Beyond Medication: How To Get Relief From Anxiety

Keep reading to learn what you need to know so you can live an anxiety-free life.

Exercise every day to relax your nerves, and to ensure that your anxiety does not overwhelm

you. Regular exercise produces endorphins in your body, which make you happy and

prevent your brain from focusing on bad feelings. Also, when you're physically active your

body becomes more healthy.

If you are the victim of the common condition of chronic anxiety, it is time to consider medical

advice from a doctor. Each day there are new breakthroughs in treatment and medication,

giving you lots of available options to treat the symptoms of anxiety. Set aside time to go to

the doctor, so you can get the correct treatment.

Eating a nutritious diet will help you stay healthier, because you are more prone to anxiety

attacks when you are feeling hungry or run down. You need vitamins and nutrients, not junk

food, to avoid anxiety attacks.

Pay attention to the way you breathe when you feel stressed. You will notice that you are not

breathing deeply and probably taking erratic breaths. Anxiety makes it tough to concentrate

on breathing properly. However, you need to breathe correctly. Redirect your breathing as

anxiety hits.

To help you deal with heavy breathing when you have anxiety, you should practice deep

breathing techniques. When anxiety becomes especially intense, the tendency is to

hyperventilate, breathing rapidly and shallowly. Instead, you should breathe deeply, from the

diaphragm. You can reduce anxiety by gently breathing deeply, being certain that your

stomach rises and falls.

Don't put yourself in stressful situations or around people who make you stressed. For

example, friends that are constantly negative should be avoided. These people will end up

stressing you and can raise your anxiety levels.

A diary is a great way to help manage your anxiety. Many find this especially useful, not

realizing that they are harboring anxious thoughts. When you can unload all of the "stuff" in

your mind into a diary or journal, it frees your brain up to think about the present, rather than

dwelling on past of future events that trigger anxiety.

Don't spend too much of your day sitting. If you sit at work all the time, try exercising or

moving when on your breaks. It is also good to stand up once in a while. When at home,

keep busy, take a walk and cut down the amount of time sitting in front of the TV. While you

need rest and relaxation, too much rest and relaxation causes a domino effect on your body

that leads to increased anxiety.

Do your best to stay in the present. One of the worst habits of an anxious person is focusing

on past events or future "to do's." All this will create is stressful feelings of worry, and this can

bring on an anxiety episode. Keep anxiety low by focusing on the present, only.

Anyone could start experiencing anxiety. Realizing that you are not on your own can help.

You need to start using the advice from this article to start dealing with your feelings of

anxiety. Try taking a deep breath and be ready to regain happiness in your life again.

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