Waiting gives our minds time to wander off track, and it can generally lead to scattered thoughts, fears, negative self talk and other such related things. Most of the time it can lead to us feeling anxious, scared, worried, and sometimes depressed. I have trouble with this a lot myself, and for me,the best coping strategy I have come up with is deep breathing and affirmations. Different things work for different people though. But taking your mind out of the moment, and doing something to calm your body can go a long way in such situations. Whether it be music, affirmation, other distraction techniques. There are a lot of things you can try to help get you through tough situations like that. And at first understandably you may have trouble remembering to do these things in the moment of hightened anxiety, but the more you practice something that works for you, the more natural it will seem, and it will be a natural reaction to help you keep yourself calm, and collected. Hope this was sort of helpful.Just speaking from experience and hope it can help you through some of those tough moments.
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