Dealing With Panic Attacks - What is the Most Important Factor in Coping With Panic Attacks?
Friday, August 28, 2009, 09:52 PM - Anxiety
Dealing with panic attacks is not really that complicated. You just need to understand what causes anxiety and panic attacks, and what triggers them so that you can avoid them or eliminate them completely.
A panic attack occurs when your adrenal glands overreact to the signal sent by your brain in response to what's perceived as a threat. The adrenaline produced by the adrenals causes the symptoms of panic attack such as heart palpitation, difficulty breathing, sweating, and trembling.
One of the strongest triggers of panic attack is actually the fear of having another attack. As a sufferer of this anxiety disorder you realize how terrifying the symptoms can be that you're afraid to experience it again. That fear however, causes you to be more anxious and hence, more prone to having an attack.
Therefore, the most important factor in dealing with panic attacks is to eliminate the fear of having another episode. You need to be more relaxed and calm, take things easily, and feel good about yourself. There are a number of things that can help you achieve this.
You can try various methods of relaxation but the simplest that you can start right away is breathing technique. You simply - See Stress Management - Anxiety for the full article.
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Thursday, February 26, 2009, 07:38 PM - Anxiety
Dealing with panic attacks is not really that complicated. You just need to understand what causes anxiety and panic attacks, and what triggers them so that you can avoid them or eliminate them completely.
A panic attack occurs when your adrenal glands overreact to the signal sent by your brain in response to what's perceived as a threat. The adrenaline produced by the adrenals causes the symptoms of panic attack such as heart palpitation, difficulty breathing, sweating, and trembling.
One of the strongest triggers of panic attack is actually the fear of having another attack. As a sufferer of this anxiety disorder you realize how terrifying the symptoms can be that you're afraid to experience it again. That fear however, causes you to be more anxious and hence, more prone to having an attack.
Therefore, the most important factor in dealing with panic attacks is to eliminate the fear of having another episode. You need to be more relaxed and calm, take things easily, and feel good about yourself. There are a number of things that can help you achieve this.
You can try various methods of relaxation but the simplest that you can start right away - See Dealing With Panic Attacks - What is the Most Important Factor in Coping With Panic Attacks? for the complete article.
What to Do For Anxiety? - Top 7 Tips to Control Anxiety
Thursday, January 29, 2009, 09:59 PM - Anxiety
When anxiety attacks you unexpectedly you are caught unawares and put in a spot where you really don't know what to do to stop anxiety. As much as it is really handy to call people and rely on support, where possible, it is always handy to be prepared and armed with tips to combat anxiety - it helps you deal with anxiety in a prepared manner.
Here are some tips that you can try straightaway:
1. Stop whatever it is you are doing, become completely present to whatever it is that is happening to you. Find the nearest comfortable spot and sit down. Pretend you are a very limp and lifeless rag and let your arms and legs hang really loose. Slowly, expel the air from the the pit of your stomach.
Slowly, very slowly inhale air through your lungs until it reaches your abdomen. Do this a few times.
Lots of times, lack of oxygen can trigger off anxiety symptoms or a resemblance of anxiety symptoms.
This should help you in relieving anxiety. Plenty of times not breathing in properly, especially in the abdomen area can create similar symptoms of anxiety.
2. If you are at home when you feel an anxiety attack coming on, indulge in a soothing and relaxing bath. This should help in relieving anxiety. Warm water has healing and calming properties and invariably you come out feeling much more relaxed. Include soap bubbles and aromatherapy oils if they are handy. Even a warm shower can help overcome anxiety.
3. Keep a bottle of pure - See What to Do For Anxiety? - Top 7 Tips to Control Anxiety - Stress Management
Breaking Through Uncertainty - Welcoming Adversity
Monday, November 12, 2007, 07:02 PM - Anxiety
We all question our ability at times. Uncertainty plagues us. It is even more intense if the ability we are questioning relates to something we have never tried or not succeeded at in the past.
Set backs are common, but we rarely welcome them. We are inclined to respond negatively to adversity. It may be time to revisit that reflexive response.
I had an experience recently that caused me to reconsider whether a negative response to adversity is always justified when I was confronted with a life-threatening situation.
It was mid-morning on a warm and pleasant Saturday. I was in the midst of my first skydive of the day. It was my 2,123th jump since having taken up the sport fifteen years ago.
After about one minute of freefall and 5,000 above the ground, I parted ways with my fellow jumpers to get far enough away from them to open my parachute safely. I initiated opening around 3, 000 feet above the earth.
My parachute opened with some twists in the lines between the parachute and me. This is not that uncommon. What was different this time was that I was not able to clear the twists.
The twists in the lines caused my parachute to take on an asymmetrical shape. Receiving asymmetrical inputs, the canopy did what it is designed to do and initiated a turn -- that's how it's steered. The problem occurred when the turn quickly became a rapid, diving downward spiral that was spinning me a full 360 degrees about once every second. This was a problem.
I looked up to assess my canopy and saw something I don't often see - the horizon clearly visible ABOVE the trailing edge of my canopy. This meant my canopy and I were now on roughly the same horizontal plane. In that I could see the horizon behind it, I was actually above my parachute and it was leading our fast spinning parade rapidly towards mother earth.
My first need was to acknowledge that I was not going to be able to solve this problem. This is not as easy as it seems. Having successfully completed over 2,100 jumps without having to resort to my second parachute, it was hard for me to believe I had really encountered a problem I could not solve. I had a natural inclination to assume I could fix this problem as I had all those in the past.
Sound familiar? It's always easy to lapse into denial when confronted with a problem. Until we acknowledge the problem and our possible inability - See Breaking Through Uncertainty - Welcoming Adversity for the complete article.
How To Recognize The Many Different Types of Anxiety Disorders
Friday, November 2, 2007, 05:11 PM - Anxiety
That feeling in the pit of your stomach of impending doom. We’ve all felt that way before, but for some people, it’s an everyday occurrence. At its best, it can be disruptive to a person’s everyday life. At its worst, it’s crippling to those who suffer this affliction. These people have anxiety disorder. It’s characterized by a constant feeling of worry which has little or no basis in reality. There are usually other symptoms present, such as sleep disorders, shortness of breath, and heart palpitations.
There are several types of anxiety disorders. Anxiety attacks are one category of anxiety disorder. Anxiety attacks are characterized by a sudden onset of terror, which results in an increased heart rate, a tightening of the chest, and a feeling of losing control. Untreated, it can result in agoraphobia (fear of public places or open spaces.) Panic disorder can also be accompanied by depression. However, treatments such as therapy and medication can cure most anxiety disorders.
Another kind of anxiety disorder is obsessive-compulsive disorder, or OCD. OCD is illustrated by obsessive thoughts and rituals which are used to control the anxiety that accompanies such thoughts. The rituals can be anything from washing one’s hands over and over again to locking and unlocking a door repeatedly. OCD sufferers may also be fixated on order and symmetry.
Post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, is another example of anxiety disorder. People who suffer from PTSD often - See How To Recognize The Many Different Types of Anxiety Disorders for the complete article.
Anxiety- The Most Non Talked About Issue Facing Business Professionals
Thursday, October 11, 2007, 06:06 PM - Anxiety
After speaking with and surveying over 3,000 business professionals last year I was amazed to discover that anxiety, the most non talked about problem affecting business people, was an issue for 40% of those completing my survey. We will talk about almost anything else but the issue of anxiety is strictly taboo in the business world. After all, what would people think if they knew you really didn’t have it all together? Who would promote someone like that? Who would do business with someone like that? My survey hit both corporate and entrepreneurs alike, from administrative professionals to CEO's to small business owners. There didn’t seem to be any group that wasn’t affected. For some reason most people seem to believe that they are the only ones who are affected. I know I sure did.
I had my own dealings with anxiety a few years back. Surprised? Somehow I managed to hide it from almost everyone. After all how could someone who was in my profession expect to attract new clients if people knew the truth? The truth is there were days when I couldn’t even leave the house it was so bad. Anxiety reared its ugly head shortly after a move, a flood, and the sale of a business I built from scratch, my mother’s heart attack and a diagnosis of cancer. It doesn’t always follow traumatic events like this but this is how it was for me. A few months later 9/11 happened. My world began to spin out of control. I found myself unable to concentrate, my heart was racing and I was out of breath. I was restless, edgy and keyed up. I couldn’t sleep and my muscles constantly ached. My short-term memory was very short term.
And so I learned. I learned that sometimes you couldn’t just will it away. Believe me I tried. Anxiety is a multi-faceted issue and I found that it takes a multi-faceted approach. I do not believe in taking prescription medications so that was not an option for me. Besides I knew that if this had happened to me then it was happening to others as well. I was determined to get through this using only natural methods. - See Anxiety- The Most Non Talked About Issue Facing Business Professionals for the complete article.
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