You may wonder why natural remedies for anxiety are so sought after by so many people lately. Well, if you have ever tried any of the addictive prescriptions for anxiety relief you already know why this is. Many people just don't want to take these kinds of prescriptions to treat anxiety anymore because of the additional problems that can be caused. If you are lucky enough to get your anxiety under control, you often have to deal with the added aggravation that comes with discontinuing a prescribed medication.
But you can treat anxiety without having to take these kinds of medicines, and in fact, many people successfully treat their anxiety and panic disorder by alternative therapies such from therapy to herbal roots and teas that are meant to calm the mind and body.Maybe you've heard of positive thinking before? It seems too simple to work, but does it have to be complicated? There are a lot of people who find a great deal of relief from symptoms of anxiety when they start looking at their problems a little bit differently.If you think about how you become anxious many times, you will see that it is the way you are thinking that triggers a panic episode. You think that every single thing that happens to you is having a negative effect on your life, and so it does.Having anxiety means that you spend every single minute analyzing every situation you are in, and seeing the worst that could happen. This is our mind's way of tricking us into changing the way that we live our life when we develop these anxiety disorders.
Caught between a miserable past and a frightening future you create a pattern of emotions that can lead to a variety of mood disorders, including manic-depression.How do we escape from this vicious cycle?Here is what I did 20 years ago and I have never since suffered from any serious mood disorder.I started to cultivate my awareness of my mood swings--from elation to black despair.I did this by basically watching myself when I was manic, and watching myself when I was depressed, and watching what I did to turn on these states. For example to get depressed, I used my love of literature to focus on dark, morbid, and unhappy stories about life. And to get elated, I would talk a lot, move very quickly, and do things in a dramatic way.
An interesting thing happened when I made my unconscious behavior conscious. I could not take my mood shifts seriously.This is what I learned from that experience: when you are able to observe yourself over the course of a few weeks, you develop a curious detachment.A paradoxical situation developed for me: I found it difficult to stay anxious and depressed when I was observing myself feeling anxious and depressed.Ultimately, anxiety and depression are culturally-induced patterns of thinking that can be overcome through a deliberate cultivation of awareness. When you become your own observer, you weed out the unconscious habits that afflict you.
There are various intensities of anxiety ranging from the mild natural anxiety felt when facing a new situation right up to the horror of a full-blown panic attack. People suffering from emotional pain will tell you that they would far rather suffer a physical pain than the agony of anxiety or depression. Symptoms of anxiety can include rapid heartbeat and breathing, shaking, nausea, sweating, muffled hearing, feeling faint, great fear, desire to escape. People who suffer panic attacks will tell you that the sensation of panic can be so dramatic they feel as if they are going to die.
Anxiety is always a response to immediate or future anticipated events. The symptoms of anxiety are created by our natural 'fight or flight' response. We see or anticipate danger, our body then reacts by ensuring we are physically ready to fight or flee. This response is healthy when we are faced with a hungry lion in our back garden but that doesn't happen very often in our society. Most of our anxieties are about everyday occurrences that do not require physical strength to fight, or agility to run. We may have anxiety in social gatherings, or when we are required to do a presentation. Neither of these activities requires us to fight or flee so we are just left with the uncomfortable feeling produced by our fight or flight response making us want to flee!
Benzodiazepines - These are drugs that are quite effective in relaxing and calming people. This anxiety treatment helps reduce many physical symptoms of anxiety disorders. Benzodiazepines, however, are only used short-term because prolonged use may cause problems with tolerance as well as dependence on the drug.Tricyclic Antidepressants - These are effective anxiety treatment and are preferred for long term use as opposed to benzodiazepines.People should exercise caution when taking these drugs because all of them have side effects that can be quite dangerous to one's health so they must be prescribed by someone certified and their effects and side effects must be explained thoroughly to patients taking them.
This avoidance, which is totally understandable, can gather momentum at break neck speed, especially when panic attacks are involved, because the sufferer will then start becoming anxious about having to face their anxiety! Fear of fear itself! As stated earlier, our perception is the key to this. Any feeling we experience, good or bad, is not created by our experience in that moment. The meaning we place on that experience creates the feeling. This is where our power lies. One way of gradually chipping away at anxiety is to be aware of and challenge our thoughts. Every thought produces an emotional and physiological response. You will therefore be able to gauge the quality of your thoughts by the way you are currently feeling. If you decide to use homeopathic remedies to cure your anxiety, before starting treatment, rate your anxiety level from 1 to 10 (10 being the highest level). This will help you see the great progress you are making during treatment if your cure is not swift and dramatic. Everyone is different and will heal at their own pace.
Applied relaxation treatment - This anxiety remedy aims to help people relax or practice relaxation techniques whenever they are faced with anxiety-inducing situations. One of the main aims of this therapy is to help you relax or loosen your muscles when you start to feel anxious. Breathing techniques or using words such as "relax" are examples of the applied relaxation treatment.
Alternative Approach to Anxiety Treatment.There are a lot of alternative approaches used for anxiety remedy today. Most of them are used as a complimentary treatment to either medical or psychological approach. Here are a couple examples:Yoga - Yoga, with its breathing and postural control and even its meditation aspect is quite effective in helping one relax and control one's anxiety. Because of this, it is considered as one of the best alternative treatments used in anxiety disorders.Acupuncture - This technique of sticking needles into specific areas of the body to help with the flow of energy was introduced by the people of China, but it is now being used all over the world. It is also being used as an effective complimentary anxiety treatment.
But you can treat anxiety without having to take these kinds of medicines, and in fact, many people successfully treat their anxiety and panic disorder by alternative therapies such from therapy to herbal roots and teas that are meant to calm the mind and body.Maybe you've heard of positive thinking before? It seems too simple to work, but does it have to be complicated? There are a lot of people who find a great deal of relief from symptoms of anxiety when they start looking at their problems a little bit differently.If you think about how you become anxious many times, you will see that it is the way you are thinking that triggers a panic episode. You think that every single thing that happens to you is having a negative effect on your life, and so it does.Having anxiety means that you spend every single minute analyzing every situation you are in, and seeing the worst that could happen. This is our mind's way of tricking us into changing the way that we live our life when we develop these anxiety disorders.
Caught between a miserable past and a frightening future you create a pattern of emotions that can lead to a variety of mood disorders, including manic-depression.How do we escape from this vicious cycle?Here is what I did 20 years ago and I have never since suffered from any serious mood disorder.I started to cultivate my awareness of my mood swings--from elation to black despair.I did this by basically watching myself when I was manic, and watching myself when I was depressed, and watching what I did to turn on these states. For example to get depressed, I used my love of literature to focus on dark, morbid, and unhappy stories about life. And to get elated, I would talk a lot, move very quickly, and do things in a dramatic way.
An interesting thing happened when I made my unconscious behavior conscious. I could not take my mood shifts seriously.This is what I learned from that experience: when you are able to observe yourself over the course of a few weeks, you develop a curious detachment.A paradoxical situation developed for me: I found it difficult to stay anxious and depressed when I was observing myself feeling anxious and depressed.Ultimately, anxiety and depression are culturally-induced patterns of thinking that can be overcome through a deliberate cultivation of awareness. When you become your own observer, you weed out the unconscious habits that afflict you.
There are various intensities of anxiety ranging from the mild natural anxiety felt when facing a new situation right up to the horror of a full-blown panic attack. People suffering from emotional pain will tell you that they would far rather suffer a physical pain than the agony of anxiety or depression. Symptoms of anxiety can include rapid heartbeat and breathing, shaking, nausea, sweating, muffled hearing, feeling faint, great fear, desire to escape. People who suffer panic attacks will tell you that the sensation of panic can be so dramatic they feel as if they are going to die.
Anxiety is always a response to immediate or future anticipated events. The symptoms of anxiety are created by our natural 'fight or flight' response. We see or anticipate danger, our body then reacts by ensuring we are physically ready to fight or flee. This response is healthy when we are faced with a hungry lion in our back garden but that doesn't happen very often in our society. Most of our anxieties are about everyday occurrences that do not require physical strength to fight, or agility to run. We may have anxiety in social gatherings, or when we are required to do a presentation. Neither of these activities requires us to fight or flee so we are just left with the uncomfortable feeling produced by our fight or flight response making us want to flee!
Benzodiazepines - These are drugs that are quite effective in relaxing and calming people. This anxiety treatment helps reduce many physical symptoms of anxiety disorders. Benzodiazepines, however, are only used short-term because prolonged use may cause problems with tolerance as well as dependence on the drug.Tricyclic Antidepressants - These are effective anxiety treatment and are preferred for long term use as opposed to benzodiazepines.People should exercise caution when taking these drugs because all of them have side effects that can be quite dangerous to one's health so they must be prescribed by someone certified and their effects and side effects must be explained thoroughly to patients taking them.
This avoidance, which is totally understandable, can gather momentum at break neck speed, especially when panic attacks are involved, because the sufferer will then start becoming anxious about having to face their anxiety! Fear of fear itself! As stated earlier, our perception is the key to this. Any feeling we experience, good or bad, is not created by our experience in that moment. The meaning we place on that experience creates the feeling. This is where our power lies. One way of gradually chipping away at anxiety is to be aware of and challenge our thoughts. Every thought produces an emotional and physiological response. You will therefore be able to gauge the quality of your thoughts by the way you are currently feeling. If you decide to use homeopathic remedies to cure your anxiety, before starting treatment, rate your anxiety level from 1 to 10 (10 being the highest level). This will help you see the great progress you are making during treatment if your cure is not swift and dramatic. Everyone is different and will heal at their own pace.
Applied relaxation treatment - This anxiety remedy aims to help people relax or practice relaxation techniques whenever they are faced with anxiety-inducing situations. One of the main aims of this therapy is to help you relax or loosen your muscles when you start to feel anxious. Breathing techniques or using words such as "relax" are examples of the applied relaxation treatment.
Alternative Approach to Anxiety Treatment.There are a lot of alternative approaches used for anxiety remedy today. Most of them are used as a complimentary treatment to either medical or psychological approach. Here are a couple examples:Yoga - Yoga, with its breathing and postural control and even its meditation aspect is quite effective in helping one relax and control one's anxiety. Because of this, it is considered as one of the best alternative treatments used in anxiety disorders.Acupuncture - This technique of sticking needles into specific areas of the body to help with the flow of energy was introduced by the people of China, but it is now being used all over the world. It is also being used as an effective complimentary anxiety treatment.
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