Anxiety attacks have many possible treatments. There are natural solutions, substances, physical treatments, and mental treatments. In this article we'll be going over two natural treatments with a large focus on your mental control and responses.
Exposure therapy is the first on the list. It is a group of strategies used under Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). It is based on the idea that human beings can adapt to anything when exposed to it enough times. By controlling the exposures constructively, that adaptation can serve to help you get over your fears and end your anxiety attacks.
There are various types of exposures under the category of exposure therapy. They all serve to strengthen you against certain stimuli.
The direct approach is often weakened or introduced gradually. If certain experiences or situations seem to lead to anxiety attacks for you, you will be exposed only to a diluted portion of them until you can deal with them effectively. You will be exposed to more stressful situations as you gain the ability to deal with them. This will continue until the problem is gone.
There is also the imagined exposure in which you will visualize yourself dealing successfully with a stress. You will become more confident as you do this repeatedly so you can better deal with the stress when you must face it for real. Visualizations also serve to guide your subconscious, as only your conscious mind is able to distinguish between what is real and what is vividly imagined.
Physical exposure is the last one. It is used when you focus on or fear certain reactions of your body during a panic attack more than anything else. This is merely a simulation of the feared symptom in a controlled environment until the fear dissipates.
The next treatment to address today is meditation. It can be very useful in strengthening your mind to better deal with stresses when they do pop up. This is important because you can't be completely exposed to everything. When exposed to a new stress, you won't be able to handle it without mental discipline.
There are as many forms of meditation as subjects you can focus on. The imagined exposure is actually a form of meditation. Another one I recommend for anxiety attack sufferers is where you practice clearing your mind. During anxiety attacks, few people know how to deal with the thoughts that arise in a constructive manner. Adding more uncontrolled energy to the mix like that is just fuel for the fire.
For this reason, meditation can be of great benefit. To do it, you will calm down your body and try to focus on something natural like your breathing. This works well for a few reasons. When you breath calmly and deeply, your body will relax and function better. Since breathing happens whether you think about it or not, it will be easy to stop thinking about it at some point and let your mind clear entirely. Don't engage the thoughts that come up or beat yourself up for them.
It will take practice to master this, but keep with it. As you progress, practice using these tactics in your daily life to combat stresses. If you don't let the individual stresses build, you will never make it to the anxiety attack in the first place. This isn't to say that you can't benefit from trying to apply the technique during an attack, but ideally it should never get that far.
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