Panic and Anxiety

How to treat Panic Attacks

Panic and Anxiety is a real problem for a growing number of people in the modern world. Often, it is the result of a stressfull workplace or triggered by a strongly negative experience, that then evolves into anxiety and fears.

For many, even the simplest daily tasks can be a real problem to handle. Things such as shopping in a crowded mall, attending a social event or having to take a plane for a work related trip can all be near impossible for people with severe panic and anxiety. If you are one of them, you know all to well how limiting this can be to your life.

While it may seem hard, panic and anxiety can be treated in various ways. While some ways, in particular those involving the use of medications, are to be considered as short term alternatives, panic and anxiety can also be treated by changing the underlying reasons that triggers the anxiety that then builds into a panic attack.

This way of treating anxiety is a much more reliable long term solution, that doesn't burden the patient with medicine, and only requires a small amount of time each day.

This can be done by first accepting the fact that your anxiety is nothing more than your bodys reaction to certain situations, and that this reaction is the result of something. Thus, since it is not the normal behaviour, but rather something the body has learned, it can also be reversed.

What must be done is to gradually change the way your body reacts to panic and anxiety by changing the experience assiciated with these certain situations that you find stressful. Once your body assiciates these situations with something good, you will never have a panic attack again.

As a simple example, find a comfortable chair in your home and sit down in it. Place your hands on your lap and close your eyes. Relax and inhale slowly to the count of five. Let the air fill you and hold it in. Then, slowly exhale to the count of five and focus on the feeling as your body is entirely relaxed.

Then, when your mind is calm and your body is entirely relaxed, think of a situation that you associate with anxiety. Do not focus on the anxiety this usually triggers, but instead think only of the situation as a separate matter. Continue to breathe slowly and in your mind walk through the whole situation while feeling how calm and relaxed you are. If any anxiety starts to build up, just focus on the calm slow breathing and realize that you are not anxious at all.

Do this for five minutes each and every day, and you will soon see that the way your body reacts to this situation will be with calm rather than with panic and anxiety. This of course will happen gradually, but with enought motivation it is really possible to "program" your body into accepting this calm and relaxed reaction to your former fears.

This can seem simple, but it has allready proved to help lots of people in handling their panic and anxiety. There are many more techniques you can apply to further help with the way your body reacts to your fears. These can be found in Other than that, all it takes is some motivation, and a strong belief that this can be treated.