1. As soon as I find myself overthink or analyzing things, I just revert and thinks “I have anxiety right now. Stop.”

Nothing good will come from overthinking and analyzing when you have anxiety since your mind is distorted in a way. The things I worry about when I have anxiety is things that cannot be “solved” in my head, and these things disappear when I feel better again.

2. Make the best out of it. Anxiety may feel scary as hell but trying to fight the feelings is counterproductive for me. I try instead to keep doing the things I would do if I hadn’t had anxiety at the moment, and I wait for it to go over.

3. “Don’t turn this feeling in to a problem”, my therapist said to me. This was important and eyeopening. I make the feelings a problem if I try to fight them and try to remove them. Instead I try to accept them and live with it.

These three strategies may sound easier said than done for some. It took practice for me When I started therapy I had severe anxiety for months and these “tasks” felt stupid and that they didn’t make sense, and it felt impossible. But as I got better the strategies also got easier to try.