What Is Anxiety And How You Can Deal With It Effectively?
Anxiety is one of the causes behind major illnesses it involves worry, uneasiness, nervousness, and fear
When a person becomes anxious, he gets negative and disturbing thoughts. He loses his emotional control and starts to sweat, shiver, or experience shortness of breath. When these symptoms persist for a longer time, it results in anxiety disorder/panic disorder. Due to this reason, it becomes essential to control it quickly so that it doesn't negatively impact your personal and professional relationships as well as health.
Anxiety develops from 'Stress' is the day to day life. Feeling of anxiety is actually the natural response mechanism of the body to deal with the stress. When you are stressed and under anxiety attack, then your heart beats at rapid pace. You may also observe the sweating and/or shivers, or choked throat. However the symptoms may vary from person to person.
It is important to learn how to deal with anxiety, especially in a world where anxiety reigns. Almost any life's scenario can prompt the beginning of an anxiety attack. Learning how to cope with an attack is one of the first steps to acknowledging that anxiety is very real.
By following these short steps, you will find that your anxiety has stopped in its tracks:
- Slowly breathe in through your nose on the count of four
- Pause and then slowly breathe out through your mouth on the count of six.
- Repeat this process until you begin to feel calmer.
It is essential that you begin this exercise before your anxiety really takes hold. Anxiety attacks can and do turn into panic attacks. You want to keep this from happening because the increased fear of not being able to deal with anxiety can be difficult to overcome for a lot of people. Fear is usually the catalyst that worsens an anxiety attack.
To recapture. Recognize when anxiety is beginning to take hold. Immediately employ the above breathing techniques. Stay in the present. Do not allow yourself to focus on your physical symptoms. Do enough breathing exercises that it becomes the first thing you do when you begin to feel anxious. You will be surprised that you have learned this easy step in dealing with your anxiety in a non-medical way without the use of medications that may produce additional unwanted side effects. Of course, if you feel the need to consult a medical professional, by all means, do so. Their advice can be invaluable in learning how to deal with anxiety.
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