anxiety and panic

Anxiety disorders are terrifying and they make life miserable for the person going through them.  Not only does anxiety make daily life almost unbearable, it is also confusing and usually leaves the sufferer thinking no one else, not even the family doctor, could know what he or she is experiencing.

People who are going through anxiety disorder often hide this fact from the world because they are often afraid others will think they are going insane.  Of course, this is not at all true, seeing as anxiety disorder is a condition of the nervous system and not the mind.  Still, many are unaware of this fact because the adrenaline that runs through their bloodstreams tricks them into thinking their problem is insanity.

Self Help for Anxiety

Most common types of anxiety, because they are overwhelming to the sufferer, include the terrible fear that is part of a panic attack.  However, they are curable.

In winning the battle with anxiety disorder the first step requires resisting the temptation to fight the feelings it brings on.  Fighting only intensifies anxiety and panic.  While fighting makes anxiety worse, giving in to it to helps keep it under control.  This is because adrenaline pumps through an anxiety sufferer’s bloodstream and this adrenaline brings about uncomfortable feelings.  When we fight these unwanted feelings we cause more adrenaline to enter our bloodstream, and so a fear ” adrenaline ” fear cycle ensues.

The second part is when suffering anxiety, you must stop trying to run away from it.  An anxious state is a state where a person is pumping adrenaline throughout the body.  This adrenaline pumping is a body’s natural response to fear.  When you are fearful, you are in a state of fight or flight.  So, obviously, when you are fighting or running away, you are causing adrenaline to pump out of control.

Trying to Fight it Off

The opposite of fighting and running away is to stand steady and acknowledge the symptoms of anxiety.  Therefore, it is beneficial for anxiety sufferers to analyze their symptoms.  When they do so, these symptoms will lesson in severity.

Just make sure you know you are dealing with anxiety disorder.  In other words, if a symptom such as chest pains is what you are experiencing, go to a medical facility to make sure it is an anxiety problem and not a heart problem you are having.  Once assured your heart is good, you can go ahead and deal with the anxiety disorder.

Without Fear, Anxiety Cannot Survive

Once the anxiety sufferer is no longer intensifying the manifestations of panic and/or anxiety, the panic attacks and anxiety itself will be become less and less in terms of both number of attacks occurring and the magnitude of those final few that come on once in a while after progress is being made.

As this happens, the sufferer gains confidence the anxiety is losing its power over him or her.  The cycle the sufferer will now be in will be less nervousness ” less fear of nervousness ” even less actual nervousness.  As this cycle continues the anxiety disorder with its spells of panic attacks will become less and less severe and in time, non existent.

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