Feeling anxious from time to time is normal. But when anxiety takes over—panicky, doom-filled thoughts spinning in your brain like a hamster on a flywheel that never stops—then your quality of life and your health are at risk. Yes, drugs can help. But there are many things that may help you get back on an even keel without using drugs (and suffering their side effects).
Read below about a variety of nondrug therapies and techniques that calm anxiety, restore your peace of mind and get you centered again…
Your Brain On Anxiety…and Anxiety Drugs
How The World Is Making You Anxious
Say No to Benzodiazepines to Cut Dementia Risk
Do This to Get Calm…
Take a Deep Breath To Cure What Ails You
How to Avoid Assuming the Worst
Beat Social Anxiety Disorder with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
How Exercise Reduces Anxiety…By Buffering Excitable Neurons In the Brain
How Transcendental Meditation Helps Anxiety and Post-Traumatic Stress
Clothespin Trick to Calm You Down
Tea, Yogurt, Supplements…
GABA Supplements: Natural Help for Anxiety
If Anxiety Interferes With Good Sleep, Consider L-Theanine
Let Your Phone Be Your Therapist: 7 Psych Apps That Really Work
Soothe Anxiety with Probiotics