Patient was instructed today regarding practicing distraction technique for management of anxiety as follows: Distraction is an alternative anxiety management technique of shifting the attention away. Distraction can help with masking and reducing the experience of pain, by consciously training the mind to focus on an activity, but does not completely terminate the anxiety. Practice distraction technique by training the mind to focus on how the surroundings feel like, such as, the quality of air, [...]

Patient was instructed today regarding practicing distraction technique for management of anxiety as follows: Distraction is an alternative anxiety management technique of shifting the attention away. Distraction can help with masking and reducing the experience of anxiety, by consciously training the mind to focus on an activity, but does not completely terminate the anxiety. Practice distraction technique by doing some art work, such as, painting. You can try different colors and shades, to make the [...]

Patient was instructed today regarding practicing distraction technique for management of anxiety as follows: Distraction is an alternative anxiety management technique of shifting the attention away. Distraction can help with masking and reducing the experience of anxiety, by consciously training the mind to focus on an activity, but does not completely terminate the anxiety. Practice distraction technique by listening to some soothing music or a song you like. You can start tapping the fingers with [...]

Patient was instructed today regarding distraction technique for management of anxiety as follows: Distraction is an alternative anxiety management technique of shifting the attention away. Distraction can help with masking and reducing the experience of anxiety, but does not completely terminate the anxiety. This alternative anxiety management strategy helps with consciously training the mind to focus on some activity, away from source of anxiety. Since shifting the attention from the source of anxiety could be [...]