If you are having an anxiety attack, you may be so desperate
for a quick fix that you are willing to do anything to get rid of the anxious
feeling.Some of the most harmful habits
that will only aid on depression and anxiety are as follows:
Cigarette Smoking
Many people say that they smoke because it “calms their
nerves.”Nothing could be further from
the truth.Cigarette smoking will not
calm your nerves.In fact, it will make
your nerves worse than they were before you started smoking in the first place.Cigarette smoking constricts the blood
vessels and makes your heart even beat faster.It does not calm the nerves, but merely exacerbates the anxiety
attack.
Quitting cigarette smoking is very difficult to do.In fact, it is said that cigarette smoking is
akin to heroin addiction.Some say that
quitting heroin is easier than cigarette smoking.Many people try to quit smoking to no
avail.They try patches and other types
ofgimmicks so that they can be smoke
free.The truth of the matter is that
you have to make up your mind to quit smoking and stick with it.Once you go for three days without a
cigarette, the nicotine has left your body and the physical addiction is
past.You can then move forward to
quitting the psychological addiction.
Alcohol
Many people, when they have a problem with anxiety, will
start drinking alcohol.Alcohol numbs
the mind and makes things seem a bit brighter.But it is a false cure.It may
make you feel better temporarily, but in the long run it will end up making you
feel worse.And alcohol is a
depressant.If you are not depressed by
the time you start drinking, you will be after you are finished.And alcohol is a drug.Just like any other drug, it builds up a
tolerance in your system.The more you
drink, the less it affects you.Pretty
soon, you are drinking more an more to get the same effect and to drown your
sorrows.
Do not drown your sorrows in booze.Look for another way out.While some people contend that alcoholism is
a disease unto itself, others disagree and see it as merely a symptom of a
disease.A disease that stems from
depression and anxiety.This is why
Alcoholics Anonymous encourages people to control what they can control and
recognize the fact that they cannot control everything.As anxiety and depression all stem from
control (or lack of control), one of the reasons that AA works is that it gives
this valuable insight to members who feel that most of life is out of their
control.
