What to do to control your Anxiety:

- Notice how it is affecting you and pay attention to how you would rather be feeling.
- Remember to breathe.
- Focus on something interesting and engaging, a hobby, a project, a conversation with a friend.
- Play with a pet or children, Play a sport.
- Stay active in your life. Continue going to work and/or school.
- Take care of the children.
- Keep your house clean.
- Take care of your personal hygiene.
- Surround yourself with people who care about you.
- Engage in conversation that is interesting and meaningful.
- At other times, engage in trivial talk.
- Try to limit discussion about the anxiety to less than 5% of your conversation.
- Pay attention to whether what you are doing or thinking is what you want to be doing or thinking.