Why Are Some People Claustrophobic? - How to Get Rid of Anxiety (A Natural Cure for Anxiety) - Teal Swan

Why Are Some People Claustrophobic?




When I was a kid, we got a new twisty tube-slide
at the elementary school. Kids liked to clog
it up on purpose, with the kid at the bottom
stopping and holding everyone else in the
pipe. Some kids thought it was a riot, but
I felt trapped and immediately had a sense
of dread. I screamed, the kids unclogged,
and I was instantly uncool. Was that claustrophobia?
Or something else?
In 1879, physician Dr. Benjamin Ball observed
two patients in Paris who, curiously, couldn't
stay in their apartment with the doors closed
without anxiety, and a third who was climbing
Saint-Jacques Tower, and felt an overwhelming
urge to flee. She ran to the exit, andquot;dashing
her headandquot; in the process. Apparently, the
urge immediately vanished upon reaching the
open air.
Ball dubbed this bizarre feeling andquot;claustrophobia,andquot;
and the 1881 American Journal of Insanity
called it andquot;a special form of delirium, characterized
by a 'fear of closed spaces;'andquot; today they
include narrow spaces with enclosed ones.
The list of spaces is long, including subways,
elevators, rooms without windows, public bathrooms,
tunnels, cars, hotel rooms, planes and so
on. And even THINKING about it can trigger
an attack… sorry. Most people who live with
it don't get it formally diagnosed, because
there's no need to do so, their own fear causes
those affected to spend much of their lives
avoiding trigger spaces.
The National Health Service in the UK says
10-percent of the population is affected by
claustrophobia, though studies find only about
four percent will suffer from full-blown attacks.
I call it an attack, because psychologists
and psychiatrists connect it to anxiety disorders,
believing it's essentially a short-lived panic
attack. It might be caused by some kind of
childhood trauma. For example, losing one's
parents in a crowded place, getting stuck
in a hole (or a slide?)... it's really hard
to say.
Since the late 19th century, researchers have
been digging into this crazy fear, and found
very little solid ground. A 2007 study in
the Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging
found women were far more likely than men
to experience claustrophobia, and a study
in the journal Cognition in 2011, found it
may have to do with the invisible bubble of
andquot;personal spaceandquot; we all project around us.
Most people's personal space extends only
as far as we can reach, but people with claustrophobia
may be projecting their personal space beyond
their reach! Thus, when someone violates that
territorial bubble, the person experiences
a panic attack! Researchers think this disorder
may have a connection to acrophobia, or a
fear of heights; as people with claustrophobia
seem to underestimate horizontal distances
the way acrophobics do with vertical ones.
Essentially, they believe the room is smaller
than it really is. This study is about as
far as we've come to understanding the disorder.
Perhaps it's a defense mechanism, and some
are simply more sensitive to it…
There does seem to be a genetic component
as well. A 2013 study in Translational Psychiatry
found a single mutation on gene Gpm6a causes
andquot;claustrophobia-likeandquot; behavior in mice. Plus,
a study in Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences
found people with panic disorders had significantly
smaller amygdalae: the section of the brain
that processes fear!
In the end, they're still trying to figure
out WHY some people experience claustrophobia.
As with most anxiety disorders, there's no
true andquot;cure.andquot; Symptoms can be managed, but
if the phobia is severe, specialists will
recommend exposure therapy -- where the claustrophobic
person would be walked through imagining,
and then experiencing the things that cause
the fear until they, essentially, get over
it. It's rough, but so far, is the best we
have. More research is, for sure, needed.
What do you think? Have
you experienced claustrophobia?

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How to Get Rid of Anxiety (A Natural Cure for Anxiety) - Teal Swan




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because I'm someone who suffer from
post-traumatic stress disorder for many
many years
this means that anxiety is something I
struggle with
for a long time the thing about
struggling with something for a long
time is it has with forcing you to
figure out what to do about it
taking medications for anxiety
is not the best option not only is it
the least effective
way that you can deal with anxiety it's
very harmful to the body to take these
medications
and these medications are addictive
anytime you take
something a medication the chemical your
body compensates
for the presence up the chemical within
your system
so what your brain essentially does
is it stops producing the chemicals that
you're taking
via that hill so what you'll find when
you try to go to get off that hill
is that your body is no longer producing
those chemicals on its own
there's a lag time between the time that
you stop taking the
medication and the time that your body
re compensates for the absence of that
chemical
most people can't make it through that
lacked I'm
in other words living life is just too
painful
of the medication because the body
hasn't re compensated fast enough
for the person to be able to cope with
life anxiety is a worldwide problem
it is a problem where our own biology
which was designed to ensure our
survival as hunters and gatherers
is seven touching our bodies and minds
we feel
fear or stress our body releases
cortisol which is a stress hormone
this cortisol release is part of a fight
or flight response
back in the day it enabled us to do
things like jumped out of the way
attacking predator
or falling rock in today's world those
kinds of dangers art is relevant
but even though they aren't relevant we
still have the same biological reaction
to stress
anytime we perceived danger our body
react the same way it would
if for survival where risk and our fight
or flight response is triggered
the body releases cortisol when we get
cut off on the highway
our body releases court is all we think
about being able to pay their bills on
time
our body releases cortisol only our
approach fire
boss what's more according to this
cortisol average from Ithaca fearful
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basically and silver mother lives being
less stressful
there an absolute minefield stress
inducing scenarios
this means the cortisol the stress
hormone is wreaking havoc on this in our
day-to-day lives
elevated cortisol levels doesn't just
affect the way we feel emotionally
it interferes with learning and memory
it lowers immune function and bone
density
it causes an increase in weight gain
blood pressure
cholesterol and heart disease it can
trigger other mental illnesses
it increases the likelihood of
depression and that lowers our
resiliency
anyone who suffers with anxiety
has a problem with one of our basic
human needs
and that basic human need is certainty
where we mean by certainty
we mean that feeling if internal
security
that we know that we can avoid pain
and gain pleasure those of us who have
anxiety
don't know that this is true that basic
human need isn't met
instead we feel powerless to her own
lives we feel fear relative to our own
lives
and that cuz ur body to trigger to fight
or flight response
it causes us to release cortisol and
when that happens
we feel more anxious sore body releases
more cortisol and that causes a still
more anxious
which costs just released more cortisol
and no Arcana snowball
we can stop feeling anxious our anxiety
snowballs into Syria's panic attacks
because we don't have the ability
to meet our own need a certainty
normally there would be an outlet for
this Russia things I T with the
fight-or-flight response is triggered
such as running away from the perceived
threat were screaming and crying
which burns cortisol in the body but in
today's modern world there is no obvious
course of action for the anxiety we feel
there's no outlet for that energy so we
have to create one
or many what are the best ways to do
this is through exercise on a daily
basis
any room decor cardio activity will burn
cortisol
it will create no outlet to release the
pent-up energy that is associated with
the fight-or-flight response
and 20-30 minutes is all you need to
engage your body's natural ability to
produce endorphins
endorphins are a bit like naturally
occurring opiates their last year and
induce a feeling of well-being
eating foods that reduce anxiety is
really important
their foods that increase your anxiety
and their food the decrease your anxiety
it's important that you choose a diet
that stabilizes your blood sugar
when your blood sugar drops it slow
the portion of your brain that in church
in a fight or flight response is
triggered
so you're more likely to feel anxieties
writer day
avoid fried foods caffeine
high glycemic carbohydrates sugar
and alcoholic beverages service to
include in your diet
that have been shown to reduce anxiety
for various reasons are
seaweed also called nori kimchee
whole grains such as brown rice fairer
and CIMA
blueberries dark chocolate
marquerite fight a min b12 and vitamin
b6
omega-3 fatty acids like flaxseed oil
camomile tea long t
and oats truckee nuts
pumpkin seeds and and a mommy
any kind of meditation visualization
or relax Asian technique such as yoga
ciccone or tai chi will lower cortisol
levels in the body
sign up for those classes
form close knit human bombs it's been
shown over and over again
that when we formed connections with
other people
we are reducing cortisol within the body
are parasympathetic nervous system is
sedated
when we are in close physical contact
with other people
when we feel a sense of connection with
them
develop these connections humans
our social species isolation
will increase your anxiety seek
opportunities to laugh when you're
laughing your body can't perceive that
it is in danger
because you're sending at the message
it's safe
so watch that stand up comedian watched
as YouTube shows that make you laugh
seek any kind of fun that you can find
this will significantly reduce the
levels of anxiety
it's also really important to get enough
sleep
let yourself get eight hours a night at
least
sleep is designed to reduce stress
levels
when you fall asleep your realigning
with your non physical perspective
you releasing all the resistance that
you carry with you on a daily basis
you're coming into alignment into state
allowing
which is the opposite things I D
allow yourself the opportunity to
release your assistance in this way
sleep is essential for those people who
suffer from anxiety
your fight or flight response is
triggered when you don't get enough
sleep
in the same way that it's triggered by
low blood sugar
so it's really important that you let
yourself get at least eight hours a
night
sleep is the opportunity for you to come
into alignment
to release all of the resistance Eve
built up in your day-to-day life
take advantage have that opportunity
release your motion one of the best ways
to do this
is to talk to someone about it or if you
don't do that
to release your motion by writing or
typing it out
I don't want you to church what's coming
up
whenever you feelings I did you sit down
with that paper and from the computer
and start typing anything that comes out
all of you worry and stressful thoughts
I want you just type them as fast as you
can possibly type them without judging
them
I want you to put down anything no
matter how nonsensical it may seem
your body needs to release that energy
solicit
release that energy
I have an example is a page that I wrote
this week
to release my own anxiety so this is
what this will sound like
I'm flipping out I hate my life what the
hell was I thinking my stomach hurts I
feel like crap I hate people
I'm not getting anywhere they won't
publish my book
my sanity is making a call I don't wanna
move I can't move I'm stuck I hate life
I should quit
on the worst turn on earth I'm not
hungry I hate that everyone expects me
to make breakfast god damnit
I have session today I don't wanna do it
with the whole like to say to them
kill yourself now because it doesn't get
better fuck my life
I hate it here I wanted I am too fucked
up to do anything good
water mind most a few there'll be a lot
of swearing in this exercise
this expression process is not the time
to be politically correct 4-port
I want you to get out anything that you
emotionally feel and are struggling with
listen to music deliberately create
playlist for yourself to reduce your
anxiety
for me dinner jazz works wonders as does
any music that allows me to bleed
emotion
certain musicians for me it's Thomas
Newman have the ability to create turns
that make you feel like the emotions
that is trapped in the was being leached
out motivating music works well too
because it inspires you to are seeking
an outlet for your stress
you want to avoid any music that
stimulates you nervous system
makes you feel stress or provokes
negative emotion
breathing exercises works for anxiety
that is taking long deep breath in
long deep breath out free think deep
into your belly
consider staying appeared shallow
breathing for you just pulling energy
into your lungs breathing techniques
have been shown to reduce cortisol again
and again
my anxiety was so bad throughout my life
the breathing exercises
was little bit like chipping in equation
with the student
so I prefer use breathing exercises in
conjunction with other exercises
hisself purely on its own but trade is
breathing exercises
you can find them all over the internet
and see how they work for you
the bottom line if you suffer from
anxiety is that you have to allow
yourself to do what is necessary to make
yourself feel good
throughout the day you gotta be
delivered about how you wake up
he got to be delivered to how you go to
sleep and how you structure your life in
between
and this kind of self-care has got to be
okay for you
if you suffer from anxiety you have a
highly sensitive system
that doesn't mean that something's wrong
with you potentially it means
some things right with you and everyone
else just shut down
take the time to structure your life to
give yourself
this TLC you need
to really commit to self care if you
suffer from anxiety
I was one of these people who woke up
with such bad anxiety attacks
that after an hour to struggle with him
in the morning I'd end up suicidal
or self-injury but I have actually found
a routine
that works for me perfectly but I will
tell you
even to this day if I don't do this
routine
I still wake up things I tax
I'm gonna share this routine is used a
keep in mind that the routine that works
for you may be different than the one
that works for me
the goal if you suffer from anxiety is
to collect
all kinds of tools and all kinds of
processes
the you can apply throughout your day
the work specifically for you
to set up your own individual unique
routine
here's mine number one when I first wake
up
before even open my eyes I take a deep
breaths
where I'm holding my breath for the
counter 8 at the top
so looks like this
I did at a time s to I immediately go
get something to eat
cortisol levels our highest first thing
in the morning which is why so many
people who suffer from anxiety wake up
with panic attacks
when blood sugar is low like it is first
thing in the morning it triggers your
fight or flight response
so we need to get her blood sugar levels
up and quickly
but we don't want to spy curvature
that's just setting ourselves up for
failure later in the day
so we were to choose foods that
stabilizer Pletcher
I usually choose a handful of almonds
and berries
are of formula milk replacer or protein
powder
mixed with coconut milk or almond milk
or banana with mixed nuts in water
3 I write my expression Journal this is
the place I allow myself to unleash all
my fearful negative thoughts and worries
so I haven't outlet for that anxious
feeling
for I write my gratitude journal this
ordinance my focus from the thoughts
that were causing me to panic
the thoughts induce a feeling of
well-being it forces me to look for and
pay attention to things that make me
feel good
and thus began to feel like the life I'm
living might actually be good
and discuss my fight or flight response
to shut off
5 I exercise I have collected a group of
people who feel more motivated to work
out when we're together
and now we'll go out in the morning in
height or speed Walker to claim it to
training or ski together
the connection I feel them reduces my
cortisol levels and the exercise itself
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when I get back from exercising I drink
to eight-ounce glasses of water
this allows my liver to rid my body have
access for months
your liver is the organ in your body
that
deals with excess hormones and remember
that cortisol
is a warmup I also keep sipping water
throughout the day
and I make sure that this water is in
tap water I make sure that it's spring
water
orgies in well water or some kind of
water that is in complete with of
chemicals
Sep I let myself be a diva
what do I mean by this most of us who
suffer from anxiety have perfected the
art of forcing ourselves to do things
that feel terrible 2s emotionally
we end up having breakdowns because our
nervous system is perceived danger
everywhere we turn we need to allow
ourselves to little unconventionally
and do unconventional things if they
would enable us to feel safer and more
relaxed
for example I get extreme anxiety when
I'm going anywhere by myself
the traditional model of dealing with
fear says you should force yourself to
be alone
so that your body will desensitize to it
this force your body to desensitize is
forcing your body to dissociate
so it's not actually solving a major
problem
what is doing is causing you to shut off
your emotional guidance system
its pretty much the dumbest thing you
can do
it's never so loving to force yourself
to get over something
that is a harsh approach it is not a
gentle approach
and if you take a harsh approach to
something this feeling anxious
what you're doing is you're adding
punishment on top of fear
sounds like a good idea to me more often
than not
all rough approach does when it comes to
fears cause us to have mental breakdowns
so ok I love myself take people
associate with safety and home with me
when I go places
remember that is anyone else thinks you
should or shouldn't live in a specific
way
it is projection they're imposing their
perspective on your life and asking you
to validate their perspective
this is not your job your job is to find
out what feels most in powering
and joyful to you personally and that
allow yourselves to do those things
we do not get upset when someone who is
in a wheelchair needs to structure his
or her life a little differently in
order to have pleasant experience
we should I get upset with ourselves
over to the sea tour things I T
causes us to have to structure our life
a little differently in order to have a
pleasant experience
if we're all living in alignment we
would all be structural I as a little
differently according to run desires and
needs
if you suffer from anxiety it is
extremely important
that you practice the art a self loving
this is how it works if you're a person
like me
who hasn't issue with anxiety when you
are alone
in the beginning it's not very loving to
yourself
to force yourself to go somewhere alone
but eventually you might find something
happens it no longer feels empowering
and no longer feel so flipping good for
you to be stuck in a situation where you
can't go places alone
and that's the time that you can start
venturing out
and practicing being alone practicing
taking trips alone
and only at that point well that action
be self loving
only at that point will be in line with
your empowerment
and said the fuel your anxiety so you
need to be very honest with yourself
about where you currently are and you
need only take steps
towards self love that means
the only time you should ever try to
solve anything
relative to the anxiety you suffer is it
feel self loving and empowering
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I make sure that before I go to bed
I'm in a good vibrational space
that means i watch funny movies i watch
proposal videos on YouTube
i play board games I could always like a
mule family members
I do anything that puts me in a good
news that my focus
is not on worry this is a good time to
rate your gratitude journal
sometime trip before I go to bed I sit
down I write an entire list of things
that I so grateful for
throughout the day we dream in
accordance with what we think about
during our day-to-day lives
especially when we think about right
before we go to bed so you don't want to
have nightmares based on thinking about
things that cause you to feel anxiety
right before you go to sleep and another
thing
when you wake up and you re phase with
your physical body
you will pick up where you left off mean
that if you've been thinking about
things that cause you to feel anxious
you will pick up in anxious state of
mind
and that will set your day off already
on this very
debt foot see wanna make sure to
structure your life
special to the fore you go to bed in a
way that you're building a platform for
success for the day that you're about to
lead
when you wake up in the morning 9 I ask
someone to rub my feet article my skin
softly when I'm laying in bed
this physical contact makes me feel safe
and like all human connection
it reduces cortisol levels my body if
the idea physical context makes you more
anxious
you can buy handheld massagers massager
pillows
and massage chairs to help you wind down
at the end of the day
to I'm very deliberate about what I eat
I structured my diet in a way that
stabilizes my blood sugar all day long
I make sure that I E small snacks
throughout the day
instead of eating three large meals and
letting my blood sugar dropped in
between
I have found that diet is one of the
most important
keys to controlling my anxiety
so it's really important that you try it
out relative to yourself as well
anxiety is the body reflecting the
thoughts that you're thinking
and if you suffer from anxiety that
means that you spend your time
thinking thoughts the vibrate in the
body
at the frequency a fear questioning your
fearful thoughts on changing them will
do more for your anxiety than anything
else
when you feel that feeling things I A T
try to identify the thought
or sauce the you're thinking and
question them one by one
iron cage developed process called the
work for question your beliefs.
in my opinion is that this process out
there for questioning police
and I developed process for changing
police you can find it on youtube
I presented in a video titled how to
change a belief
I remember if you're having a full blown
panic attack
I made a video call how to stop panic
attack it's on YouTube as well
in this video I lead you through a
process that ends panic attacks
panic attacks are a little bit different
the things I T
there are more intense extension of
anxiety so if you're having a panic
attack and said a fortune this
video and utilizing these tools I want
you to go turn to that video
and follow along with that process
as I said earlier people who suffer from
anxiety
have a difficult time believing that
they create their own reality
they don't have a way yes
a filling the basic human need a
certainty
the certainty that they can structure
their life
to gain pleasure and not experienced
pain
this means if you suffer from anxiety
it's extremely important
that your delivered about what you put
your focus on
withdraw your attention for anything
that makes you feel
powerless were like a victim or like you
don't control the circumstances
your life don't watch that new station
don't watch those movies don't read
those books or articles
that make you feel Isis the world
happens
to you your life happens to you
and all you can do is come up with it
instead
place your attention on any material
that makes you feel empowered place your
attention anything
that fills you fall off the truth that
you can control
the reality that you're living in that
it is absolutely in your hands with the
you feel good
or feel that this incident power mint
is the office at vibration up the
feeling of anxiety
so try out these tips and techniques and
see how they work for you
have a good week
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