Fear is one of your most important emotions, which has a prominent effect on your body and mind. It is meant to create a response when you are in an emergency or perceive a threat to help you stay safe. Therefore, fear is essential to your life; however, it becomes a problem when it continues for an extended time and starts to affect your quality of life. Medical professionals in the UAE and worldwide call this persistent fear anxiety. It can be challenging to break the anxiety cycle; however, from my experience as a life coach in Dubai, the following guidelines are proven to help to some extent. 

Face your fears

Anxiety is a cycle. A situation makes you feel anxious, causing you to examine your surroundings and experience physical symptoms such as hyperventilation while narrowing your focus to yourself. Then to feel safe, you will avoid the situation or escape from it. This action provides short-term relief. However, it increases your anxiety in the long term and makes you unconfident about yourself and more worried. Therefore, the next time you face a triggering situation, you will again become anxious and continue the cycle. 

The only way to break this harmful sequence is to face the situation instead of escaping. It allows you to test your reaction and assess whether the circumstance is as bad as expected. Most times, you will realize that the situation is manageable. Therefore, you will be able to overcome the anxiety. 

Know your fear 

Anxiety can feel overwhelming, especially if you are unsure about what is causing it. Therefore, it is necessary to find out more about your fear. The best life coach in Dubai would suggest maintaining an anxiety diary. Through this, you will keep a record of the following.

• What caused your anxiety?
• When did it occur?
• What did you think before the anxiety began?
• What was your reaction?

By doing the above, you will be able to understand your anxiety better. Then you can start trying to find a way to avoid it. 

Find a suitable coping mechanism

If you have difficulty managing your anxiety, finding a coping mechanism can provide you with some relief and enable you to face your fear. You could practice techniques that can help calm you down when you are in a triggering situation. Meditation can also help you become more attuned to your thoughts and find peace.

Change your lifestyle

Changes to your lifestyle could also help you overcome anxiety by removing or reducing factors that lead to it. These modifications include cutting down on caffeine as it causes a fight or flight response in your body; therefore, making your anxiety worse or triggering an attack. Sleeping a minimum of eight hours a day will also be beneficial as it allows your mind to relax. Taking up hobbies can also be a great way to relax and reduce stress which could cause worry. Aromatherapy can also be helpful as it impacts the limbic system, thereby neutralizing your emotions. 

It needs to be understood that the above are general pointers; while they are helpful, depending on what causes your anxiety and how impacted your life is, you will need to consult a professional.

Life coaching in Dubai could be the solution for you if your fear is not debilitating but still causes some issues. Therefore, contact me at Unlocked Potentials, and we can find the best way for you to overcome your anxiety.