The Worry Cure

If we want a life that is free from anxiety and panic, then we need a worry cure or to put it another way, we need to cure our self of worry and negativity. We need to become positive in our minds and understand that by fretting about things that happen in our lives will not change anything.

There are those people that what ever life throws at them, they do not let it have an affect on them. These people accept that what is happening or what has happened cannot now be changed and so they adapt and move on with a positive mind.

Then there are those people that worry about everything, if they are in a situation that is difficult they will worry about it, if they cannot afford to pay the bills this month, then they worry about it. These people get anxious and stressed about their situation and this is caused by the worry.

The worry, the anxiety and the stress will never change the situation, if anything it will make it worse and if we think about the law of attraction, then it will only amplify the situation and bring more of the same into our lives in the future, which of course will bring more worry, anxiety and stress, which can in turn lead to panic attacks.

It can become a constant cycle of worry causing anxiety and stress, which then fixes the thoughts on the negative, which will attract more of the same negative experiences, which cause worry, anxiety and stress and so it goes on. It is no wonder that panic attacks can develop.

So the stem of the problem can be in the mind, which is the most powerful thing in the world and it all starts with worry. This is why we need to work on the mind to relieve and cure our mind of negativity such as worry. Lets look at a simple example….

If my rent is due in a couple of days and I only have half the money I need available to pay it, will worrying about it actually change that situation, will I suddenly have enough money to pay my rent because I am worrying about not being able to pay it. I think you now the answer to that one, it is a definite NO.

Worrying about it and getting anxious and stressed about it will just occupy my mind with negativity, which basically stops me having the ability to deal with the situation with any real effect.

If I instead, forget about worry because I know that will not find me the money to pay my rent in full and think about the options that may be available to me, that will have a positive effect, then my mind will be free to find a solution. I might first of all inform my landlord that I have not got the full amount and that I will make up the difference as soon as possible.

Even if the landlord is not happy about the situation, at least I know I have dealt with that part of my problem and my whole thought can go into finding the solution to solve my rent problem. Because I act on my problem with a positive mind, I actually do have the chance to change the outcome of the situation, but worry does not have that kind of power it just paralyzes the creative mind.

The first step to getting rid of panic attacks and anxiety is in the mind and we first have to cure the worry that we let develop into stress and anxiety. By letting go of worry, we weaken stress and anxiety. We need to change the mind and make it a calmer more relaxed power that will create the outcomes that we want in our lives.

Panic Attack Control

Can we control panic attacks, well it is possible and there are a variety of ways that people come up with to attempt to keep control when the anxious panic strikes. I am going to share here a simple technique that anyone can try, it will work for some, but there are no promises that it will work for all people that suffer from panic attacks.

We all know that breathing is a vital part of our lives and breathing is important to anxiety and panic. There are techniques that will teach us to breath properly and practised over time will become our normal way of breathing. This can be a huge advantage to anyone that suffers from any kind of anxiety or panic disorder.

When we get anxious we all know that our breathing can become faster and shallow, we tend to open our mouths and try to take in more oxygen than we need to breathe normally. This will only feed the anxiety and can end up in aiding a full blown panic attack. We need to try and do the exact opposite with our breathing. So this particular breathing technique is a simple one to practise and can be used to calm us if we begin to feel anxious, by calming us we may then be able to avoid and oncoming attack.

The first thing to do is keep the mouth shut and this will limit the amount of oxygen that we take into our body. Then take in a deep long breath through the nose and hold it for a few seconds. Slowly exhale, again through the nose, hold for a few seconds and again inhale through the nose, repeat this for several minutes or for as long as you need to. This should keep the whole system down and thus avoid an attack.

As I have said this may not work for all, but it has worked for many including myself. If you cannot master it the first time, at least try and practise it as you will probably get the right results over time. The other alternative is to learn how to breathe properly, there are many that breathe from there chest instead of the belly. There are many different kinds of techniques that will help to master the right way to breathe.

If you know how to breathe right then you will have a great chance to avoid panic attacks and therefore live a better life.

The Panic And The anxiety Attack Symptom

The actual cause of the panic and anxiety attack symptom is our very own built in defence system, but this can, instead of acting as a defence when we need it to, become a regular unwanted reality. It can get out of hand and turn into what is known as generalized anxiety disorder or abbreviated to GAD. We all get anxious at times, whether it is daily, weekly or when ever, but some of us get swamped by this anxiety and this is when we create in our own lives generalized anxiety disorder.

This can lead to experiencing panic attacks, that seem to come out of no where and for anyone who has had a panic attack, will know how frightening they are, but I will not dwell on them in this article as there is plenty of insight into panic attacks on this website that you can study. What we are looking at here is why the symptoms that lead to anxiety and panic can become so frequent in our lives, to the point of controlling what we do and where we go.

All it takes is a trigger to set off what is normally our defence system, whether it is from a loss of a loved one or an unpleasant experience. It can be the result of being bullied, over time this can manifest anxious thoughts in our minds.

We all carry buried thoughts around in our minds, things we have masked over or put in a box and locked it, we may briefly revisit those thoughts from time to time but never let them take hold or if we are lucky we may have completely forgotten about them. So thoughts and emotions we could say are based on our past experiences and some of those thoughts and emotions we never want to experience again.

These can be revisited by the trigger, something that happens that stirs up old emotions can bring forward from that locked away thought box old anxious feelings, we may not even realize that this has happened. We may not have even been affected by these past feelings, but now many years later they make us anxious.

May be a certain trigger has brought forward emotions that we experienced in a past life. Don’t be crazy man, I hear you shout, okay this is not something I am going to go into in this article ( may be I will visit it in another article) as many people do not entertain that we may have lived before and will again, but how do we explain the fear or phobia of something we have never even experienced in this life, stop! Save it for another article.

Okay back to the point, so the trigger effect is what can bring old emotions that we had either forgotten about or pushed to the back of our mind to the front and opened them up, we may not even know this has happened, the mind is a very complex machine. We can then become anxious about things that have never bothered us before, we can worry, fret over silly things and panic about things beyond our control all these things stem from our minds thoughts and turn them into emotions of anxiety.

So it is us that creates this panic and anxiety in our lives, there is no one that creates it for us, it is all established in our minds, this may sound like a harsh reality, but it is not. The truth is that if we can create worry, panic and anxiety in our lives we can also reverse it and create calm and tranquillity in our lives. We are what we think and we can think what ever we want.

Therapy for anxiety is designed around our thought processes and delves into them to release these thoughts that are causing the panic and then it sets about repairing those thoughts and dealing with them to heal the our minds of anxiety and bring back calm to our lives.

Define Agoraphobia

We define agoraphobia as a fear of being in open spaces, crowded areas and public places, this phobia can bring on an anxiety or panic attack. The sufferer of this disorder can be frightened of getting into a situation that they have no control over or cannot escape and this is where their fear of large public areas stems from, this condition is inter-linked with anxiety and panic.

If its definition is to fear large public open spaces that are crowded, then it can be brought on by having a panic attack in such a place, a shopping mall for example. But if the fear already exists then the thought of going to the shopping mall may bring on anxiety and panic.

The sufferer will avoid such a place and in extreme cases can end up being confined to their own home. The home is the only familiar environment that they feel safe in and to venture out of this safe place would cause them to much panic and anxiety, they would not feel in control and therefore unable to deal with the unfamiliar surroundings.

In less extreme cases the sufferer may be fine to leave their home to go to work as their work place is familiar to them, the same may go for visiting family and friends, but asked to attend a social function would be to unfamiliar and they would probably decline.

So even if the sufferer is not actually confined to their own home, their life is still very much restricted to only familiar situations and places that they can cope with and feel in control of, they are not living their life to its full potential.

The cause of this condition is still unknown but as mentioned is linked to anxiety and it is all so said that more women seem to suffer than men, but this could be down to the fact that women are more likely to seek help through their Doctor than men, so there are more officially recorded cases from women than men.

The main desire of anyone that has suffered from agoraphobia and any other anxiety and panic disorder is to just feel normal and not be in turmoil with themselves, but these disorders have probably developed over a period of time and so cannot be cured instantly, any kind of therapy or thought training needs time to manifest into the sufferers mind and eventually become the normal thought process taking over from the old fearful thought processes.

The type of treatments that may be of help are of course medications, but these are only of short term help and will not be of a long term cure. A better treatment is therapy to help get to the bottom of the thought processes that are causing the condition, cognitive behavoir therapy concentrates on the irrational thoughts that cause this condition and have become our normal thoughts and work at correcting those thoughts to free the sufferer.

Therapy is not an overnight cure for this condition, but can have very positive results over time. Other treaments may include hypnotherapy, insight therapy and emotional freedom techniques.

Hypnosis And Panic Attacks

There are many treatments we can try out that may help us to overcome anxiety and panic, from breathing exercises to cognitive behavioral therapy, but what about hypnosis panic attack, can hypnotherapy cure our panic and anxiety disorders. It is certainly worth considering and certainly worthy of investigation.

The sufferer of the panic attack may well try anything to relieve their condition and as there are medications available for almost anything, it is perfectly acceptable to visit the Doctor and get some pills to stop the anxiety. But we know that these pills will not cure the episodes but merely suppress them by blocking certain receptors in our brain. So this is great we can get relief through pills to stop these frightening episodes, for now.

This will still leave us the task of dealing with our panic attacks long term, for medication is only a short term solution. We know that learning the art of meditation can help us to become a calmer more controlled person and in turn this can alleviate these episodes from our lives, as with breathing techniques, which can control our systems speed.

If we are calm then our breathing will be slow, if we are worked up then our breathing can be fast and short, so by learning techniques to control our breathing we can control our body and emotions. So meditation and breathing are a very valuable resource that we can call upon on a daily basis to keep us calm and free from anxiety and panic.

If we look at the origin of the anxiety and panic, we will realize that it is man made, we make our own panic in our own heads. Fears and panic are born in our subconscious mind and they will stay there comfortably eating away at us for as long as we let them or until our conscious mind decides enough is enough and finds a way to deal with them.

Cognitive behavioral therapy works at our fears and anxieties through accessing our mental thought processes and their perceptions, judgment and reasoning. This is a very effective way of changing our thought processes which are what feed the subconscious mind in the first place and give it the power control who we are and what we feel and experience.

So what about hypnotherapy, can it really help us to conquer panic and anxiety, well the answer is yes it can because hypnosis can plug straight into the subconscious mind, which is where these anxiety and panic attacks actually sit festering waiting to spring into action through the conscious mind.

As these conditions are created by our own power of thought, so they can be changed by our own power of thought, we can change our thought processes and smother the fear and anxiety through new more positive thoughts and this is why hypnotherapy can be so effective, because of its power to get to the root of the negative fearful thoughts and what may have started theses damaging thought paths in the first place.

By dealing with the origin of the problem we can solve the problem.

There are three options available on the hypnotherapy route, firstly we can get help through a professional hypnotherapist, which could well be the most effective method available to us, but also may be a limited resource depending on our financial situation.

Secondly invest in a self hypnosis program, which if it is a good quality program would have been recorded by a professional hypnotherapist, this way we will get the benefit of a professional but at a fraction of the cost.

Then we have the combination of the two, we could get a few sessions with a professional hypnotherapist and the move forward with a self hypnosis program, which we may be able to get from the same hypnotherapist of our few sessions. What ever we decide hypnosis is worth thinking about and is certainly worthy of more investigation.

What Happens After A Panic Attack

A panic attack can happen suddenly without warning, what ever you may be doing at the time, a panic attack will not wait for you to be ready for it. This is why the fear of having a panic attack can be more horrific than the attack itself. The thoughts of one happening while you are out shopping and being exposed for all to see or whilst you are driving, which could be potentially dangerous. These attacks of panic wait for no one and this can be the worse part of them, but there are the other elements to consider as well, the during and the after.

When a panic attack strikes there are things that happen to the body and mind, shortness of breath, the pounding of the heart and dizziness are just a few symptoms that the body may feel. The mind might become very confused, a feeling that you are going mad may come across you and the feeling that you are in real danger, like something terrible is going to happening to you. These are all uncontrollable feelings and symptoms that can come with a panic attack, but what happens after panic attack has finished taking hold of your body and mind.

During a panic attack apart from the few symptoms and feelings mentioned above (there can be many more), the body becomes very tense throughout the attack. The muscles are very tense during the attack and afterwards the muscles may feel weak, especially if the duration of the attack was for several minutes. Consciously tense as many muscles as you can in your body and it is hard to keep it up for more than thirty seconds, but during a panic attack these muscles are tense for the duration. So if the attack last for five, ten even fifteen minutes then you can imagine why the muscles feel so fatigued and weak afterwards.

These muscles being tense for several minutes will use a lot of energy. So the whole of the body physically can feel drained and very weak and this can leave the person who has suffered the panic attack feeling totally exhausted. Apart from this the overall temperature of the body will be higher as well and the person may feel extremely hot and out of breath. The natural thing to want to do afterwards is to rest so as to relax the muscles and calm the whole body down again.

The mind is going to feel some what exhausted as well, emotionally the mind has gone through lots of anxious and terrifying thoughts as mentioned above. Probably one of the main thoughts that the mind is left with is the fear of another attack. This can be an overwhelming fear that can begin to control certain aspects of the life of the person that has suffered the panic attack.

With such a fear cemented into the mind the person can start to avoid certain things in their life in case of suffering from another attack. This is especially true of the place that an attack has happened. If a person has suffered from an attack during a social event, then they might fear attending another social event and begin to avoid them in the future. This is why panic attacks can start to take over and restrict a person life and stop them from living a normal life.

Is There A Cure For Panic Attacks

Is there a cure for panic attack? Well that depends on what we define as a cure. In essence, yes panic attacks can be stopped, so therefore I guess can be cured. It is not a case of having an operation that will cure this condition and it is not as simple as taking a few pills that will clear up so therefore cure the condition.

There is not one particular method that can cure everyone that has had a panic attack. To start with it might be that you have only ever experienced one panic attack and may never go through the experience again, so this does not mean that you are suffering from any kind of panic disorder. It has to be determined first off whether or not a person is suffering from a panic or anxiety disorder and this will usually be diagnosed by a Doctor.

Once diagnosed there is not one single cause of this disorder that can be a blanket cause for all that suffer from it. Different people have different causes for this condition, so the underlying action that needs to be taken to deal with and work towards curing this condition may be different for each individual.

Medication can decrease panic attacks and are used a lot for doing just that, but they will not actually cure them, they only suppress the symptoms and chemically stop the emotions that may start a panic attack. There are several different types of medication used for helping relieve panic attacks and not all medications work for all individuals and this can result in a certain amount of trial and error before the Doctor and patient is happy with and can settle on one particular medication they feel is effective. There is also the stigma of possible side effects that go along with the use of medication and these can vary from person to person.

The best way to cure panic attack is to find out the primary cause of the attacks through therapy. Sometimes the combination of medication and therapy may be the way forward in the short term, but long term relief is to find the real cause behind the panic.

The only real way to cure panic attacks for good is to get to the root of what it is that causes the anxiety and panic in the individual that brings on the attack in the first place. As said this is best done through therapy and there are several different types of therapy that can help with this task.

Cognitive Behavioural therapy is a method that can be of great help and actually work towards changing the pattern of thought that triggers the panic in the first place. This can be effective in the realisation that the thoughts of panic are totally irrational and can take the fear associated with the attacks away and if the fear has gone then theoretically the attacks themselves diminish.

Understanding Panic And Anxiety Disorder

There are none of us that are not immune from anxiety and panic disorder. They can effect anyone at any time and there is said to be around as much as 10% of the population that can suffer from some kind of disorder regarding panic or anxiety. There are a million and one things that can cause anxiety or panic in everyday life.

There are many forms of anxiety and it comes in many different levels. But it can effect most people at some time in their life, from children to adults there are not many that don’t get anxious about something that shows up in their life, whether it be a one off or something more regular. The other end of the scale is the full blown panic attack that can install an incredible amount of fear into an individual. There is also the mild anxiety that can develop into the full blown panic attack.

Just because one might feel anxious about something in their life or has the unfortunate episode of experiencing a panic attack, does not mean that they have a disorder relating to anxiety or panic. These disorders are normally grown out of the consistent feeling or repeated pattern of anxiety or panic that are left to fester and develop into a disorder. If dealt with and rationalised early on then they can be stopped in their tracks before they reach a disorder level.

There is many things that can cause a mild anxiety or panic in almost every person, these things will differ from person to person, but we all have something that we are not comfortable with doing so cause us anxiety or panic. These things can start early in our lives, in our school days we may find it very difficult to deal with the pressure of an exam, the feelings we experience as the exam draws ever closer are anxiety and panic. The same goes for other things that we may have to perform or deal with in our lives such as our driving test or speaking in public, these kind of things can all cause different levels of anxiety or panic.

Think of a pop star, there are many that get so nervous about going out on stage and performing that some have been known to be physically sick just before they reach the stage, this is panic brought on by anxious thoughts. Then there are those that can’t wait and are not fazed by performing at all, but just can’t wait to get on stage.

We are all different and we all get anxious or panic about different kinds of things and the level of panic within in us differs just as much. I might have to perform a certain thing in my life on a regular basis and although I might panic about it every time I have to do it, this does not mean my anxiety or panic will ever develop into a full blown panic attack. But there are others that will have to stop doing whatever it is that causes them to feel anxious because they just can’t deal with the level of panic that it causes them and it may even develop into a full blown panic attack if they have to perform it ever again.

We all differ in this life as does the level of anxiety and panic that we experience, but we all get or feel anxious at some time in our lives. It is only when those feelings start to effect the way we live our life that we can possibly put them in the bracket of a disorder.

Panic Attacks During Sleep

There is another type of panic attack that can be experienced and possibly seen as more fearful. It is not only during our waking hours that we can experience panic attacks, there is such a thing as sleep panic attacks. These are known as nocturnal panic attacks and carry the same symptoms and fear as the attacks that are experienced during waking hours.

A lot of people suffer from some kind of sleeping problems, whether it be insomnia or just irregular or interrupted sleep. These are both problems associated with our sleeping hours and can be very frustrating and leave us feeling drowsy or totally worn out during the daytime. But when it comes to nocturnal panic attacks these can be as severe as daytime panic attacks.

The same symptoms can apply such as shortness of breath, racing heart and the fear of dying. Waking up to these feelings can be very distressing and then even after recovering and calming down, it can take a long time to be able to get back to sleep again, if at all. The fear that another attack may happen when our eyes shut can be enough of a reason to stop us getting back to sleep.

It is still unknown what causes nocturnal panic attacks and there are many theories, it could be possible that they are connected with our daytime activities and the anxiety that these may have caused us, but it may certainly be our thoughts is the place that they are triggered from and this runs true for all panic and anxiety. It is said that around half if not more of people that suffer from daytime panic attacks have also experienced panic attacks in their sleep. There is a worrying underlining effect of these panic attacks that happen during sleep and this is that the person who is suffering them can develop a fear of going to sleep.

Although only ten percent of all panic attacks are sleep related attacks the fear of going to sleep can still develop and this can cause many problems in a persons life because without proper restful sleep we do not function as well as we should. Medical research shows that panic attacks during our sleep do not occur as a result of our dreams, as these attacks happen during the early stage of our sleeping patterns and before we get into the dream stage.

The easiest way to treat nocturnal panic attacks is through medication as with daytime attacks, but this is only a short term solution and will not stop the attacks long term. Therapy is the only real way to get to the cause of panic attacks. Relaxation and calming techniques are also a effective way of helping to reduce panic attacks whether daytime or night time related and can lead to their demise long term.

What Is Social Anxiety

Social anxiety is a fear of social situations and can cause the sufferer much distress, it is also known as social phobia. It is an inability to function normally in some everyday situations, it can be linked or its root can develop from being shy or from an incident that may have happened years previous. Some of the symptoms are blushing, stammering, sweating and trembling. The anxiety that is experienced by the sufferer can lead to a full blown panic attack.

Here is a little test called ‘the social anxiety test’, a simple test that anyone can do themselves to see if they think they may be suffering from this condition. It is based on answering some simple questions, which are as follows:

Do you fear social situations where you feel you may be judge by others.
Do you decline to take part in social activities through fear of embarrassment.
Do you find that when in a social situation that you sweat, tremble, blush or stammer.
Do you always feel anxious when in a social situation.
Do you feel that it interferes with your daily life.

There are a lot more questions that can be asked and would be by a professional, but this is just a simple test that will give you an idea of whether you should seek further help through a Doctor. If you answered yes to all the above questions then it would be beneficial to get further help through your Doctor who may well refer you to a specialist in this field.

There are many reasons that can play their part in the development of anxiety in social situations and often it can be from a childhood social activity or school where a comment may have been made or you may have been made fun of for some reason, kids tease and make fun of each other all the time, but some kids are more sensitive than others and an incident in childhood can travel with a person into adulthood and end up causing some form of anxiety.

Although the person may know that their fear of social situations is totally irrational and unreasonable they seem to be powerless in stopping the fear. This is why it is important to get help as it can effect all parts of their life from simple daily routines to their working life. The sad thing about this condition or phobia is that many people that suffer from it continue to do so for many years rather than seek help, they just suffer in silence. Therapy again is probably the most effective remedy for this condition, getting to the root of the problem is the only way to overcome this anxiety.