Calm Your Nerves #22 – Help Another

Help yourself by helping someone else. A new study has shown that reaching out to help someone else has the effect of significantly reducing anxiety. So sooth those frazzled nerves by offering to help someone in need. What goes around really does come around.

For a bit more on the effects of altruism on anxiety, check out these articles:

You Can Fight Anxiety By Helping Others — Really

http://www.refinery29.com/2015/07/90726/social-anxiety-remedy-kindness?utm_source=email&utm_medium=email_share

Giving support to others, not just receiving it, has beneficial effects

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/02/160211184959.htm#.Vr84hqaO9a0.mailto