Interesting read. These feelings are natural and sometimes useful but also often misleading in decisions, behaviour, outcome in life. I thought of two things while reading:

1. "Fear is not real, but real danger is." from the movie with Will Smith

2. "What's the reality?" or the reality-principle, further questions could be to manage the bad feelings "Can i die from it?" -> I asked that question earlier in life more often when i was preparing for a speech before 100+ people and was nervous.. or had a big test and after saying to me a straight "No!" i was calming down, my body and mind relaxed to release the blocks in the brain caused by anxiety and stress.

Today i do other self-talks like Brian Tracy proposes like "I'm the best, i'm the best.." before a sales meeting or "It's not the reality!" If someone tries to blame others with negative wording and tries to create bad mood i simply ignore that and think in solutions. That's learnable tactic to be on top of such things. I think solution orientation is one of the killer apps everybody should have on disposal. It prevents us from many senseless thoughts of anxiety and shows us a way out of apparent hopeless situation.

Easy said, often difficuilt to act. If you have pathological conditions of anxiety then i think all the tactics and behaviours are not successful and you need help from others.

Thank you for the ideas!