Dealing with anxiety doesn’t have to be debilitating to your overall health. There are ways to deal with “panic attacks” or anxiety attacks without allowing it to take control of you. Most of the general population have phobias of one sort or another whether they will admit it or not, but we do not have to let the fear control our innermost being. It is possible for lifestyle changes to make dealing with anxiety seem less complicated.
Sure, lifestyle changes seems like an “easier said than done” statement when you can’t figure out which way to turn to accomplish that. Are you like some who are afraid to ask a friend for help when dealing with anxiety issues? Those anxiety problems that tend to make you appear “crazy” or less than normal are surprisingly suffered by many people, some who seek treatment and many who don’t.
Walking up an open set of stairs can bother a person suffering from anxiety disorder to the point of causing the heart to palpitate uncontrollably. Even when dealing with anxiety this severe, the body usually isn’t in true danger; just the location you are in on a set of open stairs causes danger. The fear associated with panic attacks is very real but often unrealistic.
During a panic attack it is good to talk to someone, or even out loud to yourself, for reassurance there is nothing to fear. Dealing with anxiety in a simple straightforward manner is a coping ability you can learn to apply at those pressing times of stress and uncontrollable tensions. Convince yourself you are not in real danger and rise above the situation to see it from a different perspective. “Separate yourself” if you will, one step at a time.
Panic attacks bring on fear while fear brings on added stress. The more anxiety you allow to heap on, the more difficult dealing with anxiety can become till you change lifestyle patterns. That notion if you keep doing what you have been doing, you will keep getting what you have been getting, holds very true in this situation. Now is when positive changes are needed.
That “fight or flight” response is telling your body to react to fear. That fear is unwarranted in panic attacks. If positive reinforcement is used, that fear can subside therefore easing the panic. Seek help from a friend who will listen to you, learn to relax, positively reinforce your thinking, these are helpful ways of dealing with anxiety.