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How To Treat Anxiety Attacks Using Two Cool visualisation Techniques


By Bertram Martin Adams

You can treat nervous attacks by a therapeutic technique called 'visualization.' By visualizing yourself 'positively' in those situations that you are frightened to be in, you can convince your body to react more certainly and calmly in those situations, for example nervous attacks.

How does it work? In non-scientific language, your body can't notice the difference between fact and the thoughts in your head. So, you want to make your body 'believe' that what you are 'visualizing' is real. When you're imagining content, calm thoughts your body will react accordingly. The following explains the simplest way to treat anxiety attacks using 2 visualization techniques...

The Environment You want to be alone, in a quiet environment with no distractions : your bedroom would be superb. Turn off the lights. Guarantee your cell / mobile telephone is off and you aren't disturbed. Lie horizontal or relax comfortably. Shut your eyes, start to breath slowly and frequently, relax...relax...relax, clear your intellect of everything but your goal.

visualization system to Treat Anxiety Attacks think about the place or situation that you are anxious or fearful about. For the needs of this reason I will use the supermarket as an example. You've 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 agitation attacks. For example,'I'm going into the store to purchase my groceries, nothing else, I will just purchase my items and check then out. There's zip to be scared of, nothing can probably harm me'.

During this, visualize yourself entering the supermarket, getting a cart / trolley, walking freely 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 several times over a few days. Then try it in reality. If it doesn't work the 1st time, don't give up, do it again. It does take some practice. Glaringly, you have to visualise your own particular situation.

A Variation on the strategy to Treat Anxiety Attacks I have successfully made use of a adaptation on this method. Instead of visualizing the method above, think of a very ecstatic, calm, contented moment in your life, e.g. On the beach with your family. Visualise just how amazing a time it was. Put a smile on your face. Then, press your thumb and middle finger together for the length of your satisfied thoughts.

Repeat this several 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 appropriately.

However, visualisation can only help in 'managing' the indications of anxiety attacks and is only one of several non-drug treatments to treat panic attacks. One of the keys is to get rid of the 'fear' of having another attack, because this fear can really trigger one. If you can eventually get rid of this fear you stand a much better chance of getting shot of anxiety attacks totally and getting rid of your general stress.

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