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5 Strategies for Beating Anxiety and Stress

Your worries are rarely as bad as your imagination makes it out to be.

Darius Foroux
4 min readMay 29, 2024

From what I can see online, this trend is happening across the globe. And the most worrisome part is that people who go on sick leave for mental issues don’t come back to work that quickly.

It’s not like you get the flu, stay at home for a week, and then come back.

We must do everything we can to prevent burning out or getting so overwhelmed that we can’t work anymore. Not just for the money but for our own happiness.

We generally feel more alive and useful when we’re engaged at work. That’s a good way to go through life.

Let me give you 5 mental exercises that help you to tame stress and anxiety.

1. Use the “so what” technique

We all have those moments where things don’t go as planned, or a minor inconvenience throws us off course.

Whether it’s spilling coffee on your shirt or getting stuck in traffic, these small stressors can add up and take a toll on our mental health. That’s where the “so what” technique comes into play.

Instead of letting these minor hiccups ruin your day, shrug them off by saying “So what.” This simple yet…

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Darius Foroux
Darius Foroux

Written by Darius Foroux

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