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Alternatives To General Anxiety Cures |
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My newly found friend (now a contemporary of over 25
years) had walked into the classroom before the session began with her
backpack, a drink, and a paper bag bunched at where the neck would be.
She breathed deeply into and out of the bag inhaling and sucking the
paper with a crackle and exhaling and returning the brown lunch bag back
to an expanded balloon state.
Evidently, her
need for this maneuver was brought on by an anxiety attack (now also
called a panic attack—a sudden surge of dread and fear combined). The
anxiety attack instigates an imbalance of blood gases, for want of the
appropriate amounts of carbon dioxide in the blood (often caused by the
unwitting hyperventilating the anxiety-stricken individual is doing.
Inhaling and exhaling steadily through the paper, then, levels out the
carbon dioxide.
Because the anxiety syndrome has become more
prevalent in specific cultures and countries, experts in the medical and
therapeutic fields have suggested other self-help anxiety cures. Some of
these include talking yourself up (or down, but not depressedly or
negatively), taking your point of focus to a place outside of your body
and bodily reactions/symptoms, and sitting calmly with a “this too shall
pass” approach and attitude or mindset.
Sometimes, the
anxiety attacks are not psychically-related, are not metaphysical, so to
speak, but are instead riding on the coattails of a physical illness
(such as diabetes, for instance). Then, the anxiety cures you seek might
be more involved. Some sufferers consult doctors or therapists or visit
clinics dedicated to such disorders. In addition, people access the
options and alternatives for anxiety cures: they partake of medications
prescribed for them, get therapy (such as biofeedback/Neurofeedback or
psychotherapy), or learn new life-management skills. As well, some
experiencing chronic anxiety will endeavor to learn new techniques for
breathing, stress-management, and better problem-solving.
As with
any disorder or affliction that is consistently plaguing you, your best
efforts should include educating yourself on the causes and effects,
consulting medical health and/or therapeutic professional (depending on
physical or mental origins of the anxiety) guidance, and relevant and
appropriate treatment—be that treatment in the form of pills or paper
bags.
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