Seven errors in overcoming excessive anxiety

Very good article a qualified psychologist about overcoming excessive anxiety. Read and be inspired - what not to do with the increased anxiety

. Have you ever feel strong anxiety for no apparent reason? It is when all people around the ride on the subway or public transportation, and you are "on edge": the breath of "grab" something terrible to lose consciousness suddenly

What to do if this happens to you often. ? More specifically, what not to do?
1. It is not necessary to be a "nutty fool." Here, an important point: it is fear of going mad and "samoedstvo". Both of these behaviors will not help and will only reinforce your anxiety. You will begin to "warm up" themselves "scary pictures" vegetating in a madhouse, and self-flagellation will not allow you to understand the true causes of panic.

2. The second mistake - is constantly trying to escape. Distracted by thoughts restless work, for example, is justified in vital situations. For the rest, it is a bad habit, because anxiety will overtake you with redoubled force when you loosen the "onslaught", and it will be very "unexpected" and out of place.

3. Do not withdraw into themselves. You may think that no one in the world does not feel anything like that this "nonsense" inherent only to you. You are wrong. Closure in yourself, you are depriving yourself of the necessary support and a sense of "elbow". However, it is easier to overcome anxiety.

4. A common mistake - to run on the first occasion to see a doctor. This behavior is useless in most cases, because Your health complaints the doctor did not find any visible reason. But you can voluntarily "pinned" on the label and the patient to lose faith in the independent solution.

5. Tablets: fear vs. faith. A psychiatrist can prescribe you pills, but you are afraid of "get hooked" on them. Alternatively, you blindly believe in a "pharmacological" miracle and diligently taking prescribed medications on schedule. Still - as you like simple solutions! Both are fraught with consequences. Without taking medicine prescribed by a competent physician, you can aggravate their condition. But reinforcing action tablets work with a psychologist, independent attempts to control the anxiety symptoms you give a chance to come back to you "in later." Moreover, they can be transformed into something that requires new tablets (overeating, for example).

6. Avoidance behavior. You have learned to cope with anxiety, avoiding "hot spots" in your life, where it can be shown. As in the song: "If you have no aunt, - it does not poison the neighbor." This can be justified, as a temporary solution that allows you to save power in the way of work on oneself. But if no such purpose (or goal - just to avoid discomfort), you will find yourself in a dead end. As a result, you live by the laws of anxiety (rarely leave the house, cut the number of contacts to a minimum, and so on) rather than on its own, it can not make you happy. Moreover - this is a direct route to the loss of self-esteem, boredom and depression

7.. The seventh mistake - to suppress the alarm will power. The Achilles heel of alarm - is the desire to control. But the paradox is that the more you are in control of yourself, the more this fear of losing control. And you lose it sooner or later. And (the usual "vile") happens "suddenly." As a result, you return to the first step: "I - crazy" and "I made a"
! To Lap Alarm ceased to be evil, avoid these mistakes, learn more about their anxiety and management practices it. And you are sure to get out of this fight with a winner without a loser.

Istchonik: psyholog.su