How Do You Treat General Anxiety Disorder?

There really isn't any difference in us today than there was 20-odd thousand years ago. Our worries and concerns are different, of course. 20,000 years ago you'd hardly be sitting in your cave with The Wall Street Journal, sweating over whether a particular stock had gone through the roof, or had plummeted.

But really there's no difference in our actual brains today than there was 20,000 years ago. The difference is that the concerns we have today aren't the same as those we faced all those years ago. We'll answer the question of how do you treat General Anxiety Disorder in a minute, but first we really ought to learn what it is.

Let's suppose that your wife's in hospital and you're having a few minor problems at work. You'll probably have the same sort of feeling that our old ancestor had when he was separated from his tribe. He doesn't hear anything, but he's on his own and his imagination starts to run riot. Suppose a savage animal is on his trail? It's all caused by a stress build-up and this feeling of anxiety is perfectly normal after his imagination has taken hold.

Now, these days, you should be physically safe. However, if you aren't, then take immediate steps to make yourself so.

But as I've pointed out, we still re-act to modern threats, (dropping the cell phone down the loo while talking to our boss), as if they were the age-old ones. With an onset of G.A.D., think back to when it started. Why, now, are you anxious? What made you anxious to start with? Was it an actual event, or merely a build-up of your imagination? And why should your imagination lead you astray in this fashion? Also, remind yourself that you're in no physical danger, so why be so anxious?

Probably the most important thing to remember is to face your anxieties head on. Do not, under any circumstance, try to brush them under the rug. If you do try to pretend that they aren't there, that's probably the surest way to build your anxiety and stress levels to unacceptable limits.

Are you overdoing it? Are you putting in too many hours at work? As a young person, you can get away with this, up to a point, but as you grow older, all these extra hours will catch up with you and stress will set in. So the two most important things to do. Firstly, cut down your work load. Secondly, learn to relax. And quite frankly, one of the best exercises you can take up is walking.

But without your cell phone!

Probably, one of the best treatments for anxiety, or indeed most mental disorders, is hypnosis. It'd be a very wise move to go and have a look at Mike Bond's website, http://www.wealthyoldman.com. There you'll find a treasure trove of knowledge about hypnosis and psychology.

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