How does one go about dealing with anxiety?
The initial point you have to realise is that anxiety is an emotion . You are not really battling the emotion, to do so would be unreasonable and difficult. What you are actually dealing with is the issues that cause you to get overwhelmed by the anxiety.
You see anxiety is incredibly healthy and beneficial. In our past anxiety has been used to let us escape from danger, however circumstances for humanity have evolved drastically in a short space of time and our brains havent been ready to keep up with everything.
So the first step in fighting anxiety is to work out what is inducing the overwhelm. Is it people/places/things? Is it situations or events?
Once you have worked out just what is triggering it you have to look at exactly where the initial trigger is thats producing the trouble, the place where the negative feelings are beginning to form. Is it months before when you think about it? Is it right in the moment when you are challenged? (Typically this previous one is the most preferred answer however its seldom correct, usually when you are right in the moment is the point when you face having a panic attack).
OK so youve worked out whats the first trigger, now is there anything you can do to get past or avoid that trigger completely? Is there anyway you can practice this part of the situation so that in the future you will be far more confident in dealing with it.
Personally I find that if you look at the values you have about yourself in that instant and find a way to change those, that is the most successful method. You see personal beliefs are the human minds way of filtering the world around it, if you change the filter you change the fundamental building blocks that make your problem a problem.
This advice is from my own personal experience and should not be taken as medical advice. Advice should always be sought from a doctor first.
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