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RELAXATION IS A HELPFUL TOOL IN CONTROLLING ANXIETY AND PANIC ATTACKS
By: Michael Smallwood ©

A never-ending nightmlare is often the best way to describe the daily life of an anxiety or panic disorder sufferer, as they live in constant fear and uncertainty as to when the next attack will come or how strong it will be this time around. An anxiety or panic attack overwhelms your nervous system, and causes you to have a sense of confusion; leaving you disconnected from the world around you, as irrational thoughts and fears forces you to loose all self-control of your emotions. By learning how to control your emotions with various relaxation self-help techniques, you will be able to bring yourself some relief and control over your disorder; that sometimes is hard to come by simply depending on medications alone.

Many relaxation programs are available to help you find relief from anxiety and panic disorder, disruptive affect on your life. Methods that have been effective relaxation techniques range from meditation, hypnosis, and visualizing to the more common and simple deep breathing with sounds relaxation exercise that you can do anytime from the comfort of your home.

Non-spiritual meditation, can assist you in learning how to focus your thoughts on your breathing instead of your disorder’s symptoms .By concentrating more on your breathing, you will be able to distract your mind even if for a moment, away from the attack, giving you a chance to regain control of the situation.

Hypnosis is sometimes used when sufferers cannot find the confidence hidden inside them, that they can overcome and manage their irrational fears that trigger panic attacks. With anxiety attacks, having positive self-confidence will give you reassurance that you can face and get through any situation.

Visualization works in a similar manner of meditation, by using a voice tape or your own imagination to describe a peaceful and pleasant place to focus on. Again, the goal is to distract your focus away from your disorder and on to something more relaxing. As you visualize what ever you like, you will start to notice that your breathing is more relaxed, muscles are not as tense and your blood pressure is returning to a normal level. All of these emotional effects contribute to the overall force of an attack.

All of these while different methods, all have a similar goal in giving you skills to help you relax and to have confidence in your abilities to face any attack without first becoming overwhelmed.

A common and simple to do relaxation exercise is simply to close your eyes, turn on some soothing music while taking slow deep breaths. This method does the same thing as the other techniques mentioned before, helping you learn how to relax your emotions with deep breathing and thought distraction through the soothing music.

Facing anxiety and panic attacks everyday can be overwhelming at times, using any form of self-help techniques along with any medications that you are taking; is an effective combination for bringing you relief and freedom from anxiety or panic disorder’s grip on your life.

Michael Smallwood is a freelance writer, specializing in but not limited to anxiety and panic disorder self-help recovery. He also suffered from anxiety and panic disorder for 15 years, before finding relief through self-help techniques supported by medication. You can contact him for questions, comments, or assignment inquires by e-mail. Michael_Smallwood@Hotmail.com

       
     


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