The Causes and Cures of Panic and Anxiety
One of the things about anxiety attacks that makes them so frightening is that they seem to come on so suddenly and without warning. Once the attack is taking place it can be so overwhelming it becomes all we think about and the rest of our life has to take a back seat until it has run it course.
Having feelings of being unreal or in another world are how many people describe anxiety attacks. Some even believe they are going out of their minds. However, anxiety sufferers are not going out of their minds. Anxiety is a condition where adrenaline is secreted through the bloodstream uncontrollably. It has nothing to do with insanity. Anxiety sufferers may have unreal feelings while they are having anxiety attacks, but actually, these people are usually normal and well adjusted.
This article speaks about what actually is happening when an anxiety or panic attack is occurring and also discusses how to prevent panic from occurring. Also, we discuss what to do that will help stop further panic attacks from starting.
It is All About the Struggle
We often here the old saying, “go with the flow.” With anxiety disorder these are very wise words. Nervousness is a human response to fighting or running away from something. So, when our nervousness brings about feelings that are very uncomfortable, often we respond by fighting or running away from these feelings. This is leads to the nervousness intensifying and this nervousness may before long, turn into a full blown panic attack.
When we experience panic/anxiety, our body functions differently because of adrenaline. Because of the different way our body is functioning at this time we will feel things we normally don’t and usually, these feelings can be disconcerting. However, when we fight or run away from these feelings we bring on more unusual feelings and so we compound our misery.
Also, once a panic attack has come and left, it usually has left us so overwhelmed, we vow never to let one ever occur again. Taking this attitude is likely to keep us on edge thereby making the chance another one will come on even greater. However, when we don’t realize this we keep on fighting.
As you can see, trying to fight off panic is not only futile it creates nervousness, which if handled incorrectly will result in more panic attacks. So, it stands to reason that not fighting or even giving up is a better way to defeat anxiety and panic.
A Passive Attitude
The bottom line is, learning to give up fighting and stopping running away from panic is the key to gaining freedom from it. For a while after we give up fighting, panic will still visit us but it will quickly lose is sting as we accept it.
To put it another way, anxiety disorder becomes less and less prominent in one’s life once he or she learns how to disregard the feelings of unreality and all the other bewildering and horrible feelings anxiety brings about. It is when we accept these feelings are nothing more than tricks brought on by adrenaline flowing through our veins that we stop aiding anxiety’s terror and start on the path to becoming free of panic attacks forever.