10 ways to break out of an anxiety bottomless pit...

Many times, when you're in the dense depths of anxiety, it can feel like you're being smothered by layer upon layer of negativity, hopelessness, worthlessness and a bleak future.

Try not get sucked in! View it as a challenge that you can be in control of and maintain this until you've ripped through each of those layers and made it back into the world as we know it. I've experienced some hard core episodes of the acute nadir that can engulf you and I know it can be difficult to find a way to break it.

Professional help can always be enhanced by your own pro-activeness. Here's some top nuggets that work for me:

1. Ignore the negative voices- build a mental brick wall in your head to buffer those thoughts.

2. Its just anxiety- keep reminding yourself that what you are feeling and experiencing is just anxiety, you are better than it.

3. Seek Support- make sure you have someone, whether it’s a professional or a friend, who you can talk to about what you're feeling and who will support you through the really bad times.

4. Keep active- not just exercise but have constant things to do, little things which you can focus on which will distract you. The worst thing you can do is sit alone and let your thoughts take control over you.

5. Value each day- live in the present day, if its bad then know that it wont last, if its good then know that you can and should expect more good days.

6. Value Life- it can be difficult when you are at your lowest to think about the good in life. But you have to believe that you are a genius creation with many talents, you are incredibly important to this planet and the people around you, you have an abundance to give in the future and there is so much to explore, so much to do- the world needs you to be in it.

7. Make a change- make small or big changes to your life. Wear colours you would never dream of wearing, start writing a book or journal, go sky diving, volunteer abroad, say something crazy at work.

8. Connect with nature- really look at a leaf; the petals of a flower; a blade of grass; the dimensions of a tree. Deeply inhale the smells of a summer day; feel the rain on your skin; cuddle a cat or a dog; deeply observe the stars in the night sky. You should get a an intense sense of being a small part of something magnificent.

9. Listen to others problems- be it a friend, family member or a work colleague. You'll realise that you are not on your own in facing challenges.

10. Laugh- try it and see the funny side of everything, even your anxiety; laugh at it; laugh at yourself; watch a funny film; read something hilarious; go out with friends who are positive and make you giggle.

I highly recommend the Anxiety UK website http://www.anxietyuk.org.uk/ which provides a brilliant support helpline and information on how to get professional help for your anxiety issues. Until next time..

Love Amelia