In order to get rid of anxiety you need to cure your panic attacks first. Here, you'll discover why, and about a natural technique to help eliminate your panic attacks.
When you're at a time in your life when your stress and anxiety levels are higher than they are normally, you can suffer horrifying panic attacks.
A panic attack is the name given to a set of symptoms that you experience, that come out of the blue, and, cause you to think you may be having a serious attack of some kind, that leaves you thinking that you could be dying even.
Typical symptoms are; tight chest, tight throat, irregular or racing heartbeat, hot and cold flashes, difficulty breathing, shallow rapid breathing, tingling sensation, nausea, dizziness, lightheadedness, a sensation of being detached from reality, and of course, a feeling of some impending doom. So what's going on here?
Many people suffer panic attacks when they find themselves in stressful situations such as sitting an exam, driving in rush hour traffic, shopping in crowded supermarkets, going for a job interview, speaking in public, etc. Now, ordinarily, you would handle these without suffering an attack, so what's different now?
The difference is that you have high levels of anxiety that, when the stress of these typical situations is added on top, pushes your overall anxiety levels to such an extent that your body's natural defense mechanism 'perceives' this sudden rise in anxiety as a signal that you're in mortal danger. It then triggers its 'fight or flight' response.
This is a primeval defense mechanism used to almost instantly prime the human body both physically and mentally to be better able to stand and fight, or turn and run away from danger; hence 'fight or flight.'
Under these circumstances of real danger, physical and mental changes occur very quickly in the body, but the person in danger is already fighting or running away, so is not really aware of them.
But, when the response is triggered in you under your circumstances, you aren't aware of any physical danger, so are not even thinking along those lines. The changes that occur therefore are 'felt' by you, i.e. you experience the symptoms of a panic attack.
So, you have two things going on here; your underlying general anxiety, and, your resultant panic attacks. Now, if you were to get rid of your general anxiety, you would automatically cure your panic attacks right?
In theory, that is right. But, even if you concentrate on your general anxiety, your 'fear' of having another panic attack happen at any time, is constantly building on your anxiety, making it difficult to overcome.
You see, the symptoms of your panic attacks are just so terrible that each time you suffer one your fear of the next one just increases and won't leave you. Your fear can be conscious or unconscious, but you're bound to have it. And fear is great anxiety that adds to your already high general anxiety.
This could be seen as your cycle of anxiety that needs to be broken to prevent more panic attacks and eliminate your anxiety. There is a view that, in order to do this, you need to cure the panic attacks first, which then allows you to more effectively get rid of your anxiety.
The links below will take you to a resource that explains, much better than I can here, an amazing technique to help you do this...
When you're at a time in your life when your stress and anxiety levels are higher than they are normally, you can suffer horrifying panic attacks.
A panic attack is the name given to a set of symptoms that you experience, that come out of the blue, and, cause you to think you may be having a serious attack of some kind, that leaves you thinking that you could be dying even.
Typical symptoms are; tight chest, tight throat, irregular or racing heartbeat, hot and cold flashes, difficulty breathing, shallow rapid breathing, tingling sensation, nausea, dizziness, lightheadedness, a sensation of being detached from reality, and of course, a feeling of some impending doom. So what's going on here?
Many people suffer panic attacks when they find themselves in stressful situations such as sitting an exam, driving in rush hour traffic, shopping in crowded supermarkets, going for a job interview, speaking in public, etc. Now, ordinarily, you would handle these without suffering an attack, so what's different now?
The difference is that you have high levels of anxiety that, when the stress of these typical situations is added on top, pushes your overall anxiety levels to such an extent that your body's natural defense mechanism 'perceives' this sudden rise in anxiety as a signal that you're in mortal danger. It then triggers its 'fight or flight' response.
This is a primeval defense mechanism used to almost instantly prime the human body both physically and mentally to be better able to stand and fight, or turn and run away from danger; hence 'fight or flight.'
Under these circumstances of real danger, physical and mental changes occur very quickly in the body, but the person in danger is already fighting or running away, so is not really aware of them.
But, when the response is triggered in you under your circumstances, you aren't aware of any physical danger, so are not even thinking along those lines. The changes that occur therefore are 'felt' by you, i.e. you experience the symptoms of a panic attack.
So, you have two things going on here; your underlying general anxiety, and, your resultant panic attacks. Now, if you were to get rid of your general anxiety, you would automatically cure your panic attacks right?
In theory, that is right. But, even if you concentrate on your general anxiety, your 'fear' of having another panic attack happen at any time, is constantly building on your anxiety, making it difficult to overcome.
You see, the symptoms of your panic attacks are just so terrible that each time you suffer one your fear of the next one just increases and won't leave you. Your fear can be conscious or unconscious, but you're bound to have it. And fear is great anxiety that adds to your already high general anxiety.
This could be seen as your cycle of anxiety that needs to be broken to prevent more panic attacks and eliminate your anxiety. There is a view that, in order to do this, you need to cure the panic attacks first, which then allows you to more effectively get rid of your anxiety.
The links below will take you to a resource that explains, much better than I can here, an amazing technique to help you do this...