Find The Answer: “How Do You Help An Anxiety Attack?”

December 5th, 2009 Posted in Anxiety and Depression

If you’re trying to find the answer to the question, “how do you help an anxiety attack,” you’re not alone. It’s estimated that 1 in 75 individuals will suffer with some degree of anxiety attacks in their lifetime, ranging from very mild attacks to very severe attacks.

If you’re searching for a solution, though, I’m guessing you’re in the group that experiences symptoms that are serious enough to interfere with your life to some degree. This article was written with you in mind – it will discuss some basic information about anxiety attacks as well as the best treatment I’ve found for this condition.

Ultimately, an anxiety attack is a fear-based condition. What I mean by that statement is that you begin to fear having an anxiety attack again, and this fear is actually what brings the symptoms on.

In most cases an anxiety attack will occur at the worst times, and it’s usually because you begin to think about what could happen if you had an attack in that situation.

For example, you may be in the grocery store shopping, and start to think about what would happen if an anxiety attack struck you right there in the store. How embarrassing could it be? Would this be the one that finally leads to your death? What if you can’t find a way out of the store fast enough?

These fears start a chain reaction within your body called the Fight or Flight response. Basically, your body perceives the potential anxiety attack as a threat, and it gears itself up to fight it. So, things will begin to change inside the body.

Your blood pressure and heart rate will rise (which is why you may have a sensation like your heart is beating very fast, or it may even feel as if your heart is skipping beats), you may begin to feel nauseous because of the adrenaline being pumped through your system, you may feel light headed with the extra blood being rushed to your brain, maybe even a bit faint.

So, how do you control an anxiety attack? Many would tell you that the solution is therapy, breathing exercises, yoga, or even medications. Although these treatments may work for some, they are usually very slow at providing results, and medications can have some very serious side effects, including addiction.

As a doctor who has worked with many people who suffer with anxiety attacks, I can tell you from experience that the best way to treat it is actually using a simple technique called the “One Move Technique.”

This is a technique that you are able to do on your own, without having to go through extensive therapy or use medications, and it will help you eliminate the symptoms of an anxiety attack very quickly.

If you’d like to learn more about the One Move Technique, click the following link (how do you get over an anxiety attack).