Few would argue that the world we live in today is filled with more pots holes than a rural Mexican highway, making anxiety health very difficult to achieve.
Nevertheless, finding ways to deflect or diminish anxiety is a very important part of overall physical, mental, and emotional health.
Anxiety itself is a form of one of the oldest behaviors known to man and that is the will to survive.
This survival mechanism can be long lasting or come and go in a matter of minutes.
What you are feeling is the body rerouting blood to the areas it deems important such as the heart, lungs, and brain, while the endocrine glands flood the bloodstream with adrenaline and cortisol sometimes producing superhuman strength.
This series of events produces both short and long term physical and emotional symptoms such as aggressive behavior, loss of creativity, weight gain or loss, uncontrollable shaking, sweaty palms, an increase in blood pressure, an increase in blood cholesterol, a racing heartbeat, indigestion, a sudden increase in energy followed by extreme fatigue, and the classic clenched or flexing jaw.
While this list may seem long it is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to possible anxiety symptoms.
So in order to achieve anxiety health a person must find ways to control or manage these symptoms until the body can reestablish some degree of physical and emotional stability.
Let's look at a few of the common techniques that has proven to effective in promoting anxiety health.
* Stay in the moment: Sometimes we can worry ourselves over events that have yet to happen.
So by staying in the moment a person can diffuse much of the forward or backward looking anxiety we tend to place on ourselves.
* Stay positive: This is the age old question as to whether the glass is half empty or half full.
I do recognize that sometimes it is not possible to keep a positive attitude, especially immediately after a catastrophic event.
But in many cases self imposed negative anxiety can create long last problems along with a sense of paranoia that interferes with one's ability to perform.
So stay positive when possible.
* Bake some cookies: Most of you are saying "He can't be serious".
Oh, but I am and you should be too.
Our sense of smell is one the strongest mood altering tools at our disposal.
By filling the air with smells that make you happy your are signaling your body to secrete the feel good hormone serotonin which sets off a number of chemical interactions in the brain neutralizing many of anxiety hormones which were initially in charge.
* Take your breathing seriously: When nervous tension strikes breathing shallows and oxygen flow is reduced.
By taking ten deep breaths through your nose and then slowly releasing them through your mouth you will be restoring oxygen to your bloodstream while helping your body get rid of carbon dioxide and other toxins.
* Consider a herbal anxiety health supplement: Sometimes you just can't quite claw your way out from under that nervous tension and may need a little extra help to reestablish anxiety health.
When this is the case herbal remedies are an excellent alternative treatment worth considering.