How The Stoics Dealt With Anxiety (10 Strategies)

Feel lucky to be alive in this moment. You have been given a gift of the present moment, don’t be cynical or jaded and waste this precious life. Everything might not be ideal but it’s the time that we are alive, and we have any control only in this moment so accept it and be grateful for it.

 You don’t need to have an opinion about everything. You can accept things as they are or simply ignore it. Look at life objectively and don’t project your own thoughts and opinion on it.

Stop caring about what other people think, do or say. That is the only way to be at peace and experience tranquility.

 Don’t dump your emotions or run away from it. Observe and explore them. They are like a credit card bill, you might not have to pay them now, but it will come later with a higher interest rate charged. So, deal with your emotions or process and meditate over them now and don’t leave it for later as it is going to come over with even a bigger force and magnitude.

“We suffer more in imagination than in reality” - Seneca.

All the things that we are anxious or worried about are never going to happen in reality so there is no point suffering for things that exist only in our imagination. You can only have any control over the present moment where you can prepare yourself to address any challenges that you might have. Don’t give up the present moment by being worried about what’s going to happen in the future.

Don’t want to be harmed, don’t chose to feel harmed - Epictetus

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent - Eleanor Roosevelt

 Walking is a way of resting and it allows you to feel refreshed.

Only ideas had while walking have any worth - Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

Journal every single day. Don't think much about it just make a start.

The best time to start journaling was a long time ago, the second- best time is now.

Every situation can have two handles or aspects. You can choose to see it as a victim or something that dis-empowers or you can choose to it see it as an opportunity for growth.