 Welcome to depression to expression in this video. We're going to talk about five ways to treat anxiety Does that sound good? So before I get into these five things? I Want a little confirmation from you? Okay, there's nothing to sign. I just want you to nod your head and say yes Please nod your head and please continue watching if you promise to try These five things and not just once Because what I get all the time on the channel and when you talk to people you talk to people at work You talk to your friends your family Let's let's say meditation for an example. They try it once they try twice and they say it doesn't work Come on I Needed to promise me that when I talk about these five things you're gonna try each of them and Do it more than one time Please If you're not willing to try new things and you're not willing to you know Put some time into something to see if it actually works then I guarantee you That you will be stuck with anxiety for the rest of your life You have to put in the time it may be painful challenging extremely uncomfortable That's the way it's got to be done There's no easy out. I've said that before there's no easy way So let's talk about these five treatments and you're gonna do each of them at least once number one is yoga Breathing exercises, especially if you've ever tried hot yoga before Where staying in the moment is extremely crucial or else you're gonna faint from the heat and the sweat and The the lack of water you have in your body. You really have to keep yourself balanced doing tree poses yoga is amazing for reducing your anxiety system symptoms because you are focused on The breath and the instructors are so great and they continually remind you and walk you through different poses Remember to stay with the breath. They walk you through every single movement and while you're transitioning pose to pose You don't really have time to think about What if what if what if or think about something that's gonna happen a week from now month from now you may But if you're really in the zone and again This is why you have to try yoga more than once when you're really in that yoga zone You really stay in the moment and that's what yoga practice is all about Living with what is living in the moment and really taking care of your body Cool, so that's number one number two Is meditation as I just said a lot of people only meditate once and say it doesn't work It doesn't work. I was thinking the whole time. How's that even do anything? Hey, yo Meditation works. It's proven to work, but it takes more than one time. It takes more than two times I think it takes more than a hundred times It really does people meditate for years and years And they still have thoughts going through their head and they still get anxious But meditation is meant just like yoga Yoga's more being within the body and same as meditation, but meditation takes it to a new level in the mind as You're sitting still Again, you can focus on the breath, but when thoughts come in meditation is about non-judgment It's that whole zen jazz. It's about non-judgment It's about thoughts coming in and thoughts going out and not looking into that thought Seeing what it is and what you can do about it and what it means You let the thoughts come you let the thoughts go very zen like That's meditation for you. It's also about living with what is but in a non-judgy way It's very cool. So please Meditation I've done meditation videos. They're all on the channel Please feel free to To follow along with some of them. They're they're very short There's tons of guided meditation resources on YouTube on the internet There is no lack of Resources and just with anxiety treatments. There's no lack of treatments. I'm just talking about five here There are so many different things you can do So many You can spend your whole lifetime trying to beat anxiety and you still haven't tried everything These are the top five for me So one yoga to meditation free We're getting a little um a Little doctory now, but cognitive behavioral therapy now. I know it sounds scary I know it does But again what I talk about on the channel. This is what a lot of Psychologists talk about in therapy sessions Same as the worksheets I've done on the channel as well the cognitive behavioral therapy worksheets They use some of those what's great about CBT cognitive behavioral therapy once again Is you're in a session you're on the one-on-one you can explain to this professional where it is his or her job To help you it's their job. You're paying the money They'll become very involved. They want to help you I know it's scary seeing someone there's videos on that as well But as far as a treatment CBT is proven again to work The gold standard The gold standard for beating anxiety and especially if you've been in the pit of depression as well Or you suffer from chronic anxiety and it's extremely bad. The gold standard is medication With Some CBT, baby That's the that's the diet of treatment And that brings me to number four, which is Medication medications amazing Most will disagree nobody likes taking medication But it works for some people It may not work for you may not work for a friend you have So then you're online and all on the forums preaching don't take it It made my friend think he was a he was a tiger and he went around like Chasing bunnies Everyone's experiences are their own. There's always those Totally out of line stories that you hear about medications And then there's the other stories that are like this medication saved my life like my story So again, see what works for you Talk to your doctor. That's all i'm going to say about medication. It works for millions of people And that combined with CBT It does wonders All right, number five Is What is number five? Do i have them written down? Yeah You know Yo, yeah I was going to say PMR progressive muscle relaxation. I did a video on that before Um, it's when you tense up all your muscles And then you relax and you do it one by one and there's guided audios and everything That's cool. So that can be number five. Let's make number five a little splitty split Number five. I also want to mention um The natural cure kind of thing because a lot of people Do not agree with pharmaceuticals and that's cool. That's cool Um But there are studies about omega threes There are and that is the most the most studied Natural cure Okay, so I take omega threes I feel it makes a difference. Maybe it's just placebo I don't know but I continue to take them. It's not hurting me in any way If anything, it's making me better even if i'm just fooling myself So check out the video as well that I have on omega threes. Maybe i'll put the links. Maybe I won't depends how lazy I am when editing this So that's the five things I know there are a million more There are a million ways to treat anxiety Millions This is only five Six five and a half So if you have any ways to treat anxiety and you want to share them with the world You can leave them in the comments Or you can send me an email and I can Post what you write to me on depression to expression.com as a post As a blog post because i'm full of ideas. I do my research. I have my own stuff as well But your ideas are just as good and remember that's what this channel is all about sharing is caring All right, those are the five ways to treat anxiety Plenty more for the five I mentioned Please try them. You made the promise if you made it this far you made the promise And you will not break your promises to me Try it at least once no at least twice three times especially the meditation Please do it Take care and i'ma stay Share the video, please Have a great day