September 14, 2009

The Easiest way To Treat Anxiety Attacks Using 2 Cool visualization Techniques

You can treat anxiety attacks by a therapeutic technique called 'visualization.' By visualizing yourself 'positively' in those eventualities that you are terrified to be in, you can persuade your body to react more certainly and quietly in those situations, for example stress attacks.

How does it work? In non-scientific language, your body can't spot the difference between fact and the thoughts in your head. So, you wish to make your body 'believe' that what you are 'visualizing' is real. When you're imagining happy, calm thoughts your body will react accordingly. The following explains how to treat anxiety attacks using two visualization techniques…

The Environment You want to be alone, in a quiet environment with no distractions : your bedroom would be superb. Switch off the lights. Ensure your cell / mobile telephone is off and you can't be ruffled. Stay horizontal or sit back comfortably. Close your eyes, start to breath slowly and regularly, relax…relax…relax, clear your consciousness of everything but your goal.

visualization Technique to Treat Anxiety Attacks think about the place or situation that you are concerned or fearful about. For the needs of this reason I am going to use the supermarket as an example. You have got to use your own situation.

Picture yourself confidently approaching the supermarket ( you use your own situation here ) and repeat in your head only positive thoughts. Don't think about anxiety attacks. For example,'I'm going into the store to buy my groceries, nothing else, I can just purchase my items and check then out. There's zilch to be frightened of, nothing can possibly harm me'.

In this, visualise yourself entering the superstore, getting a cart / trolley, walking openly and relaxed about the aisles, placing items in your cart and paying for them at the checkout. Then returning to your car, returning the cart, then driving off.

Repeat this exercise many times over a few days. Then try it for real . If it doesn't work the 1st time, never give up, repeat the exercise. It does take some practice. Manifestly, you have to visualise your own particular situation.

A variation on the method to Treat Anxiety Attacks I have successfully utilised a adaptation on this technique. Rather than visualizing the process above, think about a particularly satisfied, calm, contented moment in your life, e.g. On the beach with your family. Visualize just how amazing a time it was. Put a grin on your face. Then, press your thumb and middle finger together for the period of your happy thoughts.

Repeat this many times each session, over several days. Then when you approach your problem ( e.g. The supermarket or an actual panic attack ) press your thumb and middle finger together. That physical act brings your cheerful mood into your thoughts, your body perceives this as fact and responds accordingly .

However, visualisation can only help in 'managing' the symptoms of anxiety attacks and is just one of many non-drug treatments to treat stress attacks. One of the keys is to get rid of the 'fear' of having another attack, because this fear can essentially trigger one. If you can eventually dump this fear you stand a much better likelihood of dumping anxiety attacks completely and getting rid of your general anxiousness.

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