Anxiety is a disease of the mind and psyche. As someone who suffered from anxiety for many years, I feel uniquely qualified to share a technique that is extremely effective in disarming anxiety attacks and reframing personal paradigms. I call it Mind Shifting.

When I was at my worst, I struggled to complete everyday tasks like shopping for clothes and food, traveling, and participating in social interactions. At the heart of my anxiety were several striking (and completely irrational) fears. I was absolutely terrified that I would humiliate or endanger myself in someway. It was totally irrational considering the context of the situations which brought up this fear. I have since spoken with many people who suffer from anxiety or panic attacks and I have found that many of them share this same set of fears or ones similar to them.

Since I do not struggle with these irrational thoughts any longer, I thought it would be instructional to share how I overcame them. Here’s what I did. I realized that these fears in some way centered on the importance I was granting myself or another human being. What I discovered was that if I mentally reframed the consequence of myself and others I could alleviate the anxiety symptoms.

To do this I had to reconsider the idea that I was important or that the thoughts of others were important. I concluded that if I wasn’t as important as I thought it wouldn’t matter so much if something terrible happened to me. And I also concluded that if the judgments of others were in some way trivial it wouldn’t matter what they thought of me.

To achieve this I began to implement a visual construct to emphasize the minimal importance of any one human life. I mentally pictured a floating spot in space. Then, I imagined 6 lines, like laser beams, firing from this spot in all directions — up, down, left, right, forward and backward. These lines, from the second I imagined them, would fire out at the speed of light from the spot floating in space.

Because the universe is infinite these lines will travel forever in all directions. Never stopping. They will cover millions of miles per minute and will go on for billions and billions of years into perpetuity.

The sheer size of the universe made me and others feel momentarily small. Suddenly it was easy to think of these lines, going on ad infinitum, and not worry so much about if another thought I was foolish or if I was in imminent danger. Whenever my fears started to creep up on me, I pictured the spot in space, and I pictured the lines firing out in all directions. Suddenly, I felt right-sized again. I wasn’t preoccupied with the trivial things that I used to obsess about. I felt freedom.

That’s the Mind Shift technique.

?Maybe you are one of the thousands of people who suffer from Emetophobia. You constantly worry about being sick and you start to alter your life to make sure that you avoid being sick at all costs. Obviously this is not the way to live and natural response to feeling this way is to seek medical help to control this phobia.

One of the first places that somebody with Emetophobia will go is to their doctor’s surgery. Here they may be prescribed anti anxiety drugs, medication for depression or even tablets to reduce the feeling of sickness. Whilst these drugs may work they are only covering up the underlying phobia and they are also very expensive to buy.

Other people may look towards the help of a trained therapist who deals with people with phobias. Once again this way of treating a phobia such as Emetophobia is very costly and the majority of people require several sessions for this to work properly.

If you do not want to rely on drugs or therapy to help you with your phobia or simply cannot afford to do so, there is a way to treat your condition. The Emetophobia Eraser could be just what you are looking for.

Comprising of a set of CDs and a manual the Emetophobia Eraser helps people to cure their phobia in around two months. There is no trickery involved, just simple neuro linguistic programming which helps a sufferer to understand their phobia and deal with it in a rational and reasonable way. In no time at all a sufferer will start to lose their fear of being sick and will begin to enjoy life once again. Anyone who suffers from this phobia can benefit from using the Emetophobia Eraser, so why not try it out for yourself and see why it is helping thousands of people.

When one is under a lot of fear about something that can not be controlled at the moment or within a known timeframe, one is prone to develop anxiety.

Anxiety is that state of uneasiness and apprehension about future uncertainties. It can cause a lot of discomfort and possibly even leading to stress. However one can learn ways on how to prevent anxiety attacks and possibly learn how to control them.

Anxiety is just a feeling that something is wrong and needs to be fixed. Most of us are used to the idea of taking it negatively as fear and not find constructive ways to handle it. In order to prevent anxiety attacks one needs to understand clearly the situation causing him or her to have such a state.

In simple terms anxiety is caused by only two factors namely a loss and low confidence. There is a greater insight into this and a whole lot to learn to cure anxiety attacks. But there is always a first step in anything.

Simple tips to prevent anxiety attacks:

1. When you are anxious stop for a while and think about what is the cause, allow yourself to feel anxious but don’t make the final decision just yet

2. Afterward think about all the resources you have at your disposal to tackle the situation, if it something that can be done within the time frame do it, if it is something requiring you to have an extra knowledge then go get it first– in short if you find that you lack any proper resources to handle the situation then don’t make any decisions that you are going to regret later, instead make an effort to acquire such resources and learn from them.

3. Once you have all the resources you need then use them to make constructive decisions.

4. Finally learn from the situation and find ways to ensure you completely prevent it next time.

A Panic attack is the result of high anxiety.

Anxiety could be termed as state of apprehension or fear arising from the anticipation of real or imagined threat or situation.

If you look at it very carefully, a panic attack is not so bad. It reflects the fight or flight inbuilt in our system.  It tells us that once we enter in the danger zone our body is prepared to fight it.

Do you know, it is very rare that somebody dies of a panic attack?

However, the situation and the response of the individual, makes it dreadful. Typically, in a panic attack situation, the individual freezes and is unable to take any action.

This common perceived attribute of panic attack makes it very scary for the people and they literally want to run away from the situation. This is the number one reason why a panic attack is never resolved or cured.

Let us say you dread a panic attack, stuck in your car in the middle of the traffic and no body to rescue you. The mere thinking of such a situation, most of the times cause your heart to beat fast or your stomach becomes tight. You kept on avoiding the situation and in the process never stopped or cured your panic attack.

Coping with panic attack is not about only going on drug-based medications. They only give temporary relief. They never give you the permanent solution. Typically, it makes you feel calm in the panic attack situation.  To add to this problem, in long run, it may cause you nausea and some times sleeping problems.

For Curing Panic attack many specialist recommend to concentrate on your breathing. This technique only works, when the aggrieved person has a presence of mind to apply the technique when he is in a panic attack situation.

Neurological disorders are often prescribed anti-psychotic medications. These can have negative side effects and interactions with other vitamins or medications you are on.There are a myriad of certain movement disorders that can be caused by exposure to anti-psychotic medications. These movements are involuntary, meaning that people cannot control them, and they are potentially irreversible.

When faced with the prospect that you will need medication a lot of different things need to be considered and a doctor should always know as much about your condition as possible. This means Patients and Family members need to know, at the very least some of the fundamentals. Education is very important for evaluating the effects of how the medicine is affecting your behavior. You, yourself may not always be aware of it and early detection is an excellent key in preventing permanent damage to you and your body, including your brain.

The anxiety is the cause of the panic, at least it is for me. Education is very important, but knowing your self in light of what books and doctors say, is vital and it should be you, ultimately making the decision about your treatment. Or someone you choose, that you trust would make the best decision for you. Always keep in mind there are other options. Plus, different variations and combinations of options being used in different ways. You will eventually find what is best and makes you the most comfortable. Medications can be a good thing and it could be a bad thing. How you choose to use it should always be the better thing.

Anxiety and panic attacks as well as depression are considered neurological disorders and these, neurological disorders, are often prescribed anti-psychotic medications as treatment. These can have negative side effects and interactions with other medications you are on. There are a few very serious problems that my develop as a result of long term use of medications. These are serious conditions that the patient would be at risk of and I believe should know about.

Disorders like Tardive Dyskinesia, which is a movement disorder that can be caused by exposure to anti-psychotic medications. This disorder results in symptoms ranging from twitching, tremors, muscle rigidity, and extreme clenching of the teeth. Also producing another condition called Akathisis, where a person will pace and shuffle their feet and other undesired behavior can all be caused by long-term use of antipsychotic medications. The longer periods of higher doses of regular daily use of these medication put you at a higher risk. Basically, the longer your on the medication the more likely you are to develop these kinds of side-effects.

In most cases, anti-psychotic medications should be taken when prescribed by a doctor. However, new research suggests that perhaps anxiety and panic attacks may require different treatments and medications altogether.

This is a very important factor in my opinion and if anyone that can, should by all means avoid taking medication.Yet, If it is necessary you should take as prescribed by your doctor but suggest to him/her that you want to try to use as little as possible. Also while on it work through therapy as much and you can, so you can try and get off the medication as soon as possible. This damage is significant and can be permanent. Not all anti-psychotic medicine are guilty of causing these side affects but of other side effects less serious. Still, There is no known treatment for or cure for Tardive Diskinesia and the the undesired affects tend to be permanent.

The risk of Tardive Dyskinesia may be increased by the length of time the person was taking the antipsychotic medication and to how high the dosage. These factors and whole lot more potentially increase the likelihood of future outbreaks of twitching, shaking, involuntarily spasm that last for any given period of time. These symptom are highly suggestive of Parkinsons’ disease and people commonly make that mistake.

There have been some recent changes in some of these medications due to these very circumstances. They have made many improvements and changed the way they prescribed those medications in order to prevent or stop anxiety and panic attacks.

There are always more and more, newer medications being made each and every year. However, this is my point. We should not rely totally on medications alone. We must learn to combine them not use them as just one singular element of our treatment. But use many different treatments and in many different ways. Ultimately, gearing our goal towards making our solution natural and medication free.

Beliefs are ideas that you accept to be true and these beliefs have emotions attached to them. A belief that you are in danger will trigger an emotion called fear. The emotion is supposed to alert you to the dangerous event that you can then react to releasing the fear when the danger has passed. This is the natural process and flow of the emotions and how they work.

Within anxiety you are have the same process going on, an association of beliefs and responding emotions however within anxiety the ‘danger’ tends to be a response to ‘past experiences, or.perceived experiences’ rather than real life ones. Even within the real life experience the emotions within anxiety are distorted to include more fear than appropriate.

An example of which could be a person giving a speech in the future may get so anxious before the speech about what people will think they are unable to perform: this example shows a person thinking about what will or could happen in the future and reacting to it in the present. This person who is anxious at the thought of giving a speech might also simply have seen others struggle in the past and place their own experiences in light of a past idea, in the present.

There are 2 simple but effective ways to start managing the emotions when you are feeling anxious can be to bring yourself right into the moment and to obscure past and future beliefs.

1. Ask yourself if you are really in danger or not? By bringing yourself into the moment and asking this simple question you release much of the fearful connection to the emotions, releasing the anxious feeling.

2. Imagine that you have already achieved what you want, imagine yourself having done the very thing that scares you and imagine how it will feel 15 after having achieved your goal.

Both of these short steps can short circuit the anxious feelings and bring back to relaxation. To fully understand how to cure anxiety please explore your ability to change your beliefs and ideas.

Severe anxiety disorder,  victims are people  in my books that should be labeled courageous, not weak and pathetic. The thing that annoys me is someone who has never had the frightening experience can be so quick to judge an anxious person in way they do. They often think you’re just weird or unusual. You need to read this article and start thinking about your self in a whole different way, do not for one moment think you’re weak. I will point out why you should hold your head high.

Never think your weak just because you have severe anxiety disorder!

Majority of the time it is quite difficult for an outsider to image someone could even fear something as simple as an every day task. Panic attacks sneak up so quickly, and they usually happen in an instant without any warning, and this can happens to any most normal person.

You could be a normal happy person today then tomorrow this may be a whole different ball game, panic takes over your thoughts like a house invader whilst you sleep. It starts to take your control away. It can make you fearful of the things you have always taken for granted, going to BBQ s, visiting a shopping mall, even taking a short drive in a car.

Never think you are weird because you suffer from severe anxiety disorder!

The horrible thing about this is, you quickly start to begin to loose all faith in your own capabilities, you find your self frightened in situations that are so familiar to you it is ridiculous for you to even think about being scared. Unfortunately you then tend not go out as much, this is a protection thing so you do not have to face the fear of having an attack. Very depressing.

Do you actually know that severe anxiety disorder victims do the bravest things every day?

You rise every morning and get on with your day, you get up and dust your self off after every set back, and you continue to face the fear on a regular bases. You actually deserve an award for that effort. Many severe anxiety disorder victims fail, not once, but dozens of times daily, weekly, monthly, but you still continue you battle through, this makes you a very big winner.

The good news is there is light at the end of every tunnel for severe anxiety  disorder sufferers!

I will be completely honest here, the hardest challenge I have ever had to face was the 13 years of fear I went through, but the biggest reward for me was, after I learned how to over come sever anxiety disorder, I then gained more confidence then ever before. There has been so many great opportunities and doors have opened up every where.

So for me it has been a blessing in disguise having been a victim to severe anxiety disorder, I personally do not regret a thing, the end result is all that matters and mine has been a good, no a great one.

Severe anxiety disorder can happen to any one do not think you are invincible!

Are you experiencing panic attack or anxiety attack In this article I am going to give you some information about these disorders as well as ways you can use to eliminate them.

A panic attack or anxiety attack has a lot in common with post traumatic stress reactions. If you have ever experienced one of these attacks you would probably rate it as one of the scariest things you have ever experienced. They are so scary that most people actually believe that they are dying during the attack. Many visit the doctor afterwards thinking that there is something seriously wrong with them, only to be told that they are perfectly healthy.

Because the experience is so traumatic it sticks vividly in your mind replaying itself over and over. This causes many people to avoid anything and everything that they think might set of an attack.

The key to overcoming these panic attack anxiety attack is to understand how they take hold. Once you do this you will lose your fear of them and will then be able to learn how to prevent them from ever happening again.

An attack will usually start with one of the following symptoms.

Palpitations or sensation of a pounding heart

Quick shallow breathing

Copious sweating

Sudden feeling of nausea and dry mouth

A sense of desperately needing to urinate of defecate

Sensations of shortness of breath smothering and choking

At this point most people will usually start panicking; they take huge gasps of air which is a very bad thing to do. Because we are taking in so much extra oxygen our bodies can’t process it properly and we start to hyperventilate, gasp and struggle to breath. Hyperventilation then causes the following to happen.

Imaginary chest pains

Trembling and shaking

Dizziness and faintness

A feeling of numbness or weakness

Difficulty speaking

What most people don’t realize is that all this would be over in moments if they just learned to relax. A panic attack or anxiety attack is just nature’s normal response to what it perceives as a strong emotional or physical threat. If left to its own devices it would burn out in just a few minutes. The reason why they get so bad is because our terrified thoughts and imaginings lead us to hyperventilate and thus increase and perpetuate the symptoms.

The key then to end these attacks is to say calm at all times, practice deep breathing and just relax. When you recognize the symptoms of an attack do not let your thoughts run wild bring them under control and tell yourself repeatedly that you are calm relaxed and under control. By doing all this you should be able to avoid most of your problems with anxiety, If you feel you need more help please visit my website where you can learn a state of the art method for eliminating anxiety forever.

When looking for information detailing how to cure panic attacks there are some definite facts that you are going to want to know about. When attempting to cure panic and anxiety attacks, the more you know about the issue and the conditions that can bring on the attacks, the better off you will be with coping with the condition and eventually curing your panic related issues. Let’s take a look at four things you absolutely must know in order to implement a cure for these attacks.

Information on how to cure panic attacks will often explain how panic and anxiety attacks are fear-oriented and related. Panic attacks can be brought on and instigated by phobias, excessive and obsessive worries both big and small, and by life stressors too. What you fear can indeed take hold of you and your emotions. You also need to know that you may develop o fear of the onset of these episodes; this fear is understood as anticipatory fear. Worrying about the prospect of having an attack can actually make them happen much like a self-fulfilling prophesy.

Panic Attacks are Short Lived

You should always keep in mind that these episodes will eventually subside. While you are working on finding ways for how to cure panic attacks, know that the attacks you are dealing with are transient. Try to remain confident in knowing that they are not going to control you or your life forever.

There is a Cure for Your Anxiety Related Issues

You can get your anxiety under control; this is a fact you will need to remain aware of; a combined method of using natural remedies, counseling, self talk techniques, exercise, and relaxation exercises is recommended. By using as many techniques as you can, you will eventually tap into methods that prove a cure for your anxiety related conditions.

Co-Existing Conditions Require Treatment

When seeking information on how to cure panic attacks, you may find that the attacks are sometimes accompanied by other conditions. Whether the condition is related to a phobia, to depression, to hormonal imbalances, or to life stressors, co-existing conditions will need to be addressed if you want to successfully manage panic attacks. You will need to explore the different aspects of your life, your environment, and your physical and mental health in order to implement a cure for anxiety that really works.

Are you plagued by asthma-liked symptoms even though you never had asthma throughout your life Sometimes the symptoms even escalate to hyperventilation

Does your mind run amok at times Thinking “what-if this happens” or “what-if that happens”

Or you feel the need to chain smoking and drinking excessive alcohol

These are just some of the symptoms that you are possibly affected with anxiety or panic attack.

What is anxiety Why did it occur And what can you do about it

Anxiety, as explained in Wikipedia, “Is a psychological and physiological state that causes an unpleasant feeling that is associated with uneasiness, fear and worry.”

This means that for anxiety or panic attack to occur, you have unintentionally fueled it.

So what are the 2 main things that are fueling anxiety

1. Stress

Stress is a fuel for many things. Stress causes high-blood pressure, heart attacks, muscle tightness, feeling impatient while flaring up at the slightest unpleasantness, and not forgetting our topic for the day - anxiety.

Do you have a lot of stress lately Are you always thinking about how much work needs to be done, or how much responsibilities are added to your burden everyday These stress-inducing thoughts help anxiety to grow in your body.

2. Asking “what-ifs” too much.

Another fuel that adds to anxiety is thinking and worrying a lot. The thoughts of “what-ifs” on the worst-case scenarios keep appearing too often.

“What if this happens… If this happens, will that happens too… Oh no! If that happens, what else will happen… “

As you can see from the above example, it becomes a vicious cycle that runs nonstop.

No wonder they have anxiety!

You now know two of the most common causes of anxiety, what can you do about it

1. For stress related anxiety due to work, you can start by delegating some of your work to colleagues or subordinate.

You can also list out all your works at the start of the day and categorizes them.

Put an “A”, “B” or “C” beside every work that you need to do during the day.

“A” are for the type of work that you definitely must do within the day or else everything else will be affected.

“B” are for the type of work that you have to do but can be put off to the next day if need to after you have completed “A” Category.

“C” are for the type of work that you can either do or ignore after both “A” and “B” Categories are done.

By categorizing all your work, you will find that all the works in “C” Category are the things that take up most of your time previously.

You will find that you have more time to complete the “A” Category.

If you are wondering why I am asking you to do time management, this is because for your case, time is the primary cause for your stress! You are stress because you have not enough time to complete your work!

For those work that you can’t decide which list they should go to, delegate to your subordinate or colleague immediately. You are only wasting precious time deciding where to categorize them. Furthermore, since you can’t decide on their importance, they are definitely not urgent! Why waste your time on them

P.S. I would like to credit the above time management to an author whom I’ve read these suggestions before. The problem is I can’t recall who he is and which book I’ve read it from (I’ve read too many self-improvement books to remember the author). If you know which author I’m referring to, please send me a comment at my blog. I wouldn’t want to give you the feeling that I am stealing his idea. I’ll also give you credit here for reminding me.

2. For thinking and worrying too much, you can get rid of this problem easily.

Why Because it’s all in your head! You are the one who cause the anxiety!

Your mind is like a horror movie director. All the movies that your mind directs are getting more and more frightening! They tell of only doom and gloom! So you must hold the director seat yourself and ask your mind to direct another type of movies. Ask your mind to direct a comedy movie and an inspirational movie that talks about success and wealth! And replay this movie!

Have you ever asked yourself this question, “Have what I think and worry in the past, appears in my life “

I believe the answer is almost none! If this is the case, aren’t you worrying about something that has never happened If you want to imagine the worst-case scenario, not wanting to give yourself any surprises, great. You have done so; now imagine the best-case scenario!

Some of you may say, “What I worried didn’t happen, neither did the best-case scenario!”

You may be right about that, but do you want to worry yourself to death, or do you want to live your life happier

By trying the above-mentioned methods, you may find yourself lowering your anxiety level further.

I sincerely wish you well and towards a better you!

Wishing you all the best!

John