Imagine being stood in front of a high speed locomotive and you are frozen solid to the spot.

If you are nervous about doing this, consider taking someone sympathetic along with you for support. is to learn to look after yourself, to nurture yourself, after the stress is over. Implement the solution. ABOUT FOOD AND DRINK I do occasionally skip breakfast but I cant remember if I did on the day of the panic attack.When my anxiety was bad I used to skip meals and eat when I could face it, so of course I often had low blood sugar and that made me feel worse. You may have been able to use that knowledge, and the techniques we describe, to start on the road to a life free from Anxiety (no one will ever be entirely free from normal anxiety). Identifying your core beliefs One way of identifying core beliefs is to look at your cognitive distortions and see what might be underlying and feeding them. A short course of tranquillisers: although doctors now understand that tranquillisers are addictive if used for too long, taking them for a short time can help someone over a difficult patch. Someone with OCD with rituals, whether physical or mental, is doing that pretty well all the time. They are like the leaves of the plant. Support from family and friends, with possible short-term professional help is usually enough to help them through it. If you are worried about being overweight, then make your meals smaller so that you can have snacks. Repeat several times. Something as simple as patting your pocket, or looking in your bag, tells any onlooker that youve forgotten something and explains why youve turned back. from doctors or friends and family) that one does not have serious symptoms or diseases. Because of my fears of contamination I wash myself several times a day all over, I clean my kitchen and bathroom every day, I wipe over all shopping that comes into the house with disinfectant and I have to decontaminate myself if Ive been out of the house. Even if you havent been through stress like this, the effect of Anxiety is to make you fearful of change. It can take me all morning to get past it. Remember these remarks are just to get you started. Lets look at the situation objectively. Food and drink Somebody who is well nourished will feel stronger and more able to face lifes challenges, and yet Anxiety often brings with it a lack of appetite, or a desire to eat comfort foods that may have little nutritional value. Change is scary for almost all of us.