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Dealing with Anxiety and Panic Attacks
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DEALING WITH ANXIETY AND PANIC
ATTACKS
Anxiety Disorder Guidehttp://stop-panic-general-
anxiety.blogspot.com/
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Introduction
Anxiety is a normal human emotion that everyone
experiences at times. Many people feel anxious, or
nervous, when faced with a problem at work, before
taking a test, or making an important decision.
Anxiety disorders, however, are different. They
can cause such distress that it interferes with a
person's ability to lead a normal life
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What is Anxiety?
Anxiety is a general term for several disorders
that cause nervousness, fear, apprehension, and
worrying. These disorders affect how we feel and
behave, and they can manifest real physical
symptoms. Mild anxiety is vague and unsettling,
while severe anxiety can be extremely
debilitating, having a serious impact on daily
life.
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Type of Anxiety
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Generalized Anxiety Disorder
(GAD)
Panic Disorder
A Phobia
Social Anxiety Disorder
Obsessive-Compulsive
Disorder (OCD)
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
(PTSD)
Separation Anxiety Disorder
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Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)- is a chronic
disorder characterized by excessive, long-lasting
anxiety and worry about nonspecific life events,
objects, and situations. GAD sufferers often feel
afraid and worry about health, money, family,
work, or school, but they have trouble both
identifying the specific fear and controlling the
worries
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Panic Disorder
Panic Disorder- is a type of anxiety
characterized by brief or sudden attacks of
intense terror and apprehension that leads to
shaking, confusion, dizziness, nausea, and
difficulty breathing. Panic attacks tend to arise
abruptly and peak after 10 minutes, but they then
may last for hours. Panic disorders usually occur
after frightening experiences or prolonged stress,
but they can be spontaneous as well
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Phobia
A Phobia- is an irrational fear and avoidance of
an object or situation. Phobias are different from
generalized anxiety disorders because a phobia has
a fear response identified with a specific cause.
The fear may be acknowledged as irrational or
unnecessary, but the person is still unable to
control the anxiety that results
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Social Anxiety DisorderSocial Anxiety Disorder is a type of social
phobia characterized by a fear of being negatively
judged by others or a fear of public embarrassment
due to impulsive actions. This includes feelings
such as stage fright, a fear of intimacy, and a
fear of humiliation. This disorder can cause
people to avoid public situations and human
contact to the point that normal life is rendered
impossible.
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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)- is an anxiety disorder characterized by thoughts or
actions that are repetitive, distressing, and intrusive. OCD suffers usually know that their
compulsions are unreasonable or irrational, but they serve to alleviate their anxiety. Often, the
logic of someone with OCD will appear superstitious, such as an insistence in walking in a certain pattern. OCD sufferers may obsessively clean personal items or hands or constantly check
locks, stoves, or light switches
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Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)- is anxiety that results from previous trauma
such as military combat, rape, hostage situations,
or a serious accident. PTSD often leads to
flashbacks and behavioral changes in order to avoid
certain
stimuli
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Separation Anxiety Disorder
Separation Anxiety Disorder- is characterized by
high levels of anxiety when separated from a person or place that provides feelings of
security or safety. Sometimes separation results in
panic, and it is considered a disorder when the
response is excessive or inappropriate
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Cause of Anxiety
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Anxiety disorders may be caused by environmental
factors, medical factors, genetics, brain chemistry, substance abuse, or a
combination of these. It is most commonly triggered by the
stress in our lives. Usually anxiety is a response to
outside forces, but it is possible that we make
ourselves anxious with "negative self-talk" - a
habit of always telling ourselves the worst will
happen.
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1.ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS
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Environmental factors
Environmental factors that are known to cause several types of anxiety include:
o trauma from events such as abuse, victimization, or the death of a loved one
o Stress in a personal relationship, marriage, friendship, and divorce
o Stress at worko Stress from schoolo Stress about finances and moneyo Stress from a natural disastero Lack of oxygen in high altitude areas
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2.MEDICAL FACTORS
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Medical Factors
Anxiety is associated with medical factors such as anemia, asthma, infections, and several heart conditions. Some medically-related causes of anxiety include:
Stress from a serious medical illness Side effects of medication Symptoms of a medical illness Lack of oxygen from emphysema, or
pulmonary embolism (a blood clot in the lung)
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3.SUBSTANCE USE AND ABUSE
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Substance use and abuse
It is estimated that about half of patients who utilize mental health services for anxiety disorders such as GAD, panic disorder, or social phobia are doing so because of alcohol or benzodiazepine dependence. More generally, anxiety is also know to result from:
Intoxication from an illicit drug, such as or amphetamines
Withdrawal from an illicit drug, such as heroin, or from prescription drugs like Vicodin, benzodiazepines, or barbiturates
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4.GENETICS
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It has been suggested by some researchers that a family history of anxiety
increases the likelihood that a person will develop it. That is, some
people may have a genetic predisposition that gives them a greater chance of suffering from
anxiety disorders.
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5.BRAIN CHEMISTRY
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Research has shown that people with abnormal levels of certain neurotransmitters in the brain
are more likely to suffer from generalized anxiety disorder. When neurotransmitters are not working
properly, the brain's internal communication network breaks down, and the brain may react in an
inappropriate way in some situations. This can lead to anxiety.
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SIGN AND SYMPTOMS OF ANXIETY DISORDER
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If you identify with several of the following
signs and symptoms, and they just won’t go away,
you may be suffering from an anxiety disorder.
Are you constantly tense, worried, or on
edge?
Are you plagued by fears that you know
are irrational, but can’t shake?
Do you believe that something bad will happen if certain
things aren’t done a certain way?
Do you avoid everyday situations or activities
because they cause you anxiety?
Do you experience sudden, unexpected
attacks of heart-pounding panic?
Do you feel like danger and
catastrophe are around every corner?
Does your anxiety interfere with your
work , school or family responsibility
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Common Treatment for Anxiety
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Medication
Use of anti-anxiety and anti-depressant requires prescription from doctor, and only under guidance and monitor from doctor or qualified psychiatrist, the patient will receive the correct dosage, minimize the danger of side effects
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Herbal
This is considered an alternative treatment for anxiety. However, the Chinese and native people had used them for thousands of years to cure the problems, and studies find that they are as effective as prescription medicine without the side effect, and if you don’t want side effect or prescription medication doesn’t work for you, you can try Herbal based medicine
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Relaxation Exercise
Taiji and QiGong are very good relaxation exercises, it can help to relax your mind and body, and restore them to a healthier stat, balance up your body chemical and reduce your mind anxiety and stop feeding anxious sense to the body
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Regular Exercise
30 Minutes of regular exercise every day will reduce the panic attack, and shorten the duration during panic attacks, and eventually eliminate anxiety. When doing exercise, your mind will be distracted from thinking something anxious, and your body will be healthier, less symptoms of anxiety will occur. That’s why exercise is vital in every treatment plan for anxiety
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Psychological Treatment for Anxiety
One of the most common and effective anxiety treatments is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and this method can be used with drugs or without drug. However, herbal based anxiety relief medicine is highly recommended
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Diaphragmatic or Deep Breathing Exercise
Using special deep breathing technique to help relax the mind and body, increase the oxygen level and reduce chemical imbalance in the body in the body. This kind of techniques has proven itself to be effective for most sufferers to reduce duration and frequency of panic attacks
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Complementary Therapies
These are not exactly treatment for anxiety, but rather to restore health and strength of the body. Namely, Messages, Shiatsu, Tuina (Chinese acupressure treatment), Guasa, Acupuncture and Aromatherapy. Once or twice a week would help to relax the body and mind, and should do it regularly to see results
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CONCLUSIONAs per I said before Anxiety is a normal human emotion that everyone experiences at times. Many people feel anxious, or nervous, when faced with a problem at work, before taking a test, or making an important decision. Anxiety disorders, however, are different. They can cause such distress that it interferes with a person's ability to lead a normal life. But do not afraid of it. Try to face it. I can reveal that the Amazing Method How To Eliminate And Cure From Panic Attacks and Anxiety Disorder. Please visit my blog at http://stop-panic-general-anxiety.blogspot.com and also my squidoo page or lens at bit.ly/yMdauU
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My final advice to you, don’t give up even many methods you have tried doesn’t work, you should not give up hope to recover, and you
have the right to live a normal and healthy life, you should fight for it,
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