How to overcome anxiety without drugs

“It comes in an almost violent way and when it comes I feel like I’m disconnected from reality. It’s like I’m losing control in an extreme way. My heart is pounding so hard, I feel like I can’t catch my breath and I have the terrible feeling of that everything is coming down on me.”

These are some of the sensations experienced by those who have suffered a crisis or anxiety attacka disorder that many adults in our country suffer every year.

Since they can arise in any situation, these panic attacks they alarm those who live thembecause he even believes that “he is going to die”, given the intense psychosomatic symptoms that accompany them: dizziness, sweating, tachycardia, muscle tension, respiratory problems, digestive or sleep disturbances…

Medical tests, slow and detailed, usually indicate that the person does not present any physical dysfunctionbut that hardly alleviates their suffering, because what the analyzes say is one thing and what is experienced in their own flesh is another.

What’s more, the person usually has both fear that it will happen again that unpleasant experience that his fear generates more anxietywhich increases the sensations that the crisis is lurking and generates a vicious circle from which it is difficult to get out.

Are there different types of anxiety?

Anxiety attacks, with their picture of psychosomatic discomfort, are perhaps the most striking disorder, but there are others in which anxiety is by itself the main symptom:

Generalized anxietywhich is characterized by a state of permanent anguish.phobic disorderled by specific or diffuse fears.obsessive-compulsive disorderwith intrusive and unpleasant ideas that can be accompanied by ritual acts with which one tries to reduce the anxiety of the obsession (repeatedly washing hands, checking doors and sockets…). Reactions of posttraumatic stressin which a painful experience continues to generate anxiety long after it has happened, due to the fact that it was not possible to assimilate the situation on an emotional level.

According to the Spanish Society for the Study of Anxiety and Stress, more than 20% of the world population suffers from one of these problems throughout their lives.

Anxiety: an uncomfortable guest

Specialists warn that anxiety can become severe if its symptoms are not attended to, it is not diagnosed on time or is not treated properly.

In fact, it is quite common for one person drag this problem for years without being diagnosed as such, which causes two out of three affected do not receive treatment.

Anxiety is an uncomfortable guest, the more insidious the more you try to ignore it. If she becomes pathological, aggravates ailments like asthma, induces addictions -with which they try to forget their presence-, can be a factor of risk of premature death and one of the causes suicide.

Whoever suffers from it usually has difficulties leading a normal life Well, apart from the practical inconvenience it generates, it is one of the most frequent reasons for work leave.

Anxiety and depression should not be confused, but if discomfort and discouragement spread, it is possible that one disorder leads to the other.

Is there really an imminent danger?

Anxiety has points in common with stress: the mind becomes alert to a possible threat and reactions of the organism are activated to adapt to a hostile environment.

When our ancestors sensed the proximity of wild animals or from rival clans, it’s easy for your pulse to race to pump maximum blood or for your nervous system to become tense. Those same reactions can be experienced by anyone today when faced with an imaginary danger or that you think you perceive unconsciously.

Live in a civilized environment does not remove the sources of anxiety, it just modifies them. Fears, challenges and uncertainties are still present in other forms.

Anxiety can have a genetic component that increases the predisposition to suffer it; also influence her personality and learning factors.

He frantic pace current situation, with its challenges and new ones, or the traumatic experiences (a personal or work loss…) are usually their most common reasons. They can also cause anxiety situations with threatening outcomes for the person: having an exam, traveling by plane, being the victim of a robbery…

Even an everyday situation can generate anxiety (trying to fall asleep, working, studying), if the person thinks they may have serious consequences for your interests.

“The more threatening the effects you anticipate and fewer resources the person has to face the situation, the greater the anxiety reaction will be,” explains Antonio Cano-Vindeldoctor in psychology and president of SEAS (Spanish Society for the Study of Anxiety and Stress), who also clarifies that: “there is both fear of the bear and anxiety about speaking in public. This indicates that anxiety is associated with uncertain dangerbut not that life is at stake, no matter how much fear one may feel”.

The three basic fears

The homeopathy has a very helpful approach to addressing anxiety and can be one of the most effective medicines before this disorder.

According to Miguel Luquihomeopathic doctor, “anxiety arises from the mere fact that we exist and we are aware that we are aging and decaying, just like everything that surrounds us, and that creates fear in us. Death, sickness and provision (“I have to earn money to be able to live”) are three basic fears today and triggers, in many cases, of anxiety.”

“On the other hand, we are so far from the spirit –which is precisely what protects man against death and change–, that life far from that leads us to suffocation”, comments Miguel Luqui.

The most common is that the person who goes to the homeopath’s office has been taking anxiolyticswhich does not prevent starting a homeopathic treatment.

“As it improves, they can go gradually withdrawing anxiolyticsnever abruptly, due to the possible reactions derived from physical and psychological dependence”, comments Juan Martin-Ballesterohomeopathic doctor.

To treat anxiety, the homeopath always assesses “how the person reacts, with their somatizations and own characteristicsbut also the particular way that each individual has to experience anxiety, your personal way of feeling what happens to you and the meaning it gives it”, explains Martín-Ballestero.

AND depending on these aspectsand not only the symptoms, a homeopathic medicine is prescribed or another and the dose is established.

How does homeopathy work in cases of fear and anxiety?

after a first level of healingwhich can already take place during the first interview, in which attempts are made to understand the causes and circumstances of what happens to the patient and is allowed to express himself, the homeopathic medicine acts as a lever that activates the healing process bringing out the root of the disease.

Through the remedy closest to the personality and situation of the individual, unconscious information is mobilized and improves the relationship with the environment.

symptoms are relievedthe person is able to manage situations that previously caused anxiety and feel that she is herself againhaving also broadened his life perspective.

“Homeopathy does not change anything that the person does not want to change, but it helps one feel as they want to become,” explains Juan Martín-Ballestero.

The treatment must be kept for as long as necessary, always depending on the evolution of the patient. If the prescribed medication is effective, it will remain as background curative treatment.

In the case of crises, let them be less and less intense and more spaced It will indicate that the evolution is good.

The homeopath will prescribe a remedy based on the particular way each person experiences anxiety. Some widely used medicines currently are:

Arsenicum Album. Anxiety with fear of suffering from many diseases. Great internal restlessness, anguish leads the person to go from one place to another. She becomes greedy and cautious. She feels that she is being watched. She is tired of living.Aconite Napelus. Anxiety also manifests itself with fears, such as presenting the moment of one’s own death. Fear in closed places, thoughts about death and agony. Great sensitivity to noise and pain.Argentum Nitricum. The anxious state is usually caused by the negative anticipation of events. You always live in a hurry to be on time. He feels indifference when he is in company. Great obstinacy. The person is sad and taciturn.Calcarea Carbonica. He feels great anxiety about the future, and a hypochondriac anxiety that can lead him to read medical books and websites. Great mental confusion, bulimia. He worries excessively about religious issues and is very sensitive when he hears cruelties.Natrium Muriaticum. There is a sorrow that is lived in silence, like the death of a loved one. He always has it in mind. He cannot cry despite the sadness. Symptoms worsen with comfort.Lycopodium clavatum. Health anxiety, at home and outdoors. Alterations by anticipation and by contradiction. Lack of character. Difficulty in concentration. Errors when writing (omits letters). Dictatorial. Craving for powerPhosphorus. Palpitations with anguish. Hypochondriac anxiety. Fear of death, of storms, that something could happen… Indifference towards loved ones, relationships. Increased sexual desire.

Can anxiety be treated with acupuncture?

For restore balance internal to the organism, the Chinese traditional medicine acts on the flow of energy (chi) that circulates through the body and that, in anxiety disorders, may be affected at the level of various organs.

He liver is usually the most common. “Chinese medicine attributes mental planning, responsibility for dreams and courage -Explain Daniel Mene, doctor and specialist in acupuncture–. Hence, nightmares, frustration, uncertainty about the future or the inability to express feelings affect him.

Other common sources of anxiety, such as sadness, sorrow and unfulfilled desiresaccording to Chinese medicine are related to lungs and heartwhich would explain symptoms such as rapid breathing and palpitations so common in anxiety attacks.

obsessive ideas and worries repercussions at the level of spleen and stomach, causing digestive problems and, above all, swelling. He kidneyfor his part, is related to fearcharacteristic emotion of anxiety.

The task of the acupuncturist is to find out which organ is more linked with the manifestation of the anxiety of a certain person. Normalize the energy of that organ it will be more effective than regulating another one that is also altered but that plays a secondary role.

After an interview with the patient to find out the symptoms he presents scan starts. The taking of the pulse and the observation of the tongue report the areas where there may be a excess or…