You are probably well aware that a panic attack is a 'fight or flight' response to a perceived threat. The reason the human brain responds like this goes back to our prehistoric past where humans needed their bodies to respond quickly to a perceived physical threat. What this new research is telling us, is that people's mental activity during a panic attack is suddenly moving to the mid brain, resulting in the heightened state of fear and panic... In order to restore calm you therefore need the brain's mental activity to change.

In alternative medicine, a holistic approach to healing recognizes that the emotional, mental, spiritual and physical elements of each person comprise a system that is greater than its individual parts. This approach attempts to treat the whole person, concentrating on the cause of the illness as well as symptoms.

Anxiety serves a purpose. It keeps you from running out in front of a car. Anxiety becomes detrimental when it ceases to be an internal warning system. Staying away from downtown for fear of being run over is such a detrimental anxiety. Let anxiety serve to guide you, not control you. If anxiety is on a 0 to 10 scale, you are best to keep the anxiety level in the 4 to 7 range. That is very manageable. When it becomes greater, then you need to do something.

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For the 38 million Americans who suffer from anxiety and/or depression (and for those who treat them), Dr. Daniel G. Amen has liberating news. This groundbreaking work describes the seven distinct types of anxiety and depression revealed by The Amen Clinics' signature brain-imaging studies; offers diagnostic tools and guidelines to determine the specific type affecting each individual, and provides a comprehensive program for treating each type.

Deanne Repich, Founder of the National Institute of Anxiety and Stress, created the Conquer Your Anxiety Success Program, a simple, action-oriented "how-to" course that has helped thousands across the globe conquer their anxiety.