How To Overcome Anxiety - Expert Suggestions

By Sharon R. Upchurch


Various forms and degrees of anxiety affect a huge number of people of all ages, races, and genders. It is not a disease. In fact, this is perfectly normal for a human being. However, if the condition goes beyond normal and the attacks become frequent, it becomes a disorder.

Experts agree that feeling anxious does not necessarily mean you are suffering from an anxiety disorder. It is therefore crucial that you are able to distinguish between what is normal and what is not. If you are showing anxiety symptoms, you should not immediately conclude that you are suffering from the disorder, or something is wrong with your mental health. An excellent indication if an anxiety disorder is present, is the feeling of "I can't". Most individuals that are held captive by anxiety disorder cannot function in everyday life and seclude themselves from everyone.Anxiety disorders can affect both kids and adults, and are in fact, the most common among mental illnesses. However, these disorders are curable; unfortunately, only a handful of those who have it seek treatment and seek solutions on how to overcome anxiety.

Control your thoughts. Anxiety is heightened by negative thoughts. When you always expect the worse, your fear overpowers you. As much as possible, develop a more positive outlook in life. Start the day with positive thoughts and expectations even if you are not sure of what awaits you.Talk about it. Spill all your crazy wonderings to someone you trust and discuss your anxieties as well. As the saying goes, "a problem shared is a problem halved." When this happens, deal with the 50%. Anxiety cannot be eliminated fully but a little amount is tolerable.

I believe all of us know how is it like when we compare ourselves with other people and feel that we are not good enough. Such kind of thinking is the most powerful fuel for feelings of anxiety because it puts us under a great deal of stress. We believe that we must somehow become better looking, or more successful or better in any other way so that people will like us. If we cannot manage to attain that, we feel depressed and inadequate to the society.We should understand that we are perfect and whole beings and are not supposed to feel any other way. The illusion that we somehow need to acquire this emotional fulfillment from the outside and show a particular image to the world is manly taught by our dear media and society.

Our Attempts to Hide Under the Mask.We try to put on all kinds of masks so that world will like us. But the world doesn't care at all, because the whole world does the same thing and tries to show a perfect image to the rest of the world. Nobody notices how someone else really looks like, or feels like or who that person really is.We only notice how we look like compared to them and whether we are better or worse than them. We try to see what makes them "apparently" better from use so that we will begin to wear such mask ourselves. Very few people actually see what lies behind clothes and career and this is a serious problem in the nowadays society.

Know the Cause to Change Your Approach on How to Overcome Anxiety.Many people are having anxiety symptoms, and have become stressed and have developed chronic panic attacks. Knowing the causes will help you in changing your approach on how to overcome anxiety. If you are dependent on medication and experience side effects, you can start to treat your anxiety more naturally when you are aware of what causes it.

Make your daily routine more positive and when you go to sleep at night and when you get up in the morning, spend some time thinking about good things that happened to you in previous day and the things that you will be doing today. There are always some good things that are happening to you, try to get over bad things by thinking about the little good things. Plan your day the night before. Write down some goals that you want to achieve and things that you need to do. Refer to this list throughout the day.Every day in the beginning of the day give some time to positive thinking. Make a motivational session in which you tell yourself how good the day will be for you and make sure to do something interesting of your choice.

The one thing that makes sure that you stay away from the anxiety is making yourself busy with the everyday tasks. Keeping yourself busy is a good trick to make sure that your brain stays away from the anxiety and keeps the concentration in the more important things. You can do anything, getting tasks done at work, cleaning the house, playing a game, listening to music or giving time to some sort of hobby that you like for example gardening. Try not to stay idle at times or thinking about the problems you have faced recently, this must be avoided. Continue to move forward.

Approaches.Depending on what causes your anxiety symptoms, you can choose to treat it using conventional approach such as with medication, or with natural approach. You may want to start with natural treatment to avoid risks of side effects that usually accompany medication. Some medications can be addictive, and combined with the anxiety disorder and compulsion, some medications may become a stress activated agent also.Besides, as mentioned earlier not all anxiety disorders are medical-related. Usually, the trigger is stress and all you need to overcome the condition is to learn how to manage your stress. Some of the ways you can manage your stress, and therefore reduce or eliminate your anxiety, are to carry out relaxation techniques as well as to do simple yet regular exercises.

Exercise on regular basis and keep your body healthy. The approach is a good method to stay away from the anxiety and the fears that you might have. Exercise releases natural chemicals in our body that make us feel good. Your appearance will improve as will your energy levels making you feel great.Always try to find the reasons to smile. There are many ways of keeping yourself entertained and you should defiantly try to do this in order to make yourself get rid of anxiety.Try to memorize the happy incidents that have occurred in your life, think about the people who make you laugh and are most important to you. Visualize positive things and keep your conversations positive as well. Cut out people who are constantly moaning and sapping your energy.




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