Beyond Anxiety

Physical Symptoms of Anxiety

Anxiety is more than just feelings; anxiety involves a wide range of physical anxiety symptoms. Because of the diverse physical manifestations of anxiety, those suffering from anxiety often mistake it for a medical condition.

Common physical symptoms of anxiety include:

Healing Sound & Self Help for Anxiety Symptoms

Not everyone with anxiety has an anxiety disorder. You may have a demanding and stressful work schedule, a lack of exercise or quality sleep, pressures and dramas at home, or even drink too much coffee. If your lifestyle is unhealthy and stressful, you’re likely to feel anxious, whether or not you have an anxiety disorder. If you can spare just 1/2 an hour a day out of your busy schedule, you can benefit from the use of our easy, inexpensive, relaxing, and refreshing sound therapy relaxation treatments.

If you often feel anxious, take time to assess how well you’re caring for yourself.

If you suffer from anxiety due to your daily grind, think about ways you can bring your life back into balance, including downloading one of our sound anxiety treatment MP3s, or buying a sound anxiety treatment cd. Make a personal stand to protect yourself from stress and anxiety; there may be responsibilites you can give up, work you can turn down, or jobs you can delegate to others. If you are isolated or lack support from family or friends, find someone you trust and confide in, such as a counselor. Just talking about your problems can make them less anxiety producing.

How Can Healing Sound Help Anxiety Symptoms?

The emotional and physical symptoms of anxiety are hard wired by the nervous system into the brain. Using scientific, sound healing to bring the brain wave activity to a calmer, more meditative Alpha state, the symptoms of anxiety can be alleviated. With continued use, such sound healing audio programs can gradually reduce the reoccurance of anxiety symptoms, and leave the user in a habitually calmer, and less anxious state, naturally.

How Does Sound Healing Work to Help Anxiety Symptoms?

If two different sounds are played into each ear, the brain attempts to find a balance; as an example, if the sound frequency in your left ear is 320Hz, and the frequency you're hearing in your right ear is 330Hz, your brain will create a "binaural beat" of about 10Hz. These binaural beats are not actually heard, since they are far below the natural range of hearing, but you can often "hear" a sort of "humming" or "droning" inside your head, as the binaural beat.

It's been discovered binaural beats can be used to trigger responses in the brain; the brain becomes "entrained", which means it will resonate at the same frequency as the binaural beat. When this happens, it can change the brain wave patterns in your brain temporarily. This has been shown to have a huge effect... it's been shown that binaural beats are highly effective at inducing relaxed, meditative states. This is a great breakthrough for anyone wants to relax and meditate, but didn't have the time, or teacher, to learn how. This type of relaxing meditation is also more effective than usual relaxation or meditation, because of the binaural beats. Binaural beats can reduce your stress and anxiety levels, the amount of sleep you require, and leave you feeling calm, centered and anxiety free, day after day.

When to Seek Professional Help for Anxiety

While sound healing and self help for anxiety can be very effective, if your anxiety has become so intense that it's causing extreme distress or disrupting your daily routine, friendships or family life, then it's time to seek professional help for your anxiety symptoms.

If you’re experiencing a lot of the physical symptoms of anxiety, you should start with a medical checkup. Your doctor can make sure that your anxiety isn’t caused by a medical condition, such as asthma, a thyroid problem, or hypoglycemia. Certain drugs and supplements can also cause anxiety, so tell your doctor about any prescriptions, over the counter medications, herbal remedies, vitamins or recreational drugs.

If your doctor rules out a medical cause, the next step is to consult a therapist who has experience treating anxiety disorders. The therapist will work with you to determine the cause and type of your anxiety disorder and devise a course of treatment.

Anxiety Treatment Options

Cognitive behavior therapy - Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on thoughts (cognitions) as well as behaviors. When used in anxiety treatment, cognitive behavioral therapy helps to identify and challenge the negative thought patterns and irrational beliefs that are causing your anxiety.

Exposure therapy – Exposure therapy, as an anxiety treatment, has you confront your fears in a safe, controlled environment. With repeated exposure to the anxiety producing object or situation, either in imagination or reality, you will gain a greater sense of control over your anxiety. As you face your fear without being harmed, your anxiety gradually diminishes.

Dr. Jane Ma'ati Smith C.Hyp. Msc.D. studied for her Bachelor of Arts degree at Arizona State University, and went on to recieve an honorary doctorate for her lifetime achievements and contributions in the fields of metaphysics and spiritual counseling from Universal Life. She studied hypnosis with Dr. John Kappas, and is a certified graduate of the Hypnosis Motivation Institute, and a Sound Energy Practitioner and a Vibrational Reiki Master. Dr. Jane Ma'ati Smith C.Hyp. Msc.D. is a qualified mental health professional actively working in the state of California, and brings to her self-hypnosis programs more than 15 years of professional work in the mental health and counseling fields, helping people to help themselves, and a lifetime's worth of in depth psychological, spiritual and Quantum knowledge.