Posted by sregan on October 9, 2006, at 21:25:39
In reply to Re: Why and What to Do about Horrendous Anxiety » sregan, posted by Phillipa on October 9, 2006, at 20:16:57
Has your pdoc ruled out Bipolar or Melancholic Depression. Both have anxiety as part of their symptoms. If you can find the cause of the anxiety you are much better off. If as in melancholic depression stess has caused a problem with your hippocampus/HPA stress response system then if you don't correct that you will just treat symptoms indefinitely.
2. Meditation. There is a you beyond the mind/body you believe yourself to be. Meditation is the way to find it. Simply sitting and paying quiet attention to one's breathing is perhaps the simplest form.
There is also a book called "The HeartMath Solution" that has some really good mental exercises for quieting the mind.
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