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Anxiety is the body’s physical response to a threat or perceived threat. It causes a pounding heart, rapid breathing, butterflies in the stomach and a burst of energy as well as mental responses such as excessive fears, worries or obsessive thinking.
Everyone experiences anxiety from time to time. It helps us to avoid danger by giving us energy and alertness to escape. But for some people, anxious feelings don’t go away. They can see situations as much worse than they really are, and their anxiety affects their ability to concentrate, sleep and carry out ordinary tasks. These feelings can be caused by anxiety disorders.
You may have an anxiety disorder if you often feel scared, worried or nervous, or if you always worry that something bad is going to happen.
Anxiety can affect someone’s ability to concentrate, sleep and carry out ordinary tasks at work, home or school. People with anxiety disorders often feel they have to avoid stressful situations and, in extreme cases, avoid going out altogether.
Physical symptoms are common and include shortness of breath, a pounding heart and trembling hands.
If anxiety is impacting your everyday life, talking to a doctor or a mental healthcare professional is the first step to getting the right support and understanding the options for treatment.
Anxiety is an extremely common problem. From an Ayurvedic perspective, anxiety is an imbalance in the Vata dosha. Vata is one of the three doshas or constitutions that support our homeostasis. To treat anxiety/Vata imbalance, you have to stabilize your energy, calm the nervous system, relax the mind, release obsessive thoughts.
Ayurveda recommends a diet, proper lifestyle and use of herbs to rejuvenate our nervous system. Oils in any form are extremely effective in the treatment of imbalanced Vata. All kinds of massages (abhyangam) with herbal oils are recommended. This helps to improve the quality of sleep which is essential for dealing with anxiety. It increases blood circulation and plays important role to relieve stress.
Shirodhara, panchkarma and head massage are blissful treatments which helps to calm mind.
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