Calm: How to Manage Stress & AnxietySample

You Can’t Do It Alone

Reflect/Discuss

• Do you know someone who seems stressed out over nothing? Is that you?
• Have you ever had your anxiety relieved by encouragement by another?

Consider

Stress and anxiety often grow in isolation. We take on burdens ourselves and don’t let anyone else know about them. Worry tends to linger around, so we are constantly pulled back and held down by our own anxiety.

But when we are in community, we can share our struggles. Even the act of talking about our burdens will make them lighter. We open ourselves up to support and encouragement from others. Sometimes we worry about little things, and getting an outside perspective can help us realize that we have nothing to stress about.

Act

• Share the things that give you anxiety with a friend, and ask for prayer, advice, and perspective.
• Make a list of people you can talk to when you feel anxious, and ask them to be your go-to people for support.