Although millions of people around the world suffer from debilitating anxiety and panic attacks that change their lives for the worse, there is still a lot of confusion about it. Many sufferers of this disorder don't even fully understand what anxiety is.
So what exactly is anxiety anyway? Anxiety is a disorder in which your mind thinks that you are in enough danger for your body and mind to react. If there were a circumstance where you were truly in danger, you would see that your body would have many of the same symptoms.
You would feel your heart racing through your chest. You would begin to sweat and your breathing would become very shallow and your eyes would dilate to get ready for you to flee the scene. These symptoms are very simply something that all humans are born with and are necessary for us to survive if there is ever any real danger.
When you have an anxiety disorder however, that means there is something in your brain not sending the right information. Your brain thinks that a simple task is reason to become alarmed and prepare for the worst that can happen. The physical changes that you go through are to protect your safety!
But in the case of an anxiety attack, there is no real danger. There is only the perceived danger that your mind thinks is happening to you.
Is it possible to learn how to deal with anxiety and panic?
The human brain is very powerful indeed. Once you convince your mind of something it is very hard to get it to believe something else. This is why stopping anxiety from happening in the first place is so difficult. When the brain believes there is danger, it simply doesn't listen when you try to convince it that there is not.
But it will listen, if only you speak the right language.
And the very first thing you must do is to realize deep down that you and your brain are the ones causing all of this anxiety and panic. Then you have to come to the realization that you are not sick, you will not die and you are not losing your mind.
Only after you start believing these things will you find out how you can control your anxiety for good. Your mind has been really good at letting you think that something is wrong, and now you must convince it to believe that nothing is wrong.
Anxiety is a complex disorder, and it is very hard to live with. Luckily though there are a lot of methods to safely get rid of it, without having to take dangerous medications in the process.
So what exactly is anxiety anyway? Anxiety is a disorder in which your mind thinks that you are in enough danger for your body and mind to react. If there were a circumstance where you were truly in danger, you would see that your body would have many of the same symptoms.
You would feel your heart racing through your chest. You would begin to sweat and your breathing would become very shallow and your eyes would dilate to get ready for you to flee the scene. These symptoms are very simply something that all humans are born with and are necessary for us to survive if there is ever any real danger.
When you have an anxiety disorder however, that means there is something in your brain not sending the right information. Your brain thinks that a simple task is reason to become alarmed and prepare for the worst that can happen. The physical changes that you go through are to protect your safety!
But in the case of an anxiety attack, there is no real danger. There is only the perceived danger that your mind thinks is happening to you.
Is it possible to learn how to deal with anxiety and panic?
The human brain is very powerful indeed. Once you convince your mind of something it is very hard to get it to believe something else. This is why stopping anxiety from happening in the first place is so difficult. When the brain believes there is danger, it simply doesn't listen when you try to convince it that there is not.
But it will listen, if only you speak the right language.
And the very first thing you must do is to realize deep down that you and your brain are the ones causing all of this anxiety and panic. Then you have to come to the realization that you are not sick, you will not die and you are not losing your mind.
Only after you start believing these things will you find out how you can control your anxiety for good. Your mind has been really good at letting you think that something is wrong, and now you must convince it to believe that nothing is wrong.
Anxiety is a complex disorder, and it is very hard to live with. Luckily though there are a lot of methods to safely get rid of it, without having to take dangerous medications in the process.
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