Social Anxiety Symptom - Rapid Breathing
Rapid Breathing
Anxiety attack manifests itself in a number of physical symptoms; one of them is rapid breathing. Rapid breathing or hyperventilation is a breathing response triggered by stressful situations. As a result, an individual feels weak, short of breath, dizzy, lightheaded, muscle spasms and tingling sensation. Persistent anxiety attacks (brought on by social anxiety) affect a person in a lot of sense and usually get in the way of living a normal life. Knowing how to effectively deal with anxiety and panic can help lessen your frustration and feel more in control.
Stress and Anxiety
The most known cause for anxiety is stress. Cortisol is released when a person is stressed. This causes an increased blood pressure, rapid heartbeat and rapid breathing. If you want to reduce your anxiety, you must learn how to combat stress. You can achieve this by determining different factors which trigger stress then work on eliminating them. It is also advisable to engage in meditation, aromatherapy, deep breathing and other forms of relaxation techniques.
Proper Breathing & Posture
Anxiety has the power to influence the physical well-being of a person. The best way to conquer this is to learn how to control your body’s reaction to anxiety. Since rapid breathing is one of the commonly experienced symptoms, you need to learn proper breathing techniques to prepare yourself for future anxiety and panic attack episodes.
During anxiety or panic situations, your lungs tend to go on an overdrive followed by shallow and rapid breathing which intensifies the attack. One method to control breathing is diaphragmatic breathing. Start by standing or sitting, keeping a straight back. Put one of your hands on your stomach and the other one on your chest. Move the hand placed on your stomach as you take long and deep breaths through the diaphragm. Avoid taking breaths from the chest. By practicing in a safe and quiet environment, you are teaching yourself to get used to it. Eventually, this breathing technique will come naturally to you and would be very helpful during bouts of anxiety or panic attacks.
Take note of situations which provoke anxiety. The best way to deal with it is walk away from a situation that has a tendency to cause anxiety or panic.
Self-talk
Self-talk is a very effective way to fight symptoms of anxiety. Practice talking to yourself in a positive way to slowly boost your self-confidence. Visualize yourself functioning happily. Most of the time, worse scenarios are just created by your mind. Replace awful images with great ones, make this a daily habit.