This is a 2-part question:
- Why it feels like you get anxious for no reason is addressed here. The article contains explanations from psychologists on why it feels like you get anxious for no reason.
- You may feel like you get anxious a lot or experience more anxiety than other people.
Why you get anxious so much
Remember that you don’t experience anxiety until you encounter or think about something that triggers you.
If you think someone experiences less anxiety than you, what you’re really saying is they have little to no triggers.
Example
One person could have 500 triggers, while another person could have 50. The person with 50 triggers probably doesn’t feel like they have anxiety because they get triggered a lot less vs the person with 500 triggers. Fortunately, eliminating one anxiety trigger could and often leads to the elimination of other triggers at the same time. Why? Eliminating one trigger changes beliefs and thinking patterns that were likely unconscious and the root cause of other triggers.
If you decrease the number of triggers you have, you will experience less anxiety.
How to eliminate your triggers
- A quick read for completing step 1 is here.
- With this information, whenever you get anxious in the future, it may suck, but you’ll be able to say to yourself, “ahh, it’s happening, but I know why it’s happening.” That certainty is important because it can be difficult to solve something you don’t truly understand.
- A free resource for eliminating anxiety triggers (step 2) is available here. You’ll learn a systematic process for eliminating any existing or new anxiety trigger.
- Eliminating trigger = no longer experiencing anxiety when encountering something that we previously got physically anxious about
Lastly, commit to having the discipline to apply your newfound skills on existing and new triggers.
