Controlling Anxiety is Easy… if You Know How!
The key to controlling anxiety, as it’s also known, is actually controlling the feelings as they occur, which means of course that you have to identify the feelings first. Generally speaking, what happens in that an anxiety attack happens so suddenly that a person doesn’t have time to identify what’s happening before they are overwhelmed by their feelings. But the simple fact is that if you can be alert, it is possible to completely sublimate these feelings and to control your anxiety attack before it reaches its maximum intensity.
Now, the first step to controlling anxiety attacks, obviously, is to be alert and to identify any thought or feeling that may lead to an anxiety attack. If you can isolate the first symptoms quickly, you will find that taking a few simple steps can completely sublimate the anxiety attack, or at least reduce its intensity significantly.
Now, the very first step to controlling anxiety once you detect it, is to take some light breaths. You mustn’t focus on trying to control the anxiety with your will, or trying to fight it down, because if you do this, you will fail.
Simply concentrate upon breathing. Breathe deeply, drawing the breathe down into your belly and hold it there, and slowly let the breath up. Blank up all the thoughts from your mind when you do this and concentrate only upon your breathing alone. You’ll find that if you do this for a few minutes that the symptoms of anxiety or the panic attack will pass without you even noticing it.
This is controlling anxiety naturally. Now, often enough a person finds that anxiety attacks are a result of an excess of stress in their daily life. This stress could arise from some traumatic events, like the death of someone one loves, or simply as a result of everyday stresses, for example, the stresses of parenting or an excess of work pressure at work, or even around the house.
While you can control the anxiety attacks on the short term, it is impossible to control anxiety attacks on the long term unless you actually address the sources of anxiety in your life and work towards reducing them. It is not always impossible to reduce the level of stress in your life. Remember that if you ignore the situation, even if you are successful in controlling anxiety, the stress will reveal itself in various little ways that could range from an excess of smoking to anger problems or even an excess of weight.
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Candice Michelle recently posted..כוסות זכוכית
As an introvert I have suffered from anxiety in my whole life, and I have to tell you, that controlling it isn’t as easy as described above. Sometimes, special treatment is really needed for the healing.
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I think if somebody recognizes the symptoms of anxiety on himself, he must discuss it with a psychologist or a psychiatrist at first, this kind of mental disfunction could have serious consequences. A clear diagnose is required before somebody wants to control his anxiety.
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It would be so nice it that was true, but unfortunately, controlling anxiety isn’t so easy. I think that a professional or medical help is the most common way to handle with these symptoms, there is no other way, it can lead to a deep depression.
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I won’t think that anxiety could be self-controlled… If you mean what I think, it is a kind of mental disorder which needs medical and psychological treatment, because it could be worse of not handled with care….
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I wish it was so easy…but I think adversities happen, and sometimes, anxiety comes with that, it depends on the personality of course, but I think that my skills in controlling these things are really weak…
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dControlling your anxiety means that you can control your feelings and reactions; if so than why do you suffer from anxiety? It’s a paradox…
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Yes, I agree with you that people often underestimate the power of breathing in managing stress. It’s quick, free and effective. Simple adjustments in the way we breathe daily goes a long way in stress reduction and improving our overall lifestyle. Thanks Edyta for the tips!
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There are some really nice homeopathic treatments for anxiety, I’ve always preferred alternative medicine instead of taking many pills which can affect bad on one’s personality…
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I definitely agree because anxiety is experienced by everyone. I myself have experienced this kind of feeling and I really do not know how to avoid this. Good this I have seen and read this simple but very helpful post of yours.
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I agree with Viola homeopathy is great for anxiety, having studied homeopathy I think that it is wonderful and as a person who suffers with anxiety a constitutional remedy is the best way to go …
thank you for a great post