Even though I understand my anxiety and coping skills from a logical perspective, such as what triggers my anxiety and how I can calm myself down, why doesn't understanding make the problem better?

Being able to understand them after you have background knowledge on why it occurred is because anxiety can occurred for many reasons even if you know the triggers and coping skills for one but there may be another anxiety trigger that is unsolved right now.

Understanding isn't enought. Pray and meditate. Try deep breathing, progressive muscle relaxation and visual imagery. Try being grateful for at least three things in daily life.Take healthy diet and maintain sleep.

I am a dancer and we often say: i understand it, i’m just not getting it. That means you know what you have to do, but it’s not sticking in your brain enough for you to actually do it. In your case, you seem to understand the issue and how to help it, but it’s just hard to get over it. Plus, anxiety is really hard to overcome, but making it better would be very hard. I think that when you have panic attacs, you just have to sit down, close your eyes, take deep breaths and go to your happy place. Whatever you know can calm you down, do it at that time. I hope this helped!!

the problem doesn't get better because life doesn't work like that. you can understand cancer, but it is still going to do what it is going to do. the best thing for anxiety besides seeing a psychiatrist and therapist for appropriate treatment is to try yoga breathing. Breathe out with your stomach going out for 4 seconds, breathe in with your stomach going in for 4 seconds. do this everyday and it will calm the limbic part of your brain responsible for anxiety.I do it everyday and it works and its science based. I'm not saying you have to do yoga. Just try that breathing.