anxiety and finally be able to feel like you're in control of your thoughts and emotions.
00;00;29;10 - 00;00;55;28
Thais
So step two in step one, we talked briefly about finding context and what anxiety actually is at the root level. That anxiety is essentially a build up of unresolved problems that your subconscious mind is storing. So here's step two. We're going to actually find context. We're going to start creating strategies to solve the problems. So I highly recommend, as you're beginning this, this is something that you're new to and you've never really tried to work through anxiety before.
00;00;56;00 - 00;01;17;00
Thais
I would recommend starting this process with a pen and paper and on a daily basis, dumping all of your concerns on paper so you can actually source them. So you might already have an idea about what's triggering you. And if you do, I just want you to realize that the source of transforming what could be triggering you is to write your concerns and then make a plan for how to deal with them.
00;01;17;02 - 00;01;37;08
Thais
So let's use the example of falling behind at work. You might have to write everything down. I'm stressed out because I feel like I'm falling behind at work. Maybe feel like my job is on the line. I could get fired, whatever it might be. And so you have to sit there and instead of just avoiding that and thinking those thoughts and trying to avoid it, anxiety is going to keep trying to push that back up so you can solve the problem.
00;01;37;08 - 00;02;03;03
Thais
It's there as your friend. It is trying to benefit you and help you direct your life so that you can find solutions to the challenges that are arising. So we have to use that and use our anxiety as a feedback mechanism instead of be used by it. So here's what I want you to do. If you're new to all of this information and you're feeling a lot of anxiety, sit down, dump your concerns on paper, and then figure out what the actual sources.
00;02;03;05 - 00;02;29;02
Thais
So write everything that can be bothering you. And if you don't really know where to start, start in the seven areas of life. So take some time and analyze each area and look for what feels unresolved or not good in that area of your life right now. So career, financial, mental, emotional, spiritual, physical and relationships and relationships can include friends, family, and romantic partnerships.
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Thais
So write everything down and look for where the unresolved problems feel that they are in your life right now. And it might feel scary at first because we're taking a serious inventory of our lives and it's not the easiest thing to do. And sometimes we spend a lot of time trying to avoid thinking and feeling about these things.
00;02;46;14 - 00;03;04;25
Thais
But I can tell you with certainty, because anxiety's duty is there to bring those things to the surface. The more we avoid, the stronger the anxiety will become. So and this is what your brain does. It ruminates repeatedly over things that feel unresolved. It's trying to get you to solve a problem. Rumination is literally there to try to get you to solve the problem.
00;03;04;28 - 00;03;40;20
Thais
So what we have to do is dump all these concerns on paper, spend some time in reflection, and then create strategies. Ask yourself next to the concern What do I need to feel better in this area and what is my strategy for how to achieve this? And believe it or not, even if you don't have the best strategy and even if the problem is not solvable overnight just by having context for what the problem is, it's occurring and just by creating strategies and solutions and moving in that direction, your brain will start to feel like it's it's moving towards a source of completion or a sense of completion, and this will relieve your anxiety tremendously.
00;03;40;22 - 00;04;09;10
Thais
So in the next part of the series, I'm going to introduce you to even deeper tools to target the roots roots of anxiety. And a lot of this has to do with your beliefs. But for now, I just want you to get really clear on the inventory part of what's causing anxiety. So we're looking for context. We're understanding that anxiety is literally just a set of unresolved problems that are creating emotional pent up residue in the subconscious mind, things like trying to push them up to the surface that you can solve these problems because your brain is wired for survival.
00;04;09;10 - 00;04;29;29
Thais
It's there trying to support you and not to have you have all these lingering unresolved problems in your life. And then from there you went to create needs. You know, what do I need to feel better in this career problem in my life, in this financial area of my life, in this spiritual area of my life, what do I need to feel better and what are strategies to get these needs met?
00;04;29;29 - 00;04;47;01
Thais
And right there you'll see a huge shift in anxiety, like 30, 40, 50%. And then I'm going to take you into the next part. Now, remember, you want to execute these strategies and that will keep helping you to relieve anxiety. But again, there are even deeper routes to come still. So stay tuned for the next video.
