feedsfund Information & Knowledge. https://www.feedsfund.com/group_anxiety/ Anxiety Thu, 29 Oct 2020 07:30:45 +0800 en-US daily 1 https://www.feedsfund.com/ Overcome Panic Attacks by Stopping This Big Mistake With Your Food https://www.feedsfund.com/articles_ktafda.html https://www.feedsfund.com/articles_ktafda.html#respond Wed, 22 May 2019 09:25:00 +0800 overcome panic attacks, one of the first things you should do is take a look at your diet.
And I'm not talking about eliminating coffee, and tea, and unrefined sugars, and any other stimulant you care to name (although that wouldn't be a bad idea either!).
I'm not talking about that because I'm sure you already know all that.
But there's a part of the diet that gets overlooked for people with panic and anxiety disorders: the general "balance" of your diet.
Having a diet that's not balanced is bad for your health in general, but it's also bad for your mental health, which seems to be ignored by so many people.
We all know that chemical and hormonal imbalances can cause all kinds of problems with stress, anxiety, and depression.
And we all know that what we eat has a direct impact on our chemical and hormone levels.
And yet most of us never put 2 and 2 together.
So for those of us who know this and desperately want to overcome panic attacks, there really is no excuse.
A balanced diet, featuring a good mix of protein, carbohydrates, and healthy fats, is a fantastic way to correct all kinds of imbalances in the body, and that can only help to decrease or eliminate our problems with anxiety and panic disorders.
So from this point on, do your very best to make sure each meal you eat contains some high quality protein, a good source of carbohydrates, and a some healthy fats.
This is a great step you can take it you want to overcome panic attacks as fast as you can.
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Do You Think I Have An Anxiety Disorder? https://www.feedsfund.com/articles_np03ca.html https://www.feedsfund.com/articles_np03ca.html#respond Wed, 22 May 2019 09:11:00 +0800 In the primary parts anxiety is not being occurred by any disorder, it is a feeling of everyone around us.
It has come out from pressure and fear.
But to some people anxiety is troublesome; it is a part of their depression.
This depression causes severe anxiety disorder and malfunction of their body.
They are out of the common run of men, think always different from the others.
Sometimes they feel so anxious that they may decide to commit suicide.
Various researches are really helpful for us and for the doctors to intervene a particular patient and to the others.
Day by day some new kind of symptoms is arriving and new kind of diagnosis is being invented.
Anxiety disorder does not have any boundaries of age.
It can occur in the childhood, adolescence period or in the young age.
There is no distinction of gender in anxiety disorder.
Like its diagnosis, finding out anxiety disorder in the children as well as among the elders is very tough.
Children are certainly very complex in mind; they have their personal likes and dislikes.
When their likes are not being fulfilled they become worried which can cause disorder in their body.
A child sometimes can not express him or herself properly, that's why if he or she feels some anxiety in his mind it is very difficult for the parents to know the problem.
So, gradually out of tension they face anxiety disorder.
Anxiety disorder of the elders is more complex in form.
As a person grows up, there are various types of responsibilities he or she has to maintain, these increasing responsibilities make them anxious.
Sometimes they feel anxiety due to the pressure in their offices, sometimes for the family problems or for the complexities of their personal life.
When these problems overwhelm them and their mind gets more obsessed with the thought of anxiety, they develop anxiety disorder.
The symptoms of anxiety disorder have various faces.
The person who feels anxiety disorder in his or her mind might be away from his or her usual work, and he or she can not feel comfortable in his or her usual work.
It may breed some negative impact on them, which may result in their affinity towards alcohol, and he or she expresses irritation in his or her personal relationship.
Anxiety disorder may also cause self-imposed isolation and emotional complexity.
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Panic Therapy - Use Visualization As a Panic Attack Therapy https://www.feedsfund.com/articles_65j8da.html https://www.feedsfund.com/articles_65j8da.html#respond Wed, 22 May 2019 09:10:00 +0800 Visualization is effective in slowing down your mind when it starts racing with the thoughts that bring on panic attacks.
The process helps relieve your mind from deep seeded anxieties...
especially when you practice it often and for extended amounts of time.
There is no real "right" way to practice visualization.
When you use it as panic therapy it's recommended that you do whatever works for you...
don't get too caught upon if you are doing it right or not.
As long as you keep concentrating on the exercise you should be relieving yourself of anxiety.
The ideal place to practice this panic therapy is somewhere quiet where you can be left alone for at least 10 minutes.
At least at first...
once you get good at it you will be able to do it in a busier environment such as work or in public.
Once you have found your quiet spot close your eyes and concentrate on your breathing.
Take your hands and put one on your abdomen and one on your chest.
Take a deep breath and concentrate on your belly moving but not your chest.
Get a steady rhythm going and make sure to inhale approximately the same amount of air every time.
Breathe like this for a while until you get into a comfortable groove.
Once you can do this without a problem move your concentration to your feet.
Try to feel your extremities such as your toes.
Visualize your feet as being your base.
They are solid like pillars of concrete.
These pillars are your strength and they go down far into the ground.
Visualize yourself as a strong person...
one who is safe and secure.
Now concentrate on your feelings of security and safety.
Visualize the sun shining on you...
visualize anything that makes you happy and comfortable.
Now try to clear your mind of all worries and just concentrate on your good feelings.
Picture warmth and fuzziness and do this a few times.
Really you can visualize whatever you want...
it can be a beach, the sun, a field...
whatever pleases you the most and makes you the most comfortable.
Try to get all of your senses involved in your visualization.
Totally immerse yourself in the fantasy.
Finding your happy place is an extremely effective panic therapy.
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Anxiety Symptoms - Anxiety & Panic https://www.feedsfund.com/articles_5fnnca.html https://www.feedsfund.com/articles_5fnnca.html#respond Wed, 22 May 2019 09:07:00 +0800 Appropriate Anxiety and Inappropriate Anxiety.
I will explain what I mean by this.
Appropriate Anxiety; is an in-built system from birth.
This type of anxiety can save your life.
Take for example; you're being chased down the street by a bunch of thugs that want to hurt you.
What would happen? Well hopefully your anxiety will kick in, your heart will begin to beat faster enabling you to run faster, your vision will sharpen, your sense of smell will be turned up a few notches and your hearing will become more sensitive.
This enables you to escape as fast as you can.
Inappropriate Anxiety; this is where your anxiety gets confused and turns on in situations where it is not needed and can affect your daily living.
For example; having to go to the shopping mall where there is minimal danger of you being hurt.
Yet your heart begins to race, you feel short of breath, your senses are turned up and you feel the need to flee the situation.
Here are a list of symptoms you may experience: oAbdominal discomfort oDiarrhea oDry mouth oRapid heartbeat or palpitations oTightness or pain in chest oShortness of breath oDizziness oFrequent urination oDifficulty swallowing/lump in throat oNausea oHot flushes or Chills oHeadaches oMuscles tension/aches oFatigue oVisual Disturbances Psychological symptoms: oInsomnia oIrritability or anger oInability to concentrate / mind going blank oFear of madness Depersonalization oEasily frightened oFear of dying oFeeling on edge oLose of sex drive It is important if you experience any of these symptoms that you visit your doctor for a correct diagnosis as some underlying illnesses can mask anxiety symptoms.
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Natural Cures for Panic Attacks - What Are They? https://www.feedsfund.com/articles_2kwffa.html https://www.feedsfund.com/articles_2kwffa.html#respond Wed, 22 May 2019 08:49:00 +0800 This is a sudden terror due to unknown causes.
Some say that it is triggered by stress from family, work, a problem or simply life.
When panic attacks occur, it is usually followed by nausea, suffocation and sweating.
Indeed, the condition is a little frightening.
Since there is a possibility that it will occur more than one on a certain person, there are medications and therapies prescribed by doctors.
However, some may be allergic and refuse to take medications.
Fortunately, there are natural cures for panic attacks.
Undergoing natural cures for panic attacks is both effective and safe.
In fact, some of the herbal treatments have been used for a long time.
The first natural cure is engaging in exercises.
This is the most common and easiest way to relax the mind and achieve a healthy body.
Second is taking herbal supplements.
There is a variety of herbs suitable for panic attacks.
Below is a list of the herbs; however, not all are suitable for everyone.
If one decides to take one, it is essential to consult a physician and choose supplements with FDA approval.
• Kava Herb Kava kava or Piper methysticum has been used in ancient China.
This herb is rich in kavalactones that calms the senses treating anxiety and insomnia.
It also improves concentration and enhances memory of a patient.
However, it should not be taken daily because it may cause damage to liver.
It should only be taken if necessary.
Most importantly, it should not be taken by pregnant women because it may affect their condition.
• Lavender Essential Oil Aromatherapy oil is beneficial in reducing stress.
Sniffing a little dose of lavender essential oil sprayed on a handkerchief is a great way to calm the nerves and prevent panic attack.
One can also spray a few on the pillow for a good night sleep.
• Passion Flower Passionflower or Passiflora incarnata is an herb which came from a woody vine that yields berries called as grandilla.
The flowers, leaves as well as the upper part which consist flavonoids are commonly used.
The plant is native in North America and has been used by the Aztecs and Europeans for medicinal purposes.
This offers relief from anxiety, insomnia mood swings and tension by maintaining a balanced emotional state.
• Valerian Other natural cures for panic attacks include valerian.
This is a traditional herbal medicine that was used since second century A.
According to studies, this herb increases gamma aminobutyric acid or GABA which decreases anxiety.
This in turn soothes the nerves and alleviates anxiety and other symptoms.
Valerian can be taken in the form of capsule, tablet or as a tea drink.
• St.
John's Wort When St.
John's Wort or Hypericum perforatum is taken, it increases serotonin which helps improve a person's mood.
This means that high levels of serotonin lessen anxiety and all of its symptoms.
Though it can treat panic attacks, it can upset the stomach and cause dizziness.
It is best to consult a physician for the right dose to avoid health problems.
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Stop Panic Attacks by Shutting Off Your Mental Autopilot https://www.feedsfund.com/articles_ukdida.html https://www.feedsfund.com/articles_ukdida.html#respond Wed, 22 May 2019 08:39:00 +0800 stop panic attacks, one of the best things you can do is learn how to turn off your mental autopilot.
That might sound like gibberish to you, so let me explain what your "mental autopilot" actually is.
During the day, do you ever catch yourself having thoughts that you would rather not be having? I know I do.
In fact, I think this could be said of everyone.
You know the kinds of thoughts I'm talking about.
The damaging daydreams and fantasies and scenarios you play in your head like little movies.
Occasionally these will be pleasant thoughts, but a staggering percentage of them are damaging.
If you don't have a problem with panic and anxiety then this probably won't cause you any real problems.
But when you really need to stop panic attacks, these undesirable thoughts can be incredibly damaging.
These thoughts start negative trains of thought, where each thought builds on the one before it, each one of them becoming increasingly more negative and increasingly more likely to start a panic attack.
The great news is, these are very easy to stop.
You stop these thoughts simply by acknowledging them.
Remember a moment ago when I asked if you ever catch yourself having these negative or unpleasant thoughts? Well, "catching" yourself having them is the key.
Because catching yourself having them stops them.
These thoughts can only exist when we're distracted and unaware that they're spinning around in our minds.
They're like subconscious daydreams.
As soon as we become aware of them, we snap out of it and the thoughts stop.
So one of the best things you can do for yourself if you want to stop panic attacks is to start paying close attention to your thoughts throughout the day.
The more often you do this, the more of these undesirable thoughts you'll catch and stop.
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Panic Attacks While Driving - How to Avoid Panic While Driving and in General https://www.feedsfund.com/articles_q2k3da.html https://www.feedsfund.com/articles_q2k3da.html#respond Wed, 22 May 2019 08:28:00 +0800 They usually occur for people who have suffered or had difficult childhood.
People having excessive stress also suffer from them.
They usually lead to depression and mental illness.
Before you can treat an attack you have an idea of how it works.
It is the result of the brain sending signal to the body that says there is a danger.
Regardless of how you get them they are manageable and can be treated.
There are many ways to safely and quickly treat a panic attack while driving.
The key to treating any attack is to first stop the message from brain.
You must always replace your negative thoughts with positive thoughts.
If you experience an attack while driving safely pull the car off the road.
Try to reduce the threat of crash on the road.
This will surely reduce the effect of attack and make you feel better.
Always know what is happening is a panic attack and not a heart attack and always have the feeling that you are not going to die.
If you remain calm the attack will automatically subside in 20 minutes.
The best way to manage panic attacks while driving is to control your breathing.
Take slow and deep breaths for some time.
Breathe through your nose and exhale through your mouth.
Deep breathing has a number of positive effects.
The next step is to distract your brains.
Give it something else to work on.
The fear of having another attack will change the way you live your life.
Avoid places and situations you feel you are not comfortable with.
These attacks can last for few minutes.
Just try to relax and calm yourself until the attack subsides.
If there is water in the car you can have it, when you experience a panic or anxiety attack while driving.
It is advisable to have pills once you experience an attack, if it has been prescribed by your doctor.
It is a must that you always take some water and paper bags to regulate breathing in the car.
Never drive if you are prone to panic attacks while driving.
It is better if you let someone to drive the car for you so that you feel relaxed and comfortable.
Have a regular checkup with doctor to check if your heart is healthy.
Understanding what a panic attack is and learning how to stop these attacks can bring about a great relief in ones mind.
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Anxiety and Children https://www.feedsfund.com/articles_292wea.html https://www.feedsfund.com/articles_292wea.html#respond Wed, 22 May 2019 08:13:00 +0800 Parents face particular challenges due to the fact children with anxiety have a tendency to be nervous, avoidance, annoying or exhausting.
If you become frustrated and make these children feel really bad, they cease becoming honest and begin telling you that they are tired, unwell,or just don't care.
Without having real improvement, stressed and nervous children will try to keep away from experiencing anything bad.
A lot start to avoid circumstances where there is only a small likelihood they will end up feeling bad.
Eventually they end up making options based mostly on feared situations and not realities.
If this remains, quite a few of these children will try to make new friends who could help them really feel better.
But in most cases they just lead to masteringescaping the problems by means of isolation, skipping school, becoming a member of "fringe" groups, looking for thrills, rejecting socially responsibility, or using alcohol and other drugs.
In time, children and anxiety begin to express rage instead of their anxiety.
Anger feels better than fear and it is simpler for children to blame others if they can't escape feeling bad.
On the other hand, blaming themselves instead of others leads to depression.
Children reinforce and offer supremacy to their fears once they act to stay away from or escape unrealistic fears.
This way the anxiousness grows.
The child's self-confidence will malfunction to blossom at home and in school.
It is an unfortunate but really real truth that stress and nervousness in children and anxiety is a common issue in this day's fast-paced, high-tech, activity-packed culture.
If your child is experiencing stress and nervousness, try these uncomplicated but efficient approaches to reduce anxiety in children.
Don't dismiss her feelings.
Telling your child not to be anxious regarding her/his fears may only generate them feelings like she's doing something wrong by feeling uneasy.
Let her know it's okay to feel bad about something, and motivate her to reveal her emotions and thoughts.
You understand how enormously comforting it can be simply to have someone listen when something is bothering you.
Do the same for your child.
If they don't feel like talking, let them know you are there for them.
Just be by their side and remind them that you love them.
What are the Symptoms? Most people don't understand that nervousness and fear are a similar psychological condition.
The feeling of anxiety is commonly characterized as diffuse, unpleasant, a feeling of apprehension or fear, and has physical signs and symptoms that may incorporate headache, muscle pressure, perspiration, restlessness, tension in the upper body and mild abdomen discomfort.
Anxiety can generate confusion, reminiscence difficulties, and distortions of actuality and the alluding to of events.
Uneasy children do improperly in school and ultimately find out to dislike and keep away from everything connected to school.
Many develop into despondent.
The relationship with their loved ones tends to get worse.
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Why Does Exposure Therapy Work For Treating Anxiety Like Panic Attacks, OCD, and Social Phobia? https://www.feedsfund.com/articles_x4h8da.html https://www.feedsfund.com/articles_x4h8da.html#respond Wed, 22 May 2019 07:53:00 +0800 In its most basic sense, exposure therapy is exactly that, the intentional, voluntary introduction (exposure) of what is known to evoke anxiety.
This can be done in the imagination or in real life.
Both can also be done step-by-step or all-at-once.
A treatment program typically incorporates a personalized combination of all of these.
It is a solidly researched, effective treatment for anxiety.
However, it should be used with care.
Because it is about the last thing an anxiety sufferer would want to do, some explanation for why it works is really important.
While not a complete explanation, here are some of the reasons for its effectiveness.
  1. As you expose yourself voluntarily, (it must be voluntary-that is absolutely crucial) your sense of control, courage and strength increases.
    You may be beating yourself up because of the fear.
    Now you are starting to face it.
    You will start to believe you can bear it, you can take it, even to the point when you can invite it to get as intense as possible.
    You will think better of yourself.
    Only people with anxiety disorders can appreciate the personal power required to cope much less voluntarily evoke their fear.
    Frankly, you should be proud of bearing up under it, period.
    Voluntary exposure shifts power from the danger back to you.
    If you chose it, you are less afraid of it and more powerful.
  2. The longer you experience the anxiety or fear, the more you get used to it.
    This process is called habituation.
    Your body adapts, adjusts and assimilates what is happening.
    When I was a kid my dad would say, "Turn that racket down!" (Like you can turn down "Sweet Home Alabama.
    ") Somewhere in my 30's I realized what he meant.
    It hurts! Loud hurts! I go to a church with LOUD music.
    It hurts at first (they provide earplugs...
    seriously, they do.
    ) but after a couple minutes it hurts less, then even less until it is fine.
    The same thing happens with fear although it takes longer and maybe multiple exposures.
    Frequently, exposure is strengthened by pairing it with deep relaxation.
    As the feeling of fear decreases, your thoughts about the fear also drop in intensity.
  3. The longer the exposure, the more effective.
    In fact, it would be better to NOT do this than to expose yourself too briefly.
    This is because when you first start to expose yourself to the fear, the feeling of fear will increase.
    That is one of anxieties' most nefarious booby traps.
    (After all, you have been terrified of this for a long time).
    You have to voluntarily remain in the fear state long enough for your body to habituate.
    One thing that keeps people from getting over an anxiety disorder is that they are really determined to avoiding feeling anxious.
    So even though they are feeling anxious (involuntary exposure) internally they hate it, fight it, and desperately try to escape it (because the anxiety is heightened they might think of more scary things).
    Fighting it, resisting it, or anything that makes it involuntary WILL prevent exposure from working.
    But voluntary exposure that lasts long enough will cause the anxiety to decrease.
  4. Part of an anxiety disorder is the belief that you have lost control of yourself.
    In this case, the sense of loss is so extreme the thought of that feels intolerable.
    Everyone experiences some limitations or loss of control.
    Anxiety Disorders are different because of the incredible intensity.
    Exposure corrects this because you are choosing to feel the anxiety.
    If you chose it, you control it.
    It may take several times, but you will get control.
    The important conviction of thinking something and your body responding as expected is being restored.
    The more you do this and the longer you do this, the more control is restored.
  5. As you experience your fear by exposure it goes from what you have imagined will happen to the actual experience itself.
    It becomes more real.
    Real is easier to do something with as opposed to something imagined.
    It is difficult to know you can solve a problem if it is just a possibility.
    Instead of an evolving series of hypothetical problems, you start to shift from future-possible to present-here and now.
    Rather than a catalog of what could be it there is a natural elimination of illusory possibilities and you are left with only "what is.
  6. Marsha Linehan, a psychologist who studied suffering discovered that radical acceptance was crucial to facing major problems.
    What she found is that instead of acceptance people were protesting their problem.
    They hated that things were the way they were.
    She found that trauma or pain + protest (i.
    , the adamant refusal to accept) = suffering.
    Exposure helps with the healing process of acceptance.
    Rather than avoiding and hating your anxiety disorder, by deliberately chosing to experience it you begin to accept it.
    It is the admission that you have an anxiety disorder.
    It might be hard to believe but that can lead to its dissipation.
I almost want to attach the warning, "Do not do this at home if you have a significant anxiety problem!" Prior to this sort of exposure you have to make sure that you do not have any beliefs, assumptions or thinking patterns that would undermine progress.
If in the middle you think that you have lost control or believe it will just keep going ("What have I started!!") then you will subtly command your nervous system to do just that.
Even if you begin voluntarily, during the process if your belief switches such that it is now involuntary then your anxiety will get stronger instead of dissipating.
For example, let's say a person has a fear that they might harm someone else.
The exposure won't make that more likely (it really won't) but if during the exposure the person believes the scary thoughts without being able to challenge them, the exposure will have little or no effect and could actually set in motion increased anxiety (not violence, however).
Exposure is already part of any anxiety disorder or for that matter any worry at all.
Resisting it will increase your anxiety.
Learning to do this correctly is incredibly powerful.
Like all powerful treatments, you need to understand it before trying it out.
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Unknown Panic Attack Remedies https://www.feedsfund.com/articles_5ri7da.html https://www.feedsfund.com/articles_5ri7da.html#respond Wed, 22 May 2019 07:37:00 +0800 They constantly think about their next attack and the simple thought frightens them.
Instead of getting rid of the anxiety they increase its level by worrying about the next time an attack will hit them.
Their attitude is wrong.
They should stop thinking about their attacks all the time and they will be surprised to notice that their anxiety will go away if they ignore it.
An occupied mind is a sure way to not think about anxiety and panic.
Keep your mind busy all day long.
Distract your thoughts from your problems by doing something you enjoy.
Think about your hobbies.
You probably hadn't had time to spend on them.
Take one up right now, even if it's a sport, a passion for collectible items or something simpler like talking long walks or reading in the park.
Find out an activity that you enjoy doing in your spare time and do it as often as possible.
Do whatever it takes to keep you distracted for as long as possible.
Another remedy most people have no idea about is a healthy diet.
Though you are not seeing any obvious connection between anxiety and food I can guarantee you that it is.
There are foods that aggravate your anxiety and unfortunately, when we are feeling stressed we are more likely to make bad food choices.
Don't eat unhealthy foods, avoid junk food by all means and also watch out that you don't eat too much or too little.
Following those simple rules will give you de peace of mind you deserve.
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