Anxiety is not a disorder, but a response to stressful situations. A panic attack can be dangerous and has the potential to kill you. While there are people who get anxious every day, and they don’t need a therapist to help them deal with anxiety, we need to remember that anxiety can be a real problem.
Stress management is not a complete cure for anxiety, however, it is essential in order to fully understand the anxiety and its causes. And if you are feeling anxious or depressed over a job loss, divorce, death of a loved one, the possibility of another emergency, and a variety of other situations, you should get your hands on a good book on stress management. You will find that your attitude can change over time and that you can learn how to live with anxiety by changing your attitude towards it.
Anxiety can strike without warning. If you have a bad day at work and then you find yourself getting anxious, the condition could be temporary or ongoing. It may be because you got over the worst of your emotions and are feeling some relief. Or it could be that you haven’t yet gotten to the bottom of the issue.
Anxiety can cause you to feel tense, very stressed out, extremely frightened, and have panic attacks and other symptoms. Symptoms like shortness of breath, heart palpitations, fear, sweating, shaking, nausea, sweating, dizziness, stomach problems, trembling, chest pain, trouble breathing, feelings of impending doom, hot flashes, muscle tension, palpitations, cold flushes, chills, etc.
When you have an anxiety disorder, it isn’t necessary to rely on drugs or therapy to eliminate your anxiety. And when you don’t take drugs to eliminate your anxiety, it means that you can live life the way you want. You have made a decision that you want to be able to live in a more relaxed and anxiety-free environment. You know what your goal is and you are willing to work towards that goal.
Learning to live life anxiety-free doesn’t mean that you will never experience a scary experience. But in order to handle the more common anxiety attacks, you need to make sure that you change your thinking and replace your anxiety with positive thinking.
Most people have had to deal with negative thoughts and feelings before. We all worry and we all think negatively. We deal with these negative thoughts and feelings at our own peril. Our thoughts are stored deep within our subconscious minds and these negative thoughts can build up and slowly take over our lives if they are allowed to fester and grow.
Start by telling yourself over again that you are not the only person in the world to suffer from anxiety. There are plenty of people who are in the same situation as you shouldn’t give in to the fears and the negativity. When you begin to notice a pattern in your thinking, you will be able to replace negative thoughts with positive ones. When this happens, your life will become less stressful and you will be able to live your life without the fear of anxiety.
Positive thinking can be one of the easiest things to practice. Just tell yourself that you are safe and that you can handle any situation. You are not alone and you are not going to die from a simple panic attack.
Try and always remember that nothing is out of your control and that you will never outpace the ability of the mind to turn anxiety attacks into warnings. Over time, you will begin to see that no matter how severe your anxiety attack is, you can survive. You can handle the situation and you can even learn to love the anxiety and the fear. You just have to stop dwelling on the fear and put it aside for a while.
So do yourself a favor and relax and learn to accept any kind of panic attack and learn to live through it. You will be amazed at how much easier it will be to live with anxiety if you learn to live with it.
