I find venting comes quite easily on paper and somewhere out of that something more organized will come. As another member posted above, you had the where-with-all to write the post(s). What if you just let those thoughts drift as you write?

There are other tools I have in the anxiety strategy box. I admit for me organised work does help; but, that isn't always the case. There are times I get so worked up I can barely sit down. I resort to using my senses to calm me down enough to do the work. You know, the old "What do I see/hear/touch/smell?" routine.

This next method takes a bit of explaining. I was actually shown it as a leadership tool but I have great success with it for calming me down.

Wether it is before I enter what I will know is going to be an anxious situation or am in the middle of one and need some help....

Take three small objects like pennies; I use coffee beans, and place them in your right hand pocket. As a negative thought enters your mind transfer a bean to the left hand pocket and so on. Now, try to find a positive thought and return the bean to the right hand side. This will go back and forth for a while but the goal is to eventually end up with all the beans in the pocket on the rght and hence be sufficiently calmed down.