Treating Anxiety, In An Instant

My beautiful mom suffers from anxiety disorders from time to time.

Often, she finds herself unable to find sleep.

Sometimes she’s awake the whole night…

This often manifests into physical health problems such as heart palpitations, chest pain, an upset stomach, and loose motions.

She would avoid discussing her anxiety, thinking that it would “disturb” me and that it is not “worthy” of my time.

Even though she very well knows that if there’s anyone who can instantly treat her anxiety problem, it is me.

And this, even my dad would endorse…

Message from Dad after treating Mom’s anxiety attack 1261 miles away.

I am going to share with you how Anxiety is treated in an instant.

No medications. No therapy sessions. No exercise daily. No meditating.

No deep breathing, or healthy diet, or relaxation techniques.

At this point, I must tell you that it is not any new technique or method that you can pick up and use, rather an understanding of the mind.

The first thing to understand is that there is no subtraction or deletion in the arena of the mind.

Only addition and multiplication.

What enters the mind through the five sense organs stays put.

Therefore you cannot remove or get rid of any thought. In fact, any attempt of doing so will only make those thoughts roar louder.

Just like when you instruct a child not to do something, the child does it, despite your instruction.

A common misconception is that in diverting the mind and engaging in an activity you will be able to get rid of the negative thoughts.

It does not work. The mind is more clever than you think. It knows that you are playing a trick on the mind.

Thus, anxiety develops further.

In order to prevent it from developing, the cause of the anxiety must be first understood.

What has triggered the anxiety?

What is the source from which it arises?

When does it arise?

What are the predominant thoughts?

Why are they arising?

What does one fear?

These are some questions that must be examined to arrive at the root cause of anxiety.

Once the cause is well understood, one may ask –

Is it really true?

How real is it?

What is the realistic possibility of such a thing happening or not happening?

Is there anything I can do about it right now? Tomorrow?

More often than not, the root cause is a false belief.

A false alarm.

It is not based upon the truth or reality.

And upon shedding light on the truth, the anxiety goes away.

In an instant.

I must state that this is not a permanent cure for anxiety, but a treatment.

For as long as there is a “self” to protect, anxiety will be present.