2 Highly Effective Ways to Stop an Anxiety Attack

If you are someone who suffers from recurrent anxiety attacks, you know how frustrating and frightening they can be. Symptoms of anxiety attacks can range from a general feeling of anxiousness, to shortness of breath and a racing heart, to feeling like you are actually dying because you cannot breathe. Anxiety attacks can be very frightening, and recurrent anxiety attacks can become a real problem. Many people who experience recurrent anxiety attacks sometimes have very little warning that an attack is beginning, and often have no idea why they are experiencing one in the first place. Anyone who suffers from anxiety attacks can agree on one thing though, and that is that they want them to stop.

Unfortunately, most people have little success in trying to get control of an anxiety attack. A lot of people try to stop an anxiety attack by attempting to control their breathing, resting, or trying to mentally convince themselves that there's no reason for the attack in hopes that somehow this will make the anxiety attack stop. Sometimes people even end up in a hospital emergency room thinking they must be having a heart attack, only to be diagnosed with an anxiety attack.

There are two methods one can use to stop an anxiety attack that do not involve medication yet are still very successful. These two methods are entirely free, and quite simple.

The first method one can use to stop an anxiety attack, is to engage in an activity that captures your attention. This is really simple to do. One option is to put in a movie that you know you really like, and then sit down to watch it. Another way to do this is to put on a song you absolutely love to sing and then sing along while really concentrating on the words. Another option is to start cleaning house. Washing dishes, scrubbing the bathroom, and mopping the floors all work well. These are activities that are easy to perform even when you are feeling out of sorts, but that require some bit of organization so they get your brain moving in a different direction, and away from your anxiety attack.