Anxiety is a bitch, let’s just call it what it is. Crystals for anxiety and stress are a great tool to remember your mantras, stay present, and give you that extra boost of soothing energy!
But while crystals can be a great support, they cannot replace medical professionals. If you experience debilitating anxiety, please contact a doctor or therapist and use crystals for anxiety and stress only in addition to your treatment!
Anxiety – Friend and Foe
Anxiety and stress are extremely prevalent in the current day and age. Most people will experience them at some point in their life.
If you have been dealing with anxiety for a while, you might think this feeling is pure evil, only there to make life harder for you. But anxiety is an important protection. It keeps us safe!
Unfortunately, anxiety sometimes lies to us. It likes to tell us half-truths – the worst kinds of lies because it is so easy to believe these lies when they are mixed up with truths!
Yes, falling off a bridge is life-threatening. But this bridge is built well, gets checked regularly, and many people walk over it safely every day. So, why can’t I?
Yes, I might embarrass myself if I speak in front of people. But embarrassment is really just a feeling. it isn’t actually dangerous or threatens my life. And these people are probably all kind enough!
And so on… These are just a few examples of how anxiety can twist facts to limit us.
There are so many things to be scared of, even when we know intellectually that everything is fine. And it’s simply horrible that the physical feeling of anxiety doesn’t seem to care much about our very logical thoughts!
But there are many ways to combat mild cases of anxiety yourself. Meditation, yoga, and aromatherapy can all be super helpful tools. One other powerful way to combat both anxiety and stress is through the use of healing crystals!
These minerals can work in different ways to comfort and support those in need. Simply hold a healing stone in the palm of your hand during meditation or wear it on your person throughout the day. You can even place a crystal under your pillow as you sleep at night!
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How to use Healing Crystals for Anxiety and Stress
Anxious people love safety nets! Being able to assure and ground myself can help me to calm down and not go into full-on panic.
Playing with my rose quartz crystal bracelet or a smooth pocket stone can do the trick to quiet the racing thoughts in my mind so I can focus again on the present moment.
If you feel stressed out before a long day, you can plan some time in the morning to meditate with a soothing crystal that calms you down and refreshes and energizes you, like clear quartz. You will feel physically relaxed and mentally more clear and focused!
If you are feeling stressed out in the evening because you had a long and exhausting day, or you are worried about the coming day, setting up a crystal grid, e.g., with amethyst or smoky quartz stones, is a great practice to get rid of unwanted energy and worries and prepare yourself for restful sleep.
I have a ritual for better sleep in my guide on how to make a crystal grid for beginners!
Let’s take a look at my top 10 of the best crystals for anxiety and stress so you can find the stones that most fit your needs…
The Best Crystals for Anxiety and Stress
Rose Quartz
Rose Quartz is my absolute favorite among the soothing and calming crystals for anxiety and stress! It supports compassion and self-love, making you more accepting of yourself, which in itself can often lower your stress level by a lot.
You can get a nice Rose Quartz necklace or keep a stone in your pocket that you can fondle when you feel anxiety and stress rising.
Through its warm and loving energy, rose quartz helps you to let go of worries and stress, so you can feel more comfortable in the present moment.
Blue Lace Agate
Blue lace agate is a calming crystal that will make you feel more relaxed. It is also a truth stone that can help you see the truth in any situation.
It can improve your concentration and analytical thinking, and through all these wonderful healing properties, it will make you see your own strengths, skills, and capabilities more clearly, so you won’t feel the need to stress out and worry.
Clear Quartz
Clear quartz is great at balancing energy. It will amplify your positive energy when you feel drained while getting rid of negative energy and shielding you from any flying your way.
It will also balance out your emotions and, as a crown chakra stone, will make you feel more clear-headed. It gives out tranquil vibes that will soothe any anxiety while clearing your mind of bad thought patterns.
Black Tourmaline
Black tourmaline is a powerful protective crystal! It’s a grounding stone that will shield you from negative energy while promoting positive thoughts.
If you are a highly sensitive person, black tourmaline is a great crystal for anxiety and stress as it keeps tense emotions from other people away from you.
Smoky Quartz
If it’s courage you need, smoky quartz, the stone of bravery, will defeat your fears with you!
Smoky quartz is often used as a crystal for anxiety because it can help to calm the mind and reduce stress. It literally disperses worries like smoke while promoting positive thinking and optimism.
Amethyst
Amethyst is one of the best crystals for anxiety and stress! Wear it as jewelry, meditate with it, or put it next to your pillow to reduce symptoms of stress like anxiety or insomnia.
Its gentle, soothing energies will make you feel calmer and help you think more rationally again.
Amazonite
If you feel on the brink of burnout, amazonite is a great choice for you! It gets rid of negative energy for you and brings back energetic balance.
Amazonite is also a very supportive stone when you have to face a potentially triggering situation. It’s a very loving and soothing healing crystal!
Moonstone
Moonstone is a stone of new beginnings and a symbol of the moon. As such, it’s a wonderfully calming crystal that’s very in tune with your emotions and gently balances them out.
It helps you be more in sync with natural changes and more open and accepting of changes and new chances.
Sodalite
The “stone of peace” sodalite calms the mind and can even help you out of a looming panic attack!
It strengthens your sense of self while balancing your emotions. It’s great at reducing stress and anxiety and preventing them from spiraling out of control.
Citrine
Citrine is pure sunshine! If you are so stressed that your mind is cluttered with negative thoughts and the worries are spiraling out of control, citrine brings back your joy and optimism.
It will help you see things from a different angle again and support your trust in yourself.
Meditation Exercise to Handle Stress and Anxiety
With these 3 steps that you can implement into your daily life today you can learn to handle stress and anxiety better:
- Meditate at least 10-20 minutes every day on a regular basis. This will help you greatly to improve your mental health. You still may need the help of a professional therapist or doctor, but your daily meditations are valuable. If you have children or other family members that need your attention, you want to do this exercise when things are quiet so that you can truly be still and relax. Make this your time out from a busy and stressful day! Choose a calming crystal for anxiety and stress, like amethyst or clear quartz, to hold in your hand while meditating. Over time, meditation will change the way your brain works, it will become easier to stay in the present moment and listen to your intuition and wisdom instead of anxious thoughts.
- When meditating you can do the following exercise: Close your eyes and picture yourself sitting in a large room all by yourself in total darkness. Hold this mental picture for about 20 seconds. After the 20 seconds are over, imagine yourself sitting in the same room with bright and warm lights shining on you. After that, go back in your mind to the same room with all the lights out. This exercise will enhance the understanding of your inner self. Getting to know your inner person will help you to understand yourself. It will also help you to listen to yourself and become more intuitive. It may be difficult at first for you to meditate regularly, especially if you did not do meditations before. You still want to make it part of your daily routine. The benefits of meditation are essential for good mental health!
- To help with your anxieties, you can also think about some great affirmations to help you along. Here are some suggestions of what you could say when doing affirmations: I am living in a paradise, and I have peace all around. I am feeling great, and I love my life. You need to say these affirmations in the present tense. This may feel like a lie at first when you are feeling quite to the contrary. The Law of Attraction helps us to understand that the universe, however, will only respond to your feelings, not to the spoken language. Affirmations will help you to train your subconscious mind to be in harmony with the way you want to feel. When using the Law of Attraction to get rid of anxieties both meditation and affirmations are important. This will be a great stepping stone into your future, free from stress and anxieties. Check out my list of amethyst affirmations for more inspiration!
If you make meditation exercises and affirmations part of your daily routine, supported by crystals for anxiety and stress, you will be able to handle stressful days better and recover from them more easily.
With crystals, you will have a tangible reminder of your affirmations and an anchor to ground you or bring you back into the present moment.
That will make anxious thoughts more manageable so they don’t take over your life!