{"id":249906,"date":"2020-07-08T05:20:21","date_gmt":"2020-07-08T12:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=249906"},"modified":"2020-07-08T05:38:33","modified_gmt":"2020-07-08T12:38:33","slug":"how-to-conquer-anxiety-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/08\/how-to-conquer-anxiety-4\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Conquer Anxiety"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Practical thoughts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. No fear of death or the after life <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1668\" height=\"2224\" data-attachment-id=\"249908\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/08\/how-to-conquer-anxiety-4\/0a5dde57-0a6e-402f-be15-94c0d24b0c53\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/0A5DDE57-0A6E-402F-BE15-94C0D24B0C53.jpeg?fit=1668%2C2224&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1668,2224\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0A5DDE57-0A6E-402F-BE15-94C0D24B0C53\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/0A5DDE57-0A6E-402F-BE15-94C0D24B0C53.jpeg?fit=1668%2C2224&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/0A5DDE57-0A6E-402F-BE15-94C0D24B0C53.jpeg?resize=1668%2C2224&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-249908\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/0A5DDE57-0A6E-402F-BE15-94C0D24B0C53.jpeg?w=1668&amp;ssl=1 1668w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/0A5DDE57-0A6E-402F-BE15-94C0D24B0C53.jpeg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/0A5DDE57-0A6E-402F-BE15-94C0D24B0C53.jpeg?resize=1152%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/0A5DDE57-0A6E-402F-BE15-94C0D24B0C53.jpeg?resize=1536%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/0A5DDE57-0A6E-402F-BE15-94C0D24B0C53.jpeg?resize=655%2C873&amp;ssl=1 655w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No belief in the after life. Also, no fear of death. Like Lucretius said \u00e2\u20ac\u201d the feeling of death is the same sensation of never being born, or the feeling you experienced <em>before<\/em> your birth. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1668\" height=\"2224\" data-attachment-id=\"249911\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/08\/how-to-conquer-anxiety-4\/aaf200b7-a718-4ddc-8b2b-8f9e204a33df\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/AAF200B7-A718-4DDC-8B2B-8F9E204A33DF.jpeg?fit=1668%2C2224&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1668,2224\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"AAF200B7-A718-4DDC-8B2B-8F9E204A33DF\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/AAF200B7-A718-4DDC-8B2B-8F9E204A33DF.jpeg?fit=1668%2C2224&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/AAF200B7-A718-4DDC-8B2B-8F9E204A33DF.jpeg?resize=1668%2C2224&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-249911\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/AAF200B7-A718-4DDC-8B2B-8F9E204A33DF.jpeg?w=1668&amp;ssl=1 1668w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/AAF200B7-A718-4DDC-8B2B-8F9E204A33DF.jpeg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/AAF200B7-A718-4DDC-8B2B-8F9E204A33DF.jpeg?resize=1152%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/AAF200B7-A718-4DDC-8B2B-8F9E204A33DF.jpeg?resize=1536%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/AAF200B7-A718-4DDC-8B2B-8F9E204A33DF.jpeg?resize=655%2C873&amp;ssl=1 655w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. Physiological anxiety <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just monitor yourself. Just note the physical and hormonal changes which happen to you when you feel anxiety. What triggers it? Your email inbox? Your bank account balance? Nip it at the bud. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1668\" height=\"2224\" data-attachment-id=\"249914\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/08\/how-to-conquer-anxiety-4\/d7293aaf-00b4-48af-8355-c58d44735f1e\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/D7293AAF-00B4-48AF-8355-C58D44735F1E.jpeg?fit=1668%2C2224&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1668,2224\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"D7293AAF-00B4-48AF-8355-C58D44735F1E\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/D7293AAF-00B4-48AF-8355-C58D44735F1E.jpeg?fit=1668%2C2224&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/D7293AAF-00B4-48AF-8355-C58D44735F1E.jpeg?resize=1668%2C2224&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-249914\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/D7293AAF-00B4-48AF-8355-C58D44735F1E.jpeg?w=1668&amp;ssl=1 1668w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/D7293AAF-00B4-48AF-8355-C58D44735F1E.jpeg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/D7293AAF-00B4-48AF-8355-C58D44735F1E.jpeg?resize=1152%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/D7293AAF-00B4-48AF-8355-C58D44735F1E.jpeg?resize=1536%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/D7293AAF-00B4-48AF-8355-C58D44735F1E.jpeg?resize=655%2C873&amp;ssl=1 655w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3. Detox<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1668\" height=\"2224\" data-attachment-id=\"249919\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/08\/how-to-conquer-anxiety-4\/d38604c1-cec3-4090-9088-35b9fe069d54\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/D38604C1-CEC3-4090-9088-35B9FE069D54.jpeg?fit=1668%2C2224&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1668,2224\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"D38604C1-CEC3-4090-9088-35B9FE069D54\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/D38604C1-CEC3-4090-9088-35B9FE069D54.jpeg?fit=1668%2C2224&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/D38604C1-CEC3-4090-9088-35B9FE069D54.jpeg?resize=1668%2C2224&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-249919\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/D38604C1-CEC3-4090-9088-35B9FE069D54.jpeg?w=1668&amp;ssl=1 1668w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/D38604C1-CEC3-4090-9088-35B9FE069D54.jpeg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/D38604C1-CEC3-4090-9088-35B9FE069D54.jpeg?resize=1152%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/D38604C1-CEC3-4090-9088-35B9FE069D54.jpeg?resize=1536%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/D38604C1-CEC3-4090-9088-35B9FE069D54.jpeg?resize=655%2C873&amp;ssl=1 655w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Detox from both uppers and downers for a few days or week. No <a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/15\/why-i-abstain-from-alcohol-and-weed\/\">weed, alcohol<\/a>. Cut caffeine and other stimulants for a day. Spend a whole day just drinking water, walking, and sleeping. Eat a lot of <a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/31\/why-meat-is-good\/\">meat<\/a> and recover. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">4. Quit the news and social media <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can safely <a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/08\/quit-the-news\/\">quit the news<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/05\/social-media-slavery\/\">social media<\/a> with no adverse effects. Just stay connected with your family and friends via messenger apps\u00e2\u20ac\u201d leave social media behind. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1668\" height=\"2224\" data-attachment-id=\"249922\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/08\/how-to-conquer-anxiety-4\/2ede0f20-1cac-41ec-98bd-d2ca4a9cab3c\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2EDE0F20-1CAC-41EC-98BD-D2CA4A9CAB3C.jpeg?fit=1668%2C2224&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1668,2224\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2EDE0F20-1CAC-41EC-98BD-D2CA4A9CAB3C\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2EDE0F20-1CAC-41EC-98BD-D2CA4A9CAB3C.jpeg?fit=1668%2C2224&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2EDE0F20-1CAC-41EC-98BD-D2CA4A9CAB3C.jpeg?resize=1668%2C2224&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-249922\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2EDE0F20-1CAC-41EC-98BD-D2CA4A9CAB3C.jpeg?w=1668&amp;ssl=1 1668w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2EDE0F20-1CAC-41EC-98BD-D2CA4A9CAB3C.jpeg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2EDE0F20-1CAC-41EC-98BD-D2CA4A9CAB3C.jpeg?resize=1152%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2EDE0F20-1CAC-41EC-98BD-D2CA4A9CAB3C.jpeg?resize=1536%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2EDE0F20-1CAC-41EC-98BD-D2CA4A9CAB3C.jpeg?resize=655%2C873&amp;ssl=1 655w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Practical thoughts:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":249908,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-249906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-posts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/0A5DDE57-0A6E-402F-BE15-94C0D24B0C53.jpeg?fit=1668%2C2224&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249906"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249906\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":249926,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249906\/revisions\/249926"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/249908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}