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There are moments in a person’s life that just leads him to feel overpowered by an uncontrollable fear of something that hinders him to do what he is supposed to do. He is then led to worry too much, lose focus and concentration, and leave him immobile for a certain instance.

These moments are things that cause panic (uncontrolled fear) and anxiety (over-worrying).

These moments cannot be totally removed from the human way of living, but there sure are ways on how to avoid experiencing panic and anxiety in these situations by following some lifestyle changes.

Here are some tips to follow to avoid panic and anxiety attacks.

1. See a doctor for anti-depressants or anti-anxiety Prescription drugs.

Medicines are proven effective in preventing anxiety and panic attacks by calming the nervous system. Unnecessary worrying or fear is minimized this way.

However, some medicines have side effects too, so it is best to consult with a doctor first to find out what is best for you.

2. Know more about panic and anxiety.

The best way to fight anxiety and panic is to know more about it. There are a lot of references available online. Here are some of the things that you need to know.

-What is anxiety and panic? What are the symptoms?

Most people try to deny what they are going through because of wrong notions about panic and anxiety. But the more you know about the attacks, the easier it is for you to get past the denial stage. And the more you accept things as they are, the easier it will be to address them properly.

-What are the remedies?

With these facts, you will be more informed when you consult with a doctor. You will also understand more about what the doctor will be telling you. In that way, it will be easier for you to know the pros and cons of the remedies.

3. Seek help.

Some people prefer to keep these problems to themselves, thus making the situation more complicated.

You may be able to push yourself through the anxiety and panic attacks a day at a time. But if you are seeking for a long-term solution, you need to ask for help.

Here are some of the persons that can help you overcome panic and stress attack.

-A Doctor
-Support Groups
-A close friend
-A guidance councilor

4.You must cope with stress by changing your lifestyle.

Some lifestyle modifications must be made to avoid panic and anxiety attacks:

-Find ways to relax

You must adopt physical and mental activities to release tension. You can try doing yoga, pilates, regular exercises, muscle contractions, and simple deep breathing.

-Get ample sleep

Sleeping is the best and easiest way to prevent build-up of tension.

-Avoid alcohol and caffeine

These things will just make things worse. Instead of relaxing, or giving focus, they will just add up to the tension build-up.

-Control and confront

You cannot live your whole life running away from things that give you fear or worry. In the process of learning how to control your worry and confronting the issues, you must equip yourself with a stronger personality that will overcome panic and anxiety attacks.

These things will help you cope up with anxiety and panic attacks. Follow the tips and start looking at things positively; and surely, panic and anxiety threats will be part of history.

Abbas Abedi
http://www.articlesbase.com/stress-management-articles/four-immediately-applicable-tips-to-avoid-panic-and-anxiety-51874.html

Irrational fears left to themselves seem to take on a life of their own. Although the symptoms of a panic attack can be simulated by some of our so-called entertainment available today, uncontrolled attacks of panic can have serious consequences in your life. From a layman’s perspective, a panic attack is they want like an adrenaline rush.

It’s like the feelings you get while watching a very suspenseful movie. The modern genre of horror motion pictures like Hostel, the SAW series, Jason and the Halloween movies also can work one into a heightened state of agitation.

Well, watching the suspense and horror movies, many people experience, shaking her trembling inside, hyperventilation, racing heartbeat and stomach churning. These are all symptoms very similar to a panic attack

One of the most diagnosed types of anxiety disorder/panic attacks is that of agoraphobia. This is an unnatural fear to venture out into public, which in turn can limit your ability to function. Imagine not being able to take a walk in your own neighborhood for fear that you may need to interact with a neighbor or passerby. The inability to interact with people in public situations due to panic attacks fear may limit a person with agoraphobia to the point where their career, if they have one, can be compromised.

Less severe cases of agoraphobia have been known to limit careers in the business world. The ability to interact with people is key to many successful in high-paying careers. A person suffering with agoraphobia however may be so terrified at the thought of dealing with the public that they are unable to successfully complete any work that takes interaction with others.

The fear of public speaking can also be part of this panic disorder. For many, just a thought of doing a simple business presentation can trigger a debilitating panic attack. This fear of public speaking is very real and affects many people. As a form of agoraphobia, depending on the severity it can also limit one’s career. Imagine not being able to attend business meetings for fear of having your ideas analyzed and criticized by others. For many, this is a natural part of a modern career, but for those suffering with panic attack disorders it can become terrifying. This fear of public speaking can be so great that some are unable to deliver even a basic business presentation in front of colleagues.

And in the ability to present your ideas can have serious implications for your career success. It’s no secret that people who are noticed end up promoted and move up the ladder. The best opportunity to be seen by supervisors however is to nurture opportunities to give public presentations of your ideas and completed work reports at executive meetings. Without this visibility you can expect fewer promotions.

While people claim that there is little a person can do when panic attack symptoms strike, panic and anxiety has been successfully treated with anti-anxiety medications and psychological counseling. With the help of a qualified psychological counselor, strategies can be developed to minimize the effects of a panic attack.

If you find yourself fearful or having anxiety about the thought of delivering a business proposal or presentation at a meeting you should consider getting help before this problem affects your career

Abigail Franks
http://www.articlesbase.com/health-articles/panic-attacks-can-limit-or-destroy-your-career-82546.html

Some women are more sensitive to hormonal fluctuations than others. For many women, anxiety issues appear for the first time during periods of hormonal change. For other women, hormonal changes intensify previously existing anxiety symptoms. 

Anxiety is one of the most common symptoms of Pre-Menstrual Syndrome (PMS), post-childbirth, and perimenopause (the period of time before the onset of menopause). It may take the form of panic attacks, nervousness, sweating, intense fear, anxiety combined with depression, or other overwhelming symptoms. 

Here are several periods of hormonal change that can intensify or trigger anxiety in women. 

Puberty — Developing girls experience hormonal changes as they prepare to begin their reproductive years. 

Monthly menstrual cycle — Often girls and women experience PMS the week before their period. 

Following childbirth — The severe drop in certain hormones following childbirth can cause dramatic physical symptoms and a temporary feeling of depression or anxiety; in some women, it is prolonged.

Perimenopause — Perimenopause is the period of time when the body is approaching menopause. It may last from two to ten years. During this time the menstrual cycle becomes irregular as the hormone levels keep fluctuating, causing some women to experience PMS-like symptoms.

Although many of us may use the term “going through menopause” to describe this period of time, it is actually called perimenopause. Many women experience panic attacks for the first time during perimenopause. Other symptoms such as insomnia, hot flashes, rapid heartbeat, and sweating are also common. 

With surgical menopause (hysterectomy), you’ll likely experience perimenopausal symptoms after the surgery, even if you did not experience symptoms prior to surgery. Symptoms can be prolonged and are due to the dramatic and sudden decrease of certain hormones as a result of the hysterectomy.  

In non-surgical circumstances, menopause occurs after a woman has no periods for twelve consecutive months. It lasts only one day. Many women report feeling better than ever mentally and physically after menopause, due to the fact that hormone levels stabilize.

Hormonal Change Triggers the Fight Or Flight Response

Due to the fact that hormonal change causes physical and psychological stress, it triggers our “fight or flight” response. The fight or flight response is the body’s inborn, self-protective response to perceived danger. 

When we perceive that we are under stress, our bodies send out a rush of cortisol, adrenaline, and other brain chemicals to prepare us to “fight” or “flee” the danger. 

The fight or flight response triggers the physiological changes that we associate with anxiety, such as rapid heartbeat, increased blood pressure, sweating, muscle tension, narrowed mental focus, heightened emotion, and many other symptoms. 

These are the same physical sensations that many women experience when their hormone levels fluctuate. In other words, most of the symptoms women experience during times of hormonal change are really fight or flight reactions. While these physical sensations are not dangerous, they can be very intense and overwhelming.

Our fight or flight response mechanism can become “hypersensitive” with the various hormonal changes in our bodies that take place from puberty to menopause. Many of us are in a constant state of stress due to our lifestyle and thought patterns, which also causes hypersensitivity.

In other words, our bodies may be stuck in the “on” switch of fight or flight. What normally wouldn’t trigger symptoms, now initiates symptoms and perpetuates an ongoing cycle. 

Fight or flight reactions in and of themselves are harmless. However, when our thoughts convince our rational minds that these symptoms are scary and dangerous, we create an anxiety cycle.

Anxiety consists of more than fight or flight reactions acting by themselves. Unproductive thoughts play a critical role in creating and perpetuating the anxiety we experience.

 

Our thoughts convert fight or flight reactions into anxiety, and a self-perpetuating cycle begins. Soon we find ourselves limiting our behaviors because of anxiety as well, which further entrenches the vicious cycle.

When a person is under stress, unresolved emotions and issues commonly come to the forefront. Because hormonal change is a major stressor, it can bring up internal conflicts and self-doubt in many areas of our lives. All of a sudden, we may find that the negative self-talk that we successfully pushed to the background of our lives during less stressful times is now playing center stage. 

During periods of hormonal change, we may also feel uncertain about our changing roles (e.g. maturing from girl to woman, becoming a mother, becoming a mature woman past childbearing years), which can add to our internal conflict. 

When we fail to successfully resolve internal conflicts and the unhelpful thought patterns that contribute to them, we create a breeding ground for anxiety. Combined with fight or flight symptoms, it’s no wonder that these unproductive thoughts create and perpetuate the anxiety cycle! 

What can you do if hormone-related anxiety affects you?

Here’s some great news! The same tools that you can use to overcome anxiety due to other reasons can help you to conquer anxiety related to hormonal changes too.

Research shows that cognitive-behavioral techniques that help you change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, lifestyle changes, relaxation techniques, and nutritional strategies (all found in our Conquer Anxiety Success Program) can help women dealing with hormonal changes.

These types of strategies not only help women regain a sense of control over their lives, but actually achieve improved physical and emotional well being! Here are a few tips to get you started:

– Focus on reducing preventable stress in your life that triggers the fight or flight response — stop the yo-yo dieting; increase sleep to eight or nine hours a night; exercise regularly; don’t skip meals; cut back on your frantic schedule; and decrease stimulants, such as caffeine. 

The body isn’t designed for constant stress. When we are bombarded with stress, our ability to cope can become overwhelmed because the elevation in stress hormones makes the fight or flight switch remain “on.”

– Learn how to train your body to respond differently to stress so that you can automatically turn the false alarm “off” when the fight or flight response is triggered. Relaxation techniques such as deep breathing, yoga, meditation, and progressive muscle relaxation can help you achieve this goal.  

– Most importantly, learn how to change how you think. Our thoughts are what convert the harmless fight or flight response into a vicious cycle of anxiety. Remember, just as our thoughts hold the key to creating anxiety, they also hold the key to eliminating it!

Deanne Repich
http://www.articlesbase.com/stress-management-articles/how-female-hormonal-changes-can-contribute-to-anxiety-and-panic-attacks-80950.html

When you are experiencing a panic attack, one of the most important things that you must attempt to do is to control your breathing. Although it is difficult and may not strike your mind at first to do so, it is extremely helpful in calming down your body as well as your emotions. All those who suffer from panic attacks will suffer from an increase of oxygen flow into their blood and thus making their heart work harder than normal. For such people, they must learn how to ‘breathe into their stomach’. It could save their lives.

Slow breathing into the stomach has shown good results in helping people halt panic attacks and prevent them from recurring.

Although it is a good technique for easing anxiety and panic, it can be quite difficult for a beginner to learn. People with malady like panic or anxiety always breathe into their chests. In addition, telling such people during a panic situation to try to breathe into their stomach could fuel the already tense situation. Instead, one must tell them to practice breathing into the stomach once they are back to a normal temper. The learning and practicing part is important so that whenever you have the next panic attack you can straightaway start breathing into your stomach.

Following are some tips that you might find useful in learning and application of breathing into your stomach.

1.Lie down on the bed with your chest facing upwards. Now place one of your hands firmly onto your stomach and the

other one lightly onto your stomach. Inhale heavily and try to concentrate only on allowing your stomach to fill with air and not your chest. The idea here is to make sure that maximum amount of air that you inhale goes into your stomach and minimum to the chest. The aim should be to breathe only six-eight times per minute. During the entire process, try to maintain a very relaxed state of mind and body, so that you do not feel anxious.

2.In case you still cannot do this try to use a weight a weight on your stomach. Use a book or anything between 4-6 pounds and repeat the process as stated above. Concentrate on allowing the weight rise when you take in air.

3.Well if even that does not work for you then try to get down on all four just like a cat. In such a position, the chest is, forcibly shut in one place and forces the stomach to suck in the air you breathe in. like both the above methods this one too should be done with very relaxed state of mind and body.

Try to do these for few minutes initially and then you can graduate to up to 15-20 minutes at a stretch. Once you have reached this level try to do it while sitting upright and then while standing and if possible even while you are walking.

After you master all of the techniques you should try to do this different situations like while sitting in your office or in your car etc. Such exercises will help you in coping much better in certain similar environments.

Conclusion

Though this is good technique and does not cause much strain, you should not try to go overboard or try to progress too quickly. Just do so gradually. Also, get a help from a friend or someone close by to help you while you are practicing. It helps to have someone else monitor your breathing and then commanding you to do it correctly.

Joshua Poon
http://www.articlesbase.com/non-fiction-articles/how-to-use-breathing-techniques-to-control-anxiety-and-panic-attacks-50283.html

Many people who suffer from panic attacks and other anxiety disorders are usually intellectually honest enough to admit that the fear or anxiety is irrational. This isn’t surprising as many of us can logically work through a behavior, admit that it’s not good for us but still continue to do that behavior.

Unlike many anxiety disorders, a panic attack seems to come on without provocation. That is, it appears not to be associated with any specific event or situation and also is characterized by physical symptoms.

You may have experienced a lot of these symptoms. If you enjoy watching a good suspense or horror movie. The tightness in your chest, difficulty breathing and the general feelings of suspense could all be considered part of panic. Panic attacks are very similar to an adrenaline rush that prepares your body for a fight or flight response. Your heart starts pounding, which increases the blood flow to your muscles, your feet and hands may start feeling numb, shaking her trembling, faster breathing delivers more oxygen into your lungs and there’s a general feeling of dread.

Other symptoms such as dizziness and choking can be physical responses to the increase in hormonal levels. Being flushed and feeling your heart pounding is normal when your heart is working harder.

Recognize that depending on the situation, these symptoms are quite normal. If you are in a serious or life-threatening situation, your body naturally kicks in, hormones such as adrenaline and epinephrine to prepare you for physical action that may be needed for your survival. These hormones can prepare you to either fight off or work through a dangerous situation or run from it.

The differences between a panic attack and the feelings you may have watching a suspenseful movie is one of severity and control. While at the movie theater if things become too intense, you simply close your eyes and look away and continue to stay in control. A person suffering a panic attack however, cannot control the severity of the feelings are physical symptoms.

To make matters even more complex, a panic attack can come on at any time and in any place. Imagine walking down to check your mail in getting this overwhelming sense of dread coupled with a very intense physical symptoms and there’s nothing you can do about it. This is the life of someone suffering with panic.

The good news is that panic attacks are seldom dangerous. It is important however that you obtain an accurate diagnosis of panic attacks, because the symptoms are very similar to several very deadly illnesses. This makes it critical that anyone suffering with panic be examined by a qualified medical professional to obtain an accurate diagnosis and eliminate possible physical reasons for the symptoms.

Abigail Franks
http://www.articlesbase.com/health-articles/imagine-the-terror-of-a-panic-attack-81836.html

Since panic and anxiety attacks “take over” the body they will often change an individual life and the way they live it forever. The effects of a anxiety disorder panic attack has on an individuals live, how to handle them and what the long term means will be discussed in this article.

The Basics of an Anxiety Disorder Panic Attack

The most objective world health sources state that 13% of the world’s population is affected by anxiety disorder. Panic attacks, fear disorders and sleep disorders are included in anxiety disorders. A difference of about two or three percent separates the amount of men and women who suffer from stress disorders. When the handling of life’s stressful situations isn’t enough to help the body adjust adequately then anxiety attacks appear. Normally these attacks are not random even though they appear to be. Normally they have clear cause which is stress even though they appear to be without cause.

If the suffer doesn’t do enough to prevent and handle the stress properly and allow other factors to interfere with their stress management then anxiety disorder panic attacks will continue to occur. Bigger problems can result from small problems such as poor diet, little to no exercise and insufficient stress relief. Treating the individual symptoms is the only way to treat anxiety attacks sufficiently. However, the symptoms are only the top layer, the essence of stress-related attacks are deeper.

Cures

Eliminating or handling the stress that you have are the ways to cure the panic attacks you suffer from. A key component to resting the body and helping it recover from the events of the day is getting proper sleep on a regular basis. To continue throughout the day and repair the cells, organisms and tissues the body needs nourishment through proper diet. To help rejuvenate your spirit and quiet your heart you should take private time to yourself. This is known to help people with their anxiety disorder panic attack and symptoms even though it is a philosophical point of view.

Long-term

A panic attack can generate long term stress related problems that are quite severe. The heart takes punishment first if anxiety attacks aren’t handled properly and other body organs will soon follow. Due to a lack of cellular support the brain dedicates energy elsewhere, the lungs work harder and the heart pumps faster. As opposed to being just about one organ or body system a panic attack is a multi-system attacker. A panic attack causes the body to take a lot of punishment because of the broad symptoms. Panic attacks will be a thing of the past for you and your family if you take care to live a low stress, healthy, balanced life now.

Bette Daoust
http://www.articlesbase.com/alternative-medicine-articles/important-information-about-the-effects-of-anxiety-disorder-panic-attack-68610.html

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