ANXIETY MANAGEMENTOccupation to support doing, being,

becoming and belonging

DM Young

Occupational Therapy student

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http://www.stress-management-for-peak-performance.com/stress-management-tips.html

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http://tlc.howstuffworks.com/family/deal-with-parenting-stress.htm

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Anxiety can impact on your ability to do things

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…to perform everyday activities of life in an optimal way

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A happy chicken with no anxiety…

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..starting to suffer from stress and anxiety…

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…becoming a headless chicken and ceasing to function due to anxiety.

http://health.unl.edu/caps/services/

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Before suggesting strategies to help reduce and manage anxiety, an OT can work with a person to identify their concerns, strengths, problem and goals.

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An OT can help you learn how anxiety affects our bodies

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Education on relaxation techniques can help you become calmer

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When you are relaxed you can do your daily activities with less stress

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By participating in an anxiety group people learn strategies and knowledge to help them function better (do and be).

http://www.everydayhealth.com/anxiety/anxiety-disorders-management.aspx

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As you learn to manage your anxiety you can become a better functioning person

http://www.cygnethealth.co.uk/locations/harrogate/therapy-department.html

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Feeling OK with yourself in a group helps normalise the experience of anxiety and helps self esteem and belonging outside the group in everyday life too

http://news.everest.edu/post/2009/06/everest-college-belonging

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http://www.clintcora.com/blog/shared-passions-personal-growth/

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Being able to manage your anxiety helps you be the person you want to be, do what you want to do, and belong in the way you would like

http://learnandtreatanxiety.com/stress-anxiety-management/[object%20Object]

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You may not be a group person, and the OT can direct you to other resources. Sometimes you have to do the exercises/work on your own to reduce your anxiety experience and be less anxious.

http://www.sefapp.org/memberpostings.html

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Reduced anxiety allows you to just be, to live in the moment, to exist

http://www.antiochne.edu/psc/psychotherapy.cfm

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http://parenting.uwex.edu/parenting-future-readers/

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Reduced anxiety enables you to do the everyday things of life ( like parenting) …

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