Welcome back to the Anxiety Slayer podcast. I'm Shan Vanderleek here with my wonderful friend and co-host Ananga Severe.

Hello, Ananga.

Hey, Shan.

Let's dive into the top five questions that we get asked about anxiety attacks.

The most common one by far, we've received this so many times and we've done a couple of shows on it is,

how can I stop anxiety attacks if I don't know what's causing them?

Yeah, that is a good one.

Often we don't see the cause of our anxiety, that can really add to the overwhelm and confusion that often comes

with anxiety attacks. Sometimes there are triggers that we can't see, aren't aware of, and sometimes

there's what we call a drip effect of anxiety building up beneath the surface of our

awareness until it reaches a tipping point and we experience a full-on anxiety attack.

Anxiety can really feel like an invisible enemy that can strike without warning and just

take you down.

It's really hard to live with that looming presence that you can feel with it.

But there are many ways of looking at what's lying under the surface. Sometimes it is just this drip, drip effect that builds up and tips us over the edge.

In other episodes, we've talked about Ayurveda, India's ancient science of life and how understanding

your body and mind type can help you support yourself through nutrition, breathing and lifestyle

adjustments that can all help protect you from anxiety attacks. We've discussed many times,

Shan, how these are really important factors that can either help or give rise to anxiety.

So really good to learn more about those things.

It's also important to note that getting support from someone who understands anxiety attacks

is a good place to start.

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