Modern western medicine often prescribes drugs to help you cure the symptoms of attacks. But what do you do if you don’t want to subject your body to this?
There are some natural alternatives for dealing with attacks:
- As soon as you notice a attack starting, concentrate on your breathing. Take a deep breath in and then slowly release it. Repeat this a few times and there’s a reasonable chance that your will subside.
- If you’re near someone you know and trust, talk to them. A second opinion and a comforting word can be enough to reduce your attack.
- Divert your attention away from the attack. Focusing on your and anxiety usually only intensifies it.
- If you start to hyperventilate, use a paper bag (or even an envelope) to breathe into. The change in the carbon dioxide levels should help you reduce your anxiety. If you don’t have a paper bag handy then holding your breath for a few seconds will have the same effect.
- Listening to relaxing music can help. Keep your Walkman or iPod handy and be prepared to switch to a more relaxing track the moment you sense a attack starting.
Another well-known alternative natural therapy to deal with attacks that works in most of the cases is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. It works on the proven assumption that our active thoughts have the capability of changing our subconscious reactions and can, therefore, cure attacks, as they are one’s reaction to certain kind of situations. Click here to know more.