What Can I Do If I Have Anxiety?

Anxiety is a manageable condition, however, it requires you to pay complete attention to your thoughts, feeling and behaviours in order to understand its root cause. The following is what you can start with:

1. Identify the triggers of your anxiety - Not knowing what triggers your anxiety can intensify it and you may start to worry that there's no solution.
2. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is one of the most effective treatments for GAD. Research has found the benefits of CBT may last longer than those of medication, but no single treatment works for everyone. CBT helps you to question your negative or anxious thoughts and do things you'd usually avoid because they make you anxious. It usually involves meeting with a specially trained and accredited therapist for a 1-hour session every week for 3 to 4 months. 
3. Applied relaxation focuses on relaxing your muscles in a particular way during situations that usually cause anxiety. The technique needs to be taught by a trained therapist. 
4. Medications - If the psychological treatments above haven't helped or you'd prefer not to try them, you'll usually be offered medications.