{"id":154,"date":"2012-06-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-06-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/niamharthur\/?p=154"},"modified":"2026-07-31T19:59:37","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T19:59:37","slug":"dealing-with-anxiety-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/niamharthur\/dealing-with-anxiety-attacks\/","title":{"rendered":"Dealing with Anxiety Attacks!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Anxiety attacks<\/strong> can be a perfectly normal reaction to the stresses of everyday life but t should not be something that controls your life or limits your ability to live life. If you are finding that your anxiety is becoming overwhelming or interfering with your ability to enjoy life, then this article can help you get your life back on track.<\/p>\n<p>You may want to take fish oil, if you suffer from anxiety attacks. Recent studies have shown that fish oil, not only helps prevent some physical ailments, but it helps with anxiety as well. But, prior to taking fish oil,<em> speak with your doctor to make sure it is right for you.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>If you begin to feel anxious, <strong>accept those feelings<\/strong>. When you try to fight anxiety, the situation often becomes worse. If you focus on the fact that these feelings ate short term and will pass, it becomes easier to recover from the anxiety attack. This means that you can get back to productive activities much faster.<\/p>\n<p>When attempting to come out of <em>anxiety attacks<\/em>, try <strong>breathing techniques<\/strong>. Many different breathing techniques can help relax you, while you are feeling this overwhelming anxiety. Ask your doctor about them or look up some good breathing exercises online that can help relax your erratic breathing during anxiety attacks.<\/p>\n<p><span>Be patient and persistent<\/span> when it comes to breaking away from your negative anxiety. <strong>Attempt to re-frame your thoughts<\/strong>, since the brain is completely capable of changing from focusing on negative things. Internal negative chatter is common during times of anxiety, so you must work to change this within yourself.<\/p>\n<p>At times you will find yourself in different positions during a panic attack. If you have anxiety attacks, do whatever you can do in order to <em>keep you distracted<\/em>. Count down from 100, do math problems in your head, talk about good times you\u2019ve had recently, and anything else that you can think of that could distract you in a positive manner.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Get a pet<\/strong>. Research has shown that animals are extremely relaxing. The act of simply petting a cat, or a dog has been proven to bring about feelings of calm; just give it a try. You might find that having a pet around will help soothe your anxiety in a number of ways.<\/p>\n<p>As previously mentioned, anxiety is a normal reaction to many of the stresses in life. But it is not normal to experience anxiety to the extent that it takes over your life and limits you. If you have anxiety that is pervasive, then use the information and tips from this article to help you gain control over <span>anxiety attacks<\/span> and <strong>return to a more relaxed life<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anxiety attacks can be a perfectly normal reaction to the stresses of everyday life but t should not be something that controls your life or limits your ability to live life. If you are finding that your anxiety is becoming overwhelming or interfering with your ability to enjoy life, then this article can help you [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,5,6,7,9,10,14],"tags":[185,186,187],"class_list":["post-154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2-minute-tips","category-affiliate-marketing","category-baby-reflux","category-blogging","category-cool-people","category-fun","category-growth","category-home-business","tag-anxiety","tag-anxiety-attacks","tag-dealing-with-anxiety"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/niamharthur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/niamharthur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/niamharthur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/niamharthur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/niamharthur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/niamharthur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":301,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/niamharthur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154\/revisions\/301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/niamharthur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/niamharthur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/niamharthur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}