This is the #1 MISTAKE high-achievers make when they’re feeling anxious:
They talk themselves through all the reasons why they shouldn’t be feeling anxious.
And they come up with the most brilliant logical arguments!
Not only does this not work—it makes things WORSE.
Your survival brain—your “old”, less developed brain that is responsible for stress activation and deactivation—simply IGNORES your self-talk.
And your survival brain doesn’t like it when you’re trying too hard to convince it to chill out.
Your survival brain says, “Oh, this dude is really stressed! I’ll keep all the stress mechanisms switched on until he calms down”.
What should you do then?
Acknowledge that you are stressed.
Ask yourself, “Where am I feeling the tension?”
Focus on those areas.
If you’re extremely stressed go for a run, dance, or do some interval training.
That will give your stress hormones a release for all that pent-up energy.
Loving you, Angelos