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Stress & Anxiety
The
Facts about Anxiety Disorders and Panic Attacks
by
Nicholas Ahern
Author's Home Page
Anxiety
and panic disorders are the most common emotional disorder. It is reported
that one out of every 76 people worldwide will experience a panic attack in
their lives. Each year around 1/3 of American adults have at least one panic
attack while most of these adults never develop repeated panic attacks. Only
21% of people who ever suffer from anxiety and panic attacks reach out for
professional help.
Do I have Anxiety and Panic Disorder?
The truth is if you experience one or several of the following symptoms, it
is very likely that you have it: heart palpitations, sweating, trembling or
shaking, sensations of shortness of breath or smothering, feeling of
choking, chest pain or discomfort, nausea or abdominal distress, dizziness
or light-headedness, derealisation or depersonalisation, fear of losing
control or going "crazy", fear of dying, paresthesia, and chills or hot
flushes.
What you don't know about Anxiety and Panic Disorders
We receive thousands of emails via our web site from anxiety, panic attacks,
phobias, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Obsessive Compulsive
Disorder (OCD) suffers every month. What is very apparent from most of these
is that people have a lot of misconceptions about anxiety and panic
disorders. In order to cure them we need to know some facts about them
first.
Firstly, anxiety and panic disorders are NOT mental illnesses. They are just
behavioral conditions stored as memory, instinct and habit in the Amygdala,
an almond-shaped set of neurons inside the brain. The National Institute of
Mental Health has confirmed that conditions such as anxiety, depression,
autism, PTSD, OCD, and phobias are caused by abnormal functioning of the
Amygdala.
Secondly, anxiety and panic disorders conditions CAN be eliminated 100%
permanently, contrary to what most believe. We already know that stress,
bereavement and life circumstances are just the triggers for the anxiety and
that Amygdala is THE cause. If we can change the way the Amygdala reacts,
you'd be anxiety free. The good news is we can change the reaction of
Amygdala quickly and permanently with immediate results.
Please visit our Anxiety Panic Away website listed below for more
information on how your can permanently cure anxiety and panic attacks so
you can make an informed decision as to the best course of treatment that
would best fit you.
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Get Quick Relief from
Anxiety Disorder and Panic Attacks using Breathing Techniques.
by
Mike Carlson
Author's Home Page
Many of the symptoms we feel during an
anxiety or panic attack are very real physical reactions by our body, even
though the threat may be more a product of our mind than it is a reality.
Throughout my years of learning do conquer my anxiety disorder, I learned
that a) there is no instant cure or “quick fix” and b) no single avenue of
treatment alone, such as medications, will be an effective, long term
solution.
One of the single most effective ways of reducing the debilitating physical
reactions your body has to a perceived threat (which is partly what an
anxiety attack is) is to learn deep breathing techniques.
Once you learn to control your breathing, when you feel anxiety attack
coming on you’ll be able to quickly relax and reduce those feelings. You’ll
quickly feel much better, and what a huge step that will be!
Part of what happens when your mind perceives danger is it shortens up your
breathing, producing a lot of the choking, panicking, fast heart beats that
you feel.
It’s important for you to use these breathing techniques before or right
when you feel anxiety coming on. However, start practicing any time you get
a chance, at least once a day.
You’ll want to practice slow, steady breathing through your nose. To be sure
you’re doing this technique well; slowly inhale through your nose, while
counting to 6. Hold your breath for a second or two, then slowly exhale also
while counting to 6, hold for a second or two, and repeat.
Also try and breathe using your stomach and not your chest. To test this,
place your hand on your stomach as you breathe, and you should feel it
moving slowly up and down with your inhales and exhales.
Now practice this each day, when you’re driving to work, or relaxing after
work would be great. Allow yourself to relax while doing this. Start using
this technique when you start to feel anxiety coming on, or when you know
you’ll be heading into a situation that usually causes a problem with your
anxiety disorder, even before you start to feel the symptoms come on!
This is just one of the techniques, when combined with a holistic “life”
approach to anxiety disorders and panic attacks that can allow you to live
anxiety free!
It is possible, it can be done, but you have to do it! Start today!
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