Shouldn’t it be the other way around? Cure your general anxiety first, then cure anxiety attacks? Well, that’s the mainstream approach. Basically, you have anxiety attacks because you suffer from general anxiety. Which is true; anxiety attacks usually happen to someone with higher daily anxiety levels than someone without anxiety.

But the problem here is that someone who has fallen victim to an anxiety attack never wants a repeat performance. The symptoms are just too overwhelming. So they are continually fearful about having more attacks. And here’s the key; that ‘fear’ of another attack can actually produce one!

This is what you might call the ‘cycle of anxiety’. It goes something like this: anxiety / anxiety attack / fear (of another attack) / anxiety / anxiety attack / fear / anxiety / and so on.

O.K. but doesn’t prescription medication deal with all this?

These drugs can be very effective in reducing the symptoms of anxiety and anxiety attacks. Typical medications are anti-depressants, anti-anxiety (minor tranquilizers) or beta-blockers. They all work in different ways, but they all just work on the symptoms, they can’t do much about the root causes of anxiety, or, the fear of other anxiety attacks.

And they all have negative side effects to varying degrees. Things like weight gain, drowsiness, dizziness, nausea, headaches, confusion, sleep problems, agitation, amnesia, hallucinations, fatigue, lethargy, dependency, and many more, even anxiety itself!

But there are other therapies aren’t there?

Yes, there are quit a few therapies that are proving popular, especially among folks who can’t tolerate drug-based medication, or, just don’t want anything to do with drugs. Some of the most common therapies are psychotherapy (especially cognitive-behavioral therapy or CBT), counselling, hypnosis, self-hypnosis, meditation, yoga, etc.

These can be very helpful. But to get the most out of them you really need to work at them and stick with them. They are what might be called ‘coping’ therapies; they help you manage your general anxiety and anxiety attacks.

So how do I break out of my cycle of anxiety?

In order to effectively identify and work on the root cause(s) of general anxiety, and so reach a proper cure for anxiety, you first need to break free from the cycle of anxiety.

To do that you need to eliminate the fear of anxiety attacks. Treatments that either work on the symptoms, or, teach you how to ‘cope’ with your condition won’t do this. So you need a different approach…

There’s a completely unique technique called the One Move Technique (TM) which helps you eliminate the fear of anxiety attacks. This is just the first important stage in a powerful system called ‘Panic Away’.

This first stage gets you out of the cycle of anxiety, so that the second stage can tackle your general anxiety far more effectively. And all without drugs, psychotherapy, hypnosis, meditation, etc. It has been used by over 34,000 folks at the time of writing.

You can discover more about Panic Away by visiting their homepage.

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