What are alternative ways besides medication to deal with the physical symptoms of anxiety?

There are many different ways to deal with anxiety other than using medications. For instance, there are a lot of breathing techniques that you can use as well as meditation and mindfulness techniques. Also, talking to someone about how you are feeling can help you to better understand how you are feeling and the steps that you can take to help yourself- this could be from a counsellor, a 7Cups listener, friend, family member, anyone who you trust. Talking about it can also help you to not bottle up how you feel and put your anxiety into a better perspective. I hope this helps, feel free to message me if you ever want to chat. :D

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There are many alternative ways besides medication to deal with anxiety. I understand how challenging it can be to have anxiety and I want you to know you are not alone in this situation. There are ways to get help without having medication. Such as talking out what has been occurring with someone else, breathing exercises, music, doing something that makes you happy, and many other things. Trying to combat anxiety is a process and it is different for every individual. Everyone and every situation is different and you are the best judge on your own life, some techniques may not work and some may work really well but do not get discouraged through the process because it is okay! There are many methods that they offer on this website and many opportunities to explore for help even outside of this website. You are doing amazing and you are cared about greatly, you are not alone in this process.

I think positivism and meditation and adventuring are a good way to deal with the physical symptoms of anxiety , and anything the person likes to do can avoid that symptoms, listening to music , reading books , practicing sport , playing chess , playing with guitar , piano . . . , talking to people you like , studying or resolving maths problems , reading about history, astronomy, anything of this can manage you from the anxiety , the only thing you must do is to enjoy what you are doing and do it from the bottom of your heart .

Mindfulness exercises are a great way to manage anxiety by increasing your own awareness of your body/brain! Meditation is the classic one, but there are a whole bunch of techniques to try! My favorite technique is listening to music and focusing on nothing but the song. As your mind wanders, bring it back to the song. Aside from mindfulness, another way to manage the physical symptoms of anxiety is to stay on top of your overall physical health. You have to make sure that you're taking care of you body to help you care for your mind. Hope this helps a bit!

Meditation is great, observing your fears, breathing techniques are great too especially the 7-3-8 technique I find it to be most effective but what I find most helpful is writing in a journal that way you can keep track of what spikes up your anxieties and how you could manage it better. I have also tried to focus on my senses when I feel panicked or anxious, what is it that I can see, touch, smell, what I'm feeling internally and externally. When anxious we are quick to forget how our bodies react in those situations and I find it helpful to look at them to better manage it in the future.

This is a simple one, my lodger is currently off work with anxiety and I gave her the perfect cure, she comes out with me walking the dog, we walk miles, fortunately I am retired and have a whole day to do stuff with her, already she has seen and felt the benefits of just being outside. She now actually comes downstairs for breakfast rather than an energy bar in her room, she is slowly building up the confidence to restart her job next week and is looking at driving to the coast to stay in our static in the next few weeks :)

Oh there are so many! For one thing, you can try going through a CBT workbook kind of thing. Basically you identify what thoughts/ feelings go through your head when you experience depression and you dissect them so to speak and challenge them. You do different exercises and reflect on them to convince yourself that your thoughts are not justified. The more you do it, the more you would develop habits to be more rational and don't give in to negative, destructive thoughts. Also there is mindfulness practice. There is a lot of groups/websites/books now to help you learn it. The point of mindfulness is to get out of your head and to focus on how, which relives anxiety as a side-effect.

a thing called grounding witch makes you realize your surroundings and realize you are not in that place anymore and you are safe. So name 5 things you see, 4 things you can touch, 3 things you can hear, 2 things you can smell and 1 thing you can taste. and look, touch, listen, smell, or taste the following things. Also look up square breathing. As well as Inhale for 7 sec hod for 4 exhale for 5. Doing things like walking, having cold water on the wrists and doing this breathing helps as well as being in a cold?hot (depending on if the attacks make you feel hot or cold pick the opposite temp ex if you feel hot go to a cold place ect) and quite place can help, Also running cold water on your wrists.

Anxiety can eat the living hell out you and can make you feel like your world is falling apart, though there are ways to deal with anxiety if you don't or can't use medication. Taking deep breathes can help you calm yourself down is you feel very anxious or are in the middle of an anxiety attack. Try thinking positive and don't overstress. As hard as this is there are small steps that you can take to overcome these things. With stress, try doing things that you enjoy when you have free time, may it be reading, singing, or even drawing. By doing these things it can help yourself with self-care and by doing things that you love it can help you keep at peace. Another thing I would suggest is writing about how you feel when anxious or have been through an anxiety attack. Reflecting back on how you feel can be a great way of acknowledging what you are facing instead of ignoring. If you are comfortable, telling someone your comfortable with can help you know that there is someone in your life that cares and will help you. If you don't think that you have a person in your life then 7Cups is great and the listeners care about everyone. Remember as hard as it is to deal with anxiety there are many ways to deal with the situation.

There are many alternative ways to reduce anxiety to medication. Most people do breathing exercises to lower anxiety. Practicing mindfulness is a very helpful way to decrease anxiety - for most people using an app to guide you through the practice extremely helpful. Visualizing a happy and calming place is also very helpful as one does not focus on the anxiety and the cause of it. Listening to music is also very good. Depending on your personality, you may want to either listen to calming and relaxing music or listen to upbeat music that you can dance or sing to. Socializing with a friend is also a great way to reduce anxiety.

Taking a step back, go to a space where it's more quiet and where you can focus on your breathing. Breathe in slowly, while you count to three and then slowly release the air through your nose. Count to six when you do that. Also take a short pause, about a second, before you breath in again. It's something my therapist taught me. Also put your hand on your stomach to help regulate your breathing. Also try to think positive thoughts, although this is not easy in some situations.

Meditation is a great way to deal with the physical symptoms anxiety can produce. One can even follow up with a physical activity like a casual stroll. Or if you're too symptomatic take a warm bath, listen to a reading, or relaxing mood music. At times even a massage can be helpful. The important thing is to find out what your body best responds to. Some people alleviate their symptoms by distraction and others need direct stimulation. And at times you may need to do both or switch one thing out for another. It's ok whatever you choose. And don't get discouraged if the thing that use to work doesn't, discover something new.

Talk about your feelings with someone you trust, sleep well, eat healthily and exercise daily. Balance this well and it should combat anxiety better than most modern medicines. Eating healthy is self-explanatory. Have good amounts of vegetables, grains, pasta, rice, fish and meat in your diet. Eating healthily gives you more energy to go through the day happily! Exercise is also important. Exercising releases endorphins in your brain which make for an overall happier mood. One should exercise for an hour extensively every second day or 30 minutes extensively every single day. Sleep is also very important. It allows your brain to get the necessary rest it needs to work well throughout the day. A lack of sleep can result in dizziness, nausea and anxious thoughts. And lastly, talking to someone. Keeping feelings pent up inside is bad for you. Discuss how you feel with those you trust. Make sure to care for yourself all the time! All the best, Cordelia x

There are heaps of different ways to deal with symptoms of anxiety! I personally like to use grounding exercises, these are different strategies/exercises that bring your mind back to the moment. My favourite grounding exercise is 5-4-3-2-1, in this exercise you have to list 5 things you can see around you, 4 things you can feel or touch, 3 things you can hear, 2 things you can smell and 1 thing you can taste. This allows you to focus on your surroundings rather then what’s on your mind. Another grounding technique is holding ice and concentrating on the pain that you might feel whilst holding it. (This is a great strategy for self harmers too)

Mindfulness - apps such as Calm, when used daily, really helped me to cope with relationship and exam stresses. Taking 15 minutes out of your day to think about absolutely nothing allowed me to clear my head and take my mind off of the bigger picture. Focusing on breathing techniques allows you to regain a sense of control over your life, and that that control has the power to ease stress. I used to meditate an hour or so before I went to bed, leaving me time to wind down and ensure I had a peaceful nights sleep. The breathing techniques taught in Mindfulness also allow you to sleep easier, and provide you with a focus to zoom in on.

I think for me dealing with anxiety is to sort through my emotions. I take time to reflect, sometimes it worsens it but sometimes it doesn't. I know it needs to be sorted out and dealt with because it accumulates when I don't address the situation. Another thing I do is take some time out of what was causing the anxiety. This helps me reorient to my situation and understand that I can and am able to regain control of the situation. There are days where this is tougher than others, but it generally helps me. I also like going for walks to just take in the fresh air and calm my anxious mind.

From personal experience breathing is the most important part as when panic or anxiety sets in we forget how to breathe and before you know it its out of control. Over time taking deep slow breaths will gradually help but not overnight. I also found standing and breathing fast repeatedly brings on similar feelings to a panic attack but the difference is we are then in control of the feeling and can soon bring it back to normal. Over time this will also work for anxiety and panic attacks. Also exercise is good. Always remember practice makes perfect and we cant change things overnight!

Alternative ways to deal with physical symptoms of anxiety besides medication are finding things that distract you. My experience of having anxiety that's been very physical for me was to always try to help find things that would distract me to the point where I wasn't always focusing on my anxiety. There were times where all I could focus on was my anxiety so the physical symptoms that I was feeling from my anxiety would become 10 times worse than they already were but whenever I were to distract myself I didn't feel the symptoms as much. Medication for me only felt like it made things worse.

While I do take medication for anxiety, I found psychological way to deal with it in everyday life. It is as follows: Put all your worries into two categories - 1. Those things which you CAN control. 2. Those things which you CANNOT control. When you have categorized your worries, take the "CANNOT control" list and cast it as far from you as the east is from the west. While it is easier said than done, I think you will agree that it is futile and harmful to worry about that which you CANNOT control. Now, take the list of things in your life that you worry about and can control. The list should be fairly short and made up of things very important to you. Use your time to focus on them and yourself. I think you will find great relief in doing so.

One alternative way to deal with the physical symptoms of anxiety would be to practice mindfulness. Doing activities like practicing deep breathing exercises and meditation really helps. Also you could try doing something creative and hands on like drawing, painting or knitting. Another way on dealing with the physical symptoms is to go out for a walk and to get some fresh air and refocus your mind. Self care is really important when you are dealing with physical symptoms. You also need to make sure that you are getting enough sleep at night and eating enough healthy foods and exercising. Doing these things can help with the physical symptoms of anxiety.

There number of ways, scientific and not scientific. The scientific ways such as CBT, Hypothesis, Mindfulness and so on. The none scientific ways such as NLP, Rieki, religious spiritual treatments etc. As psychology is a new field of science it still immature if it is right to say. That keeps the question about the unscientific ways of treating psychological illnesses without a real answer as it has been seen that many people get psychologically and physically better after being exposed to unscientific ways of treatments. Massaging could help people with some physical issues. Also, a special diet could help a lot.

Oh goodness, there's a lot. Sounds cliché, but physical exercise can be a HUGE way to get some of that anxiety out of your body. I know that it's very oversaid and stressful seeming, but not only does it get that extra energy out of your body, but you sleep better and you have less stress. Having a physical outlet can make a WORLD of difference. (I bought a punching bag, personally.) - you can also use other forms of physical movement like Yoga, Martial Arts, focus, hiking, ect. Getting moving and keeping busy is one of the best ways to cut an anxiety spike off at the head. I'm not saying it works every day, but most days.. it does.

Breathing exercises help to trick your body into going into a calmer state. Try slowly counting your breaths. You could even use an online breathing meditation exercise to guide you through this. You can also get rid of your body's anxious energy by getting some light exercise - it doesn't have to be anything extreme, just a walk around the house is helpful. Distraction is also good, as it helps to banish the feelings of anxiety as well as taking your mind off the physical symptoms. Try to put the radio on, call a friend, or pick up a book.

To take nice deep breaths and make sure your breathing is always steady. get plenty of sleep and always try your best. It is important to take time out and have a break otherwise your anxiety could build up. Also accept that anxiety is a part of life, you should embrace it by accepting the fact you have anxiety and that way you will feel more in control with yourself. Always remember the anxiety does not control you and you have the power. before accepting the thoughts that give you the most anxiety, question your thoughts. You could be wrong.

Medication can be a useful way to treat the physical symptoms of anxiety and particularly when used as an aid to therapy. Although many people don't want to go this route which is perfectly ok. There are many alternative ways to manage anxiety such as mindfulness which can produce some really good results I like an app called headspace and calm which I find really helpful also meditation and yoga also can really help. Also breathing exercises and I think some times a lifestyle change can help so eating more healthy and exercise ( as it releases Endorphins) which act as happy hormones also sleep can help massively to reduce anxiety. I really hope you find something that works and we are always here if you need us.

Sometimes what works for me is having pressure. Like for example, if I'm shaking and I can't stop shaking, if I'm with someone, I can ask them to give me really tight hug. Somehow getting hugged like that gives your mind a signal saying that you're safe and that you don't need to panic. Another thing that helps me is instead of breathing deeply, sometimes holding me breath for a little bit can really help me to start breathing normally again... Well another thing that can help is talk to people, go for a walk, do meditation and stuff like that

You can take a walk,or clean up your room. Also doing things for yourself like taking a hot bath or listening to some music helps a lot💕 Also, talking to people you love,reading a book, or dancing helps reduce a lot of stress. Personally, i like walking in nature because looking at the trees or at the ocean helps me very much. There are so many ways to help reduce stress and they are everyday activities like cooking a quick meal, organizing your stuff or cleaning up your closet. Going to the gym or simply exercising at home helps a lot.

There are many different options, if you Google ideas you'll find a lot on there and even on YouTube. Try out different techniques and see what works best for you. What you want to do is slow yourself down and check out how you are in the sitiation you are in. Breathing exercises can be good for this. So can mediation and/ or mindfulness. Grounding techniques can be very helpful - you'll find more online. ASMR can offer a lot of relief from anxiety. Perhaps mantras or positive affirmations. Try different things and see what works for you. It is something you can get control over and although you may still feel anxious it will be more manageable. Good luck!

Something that has helped me personally to cope with anxiety are breathing exercises. One can start by simply taking deep breaths, and fully focusing on the breathing. It has helped me to be calmer and more collected when dealing with anxiety.