How to Cure Anxiety Attacks – Getting Over Your Anxiety

Monday, December 14th, 2009 at 7:54 pm

Anxiety attacks CAN be successfully treated and cured. However, this “cure” is not via the typical pills or medicine that you can take for other disorders. No medication or prescription drugs will truly “cure” anxiety attacks, they will do nothing but mask the symptoms and numb your pain. I am absolutely sure such an option is not the desirable way to approach anxiety disorders.

It might surprise you to know that anxiety is a normal reaction to stress and other life factors; for humans it needs to be there. However, there is a point at which it becomes too much, leading to what is known as an “anxiety attack”. Hence, the appropriate “cure” is to get rid of this excess anxiety.

In order to be “cured” of anxiety attacks, you must first recognize the root of the problem – fear. Have you ever wondered what life was like before you had anxiety attacks? What were your feelings then? Did you constantly fear that you will have heart attack? Or did you think that you would suffocate, faint or die?

This, my friend, is the KEY to “curing” anxiety attacks. There’s nothing wrong with you physically now. Nothing has changed, you’re perfectly healthy as before. What has changed is your mentality. Somehow, along the way, your sub-conscious mind picked up these irrational fears. This is the true problem!

Its not OK to keep believing that you will die or suffer horribly from anxiety attacks. Its not OK have irrational fear of something which cannot harm you. Its up to you alone to stop these fears.

I can stand here and ask you not to have these fears, but it won’t do any good if you don’t BELIEVE them. You need to prove to yourself that “Yes! Anxiety attacks cannot hurt me. They are just harmless fear, nothing to worry about!”

This is what it means to be “cured” of anxiety attacks. You will not fear anxiety attacks anymore. If it hits you, so be it, if it doesn’t hit you, so be it, there’s nothing to worry about. You’re no longer scared of returning to it, you’re not troubled if it happens.

So…forget those “miracle cures”. Make changes to your thinking and be open to a positive outcome. REALLY believe that you will just cure your anxiety. You don’t have to depend on medication or expensive therapies. You can succeed as long as you believe!