A very effective method i found to stop anxiety almost immediately
I'm not claiming that this works for everyone, but it certainly does very well for me personally.
I have this issue of extremely heavy mood swing. At one moment I can feel happy and perfectly content and a few hours later, things just turn bad where I severely worry about illogical scenarios, catastrophizing, etc, just horrendous.
I live a good life and there is really no external source for it. I have always wondered why this happen and today I think that I have the answer
It seems like part of my brain scanning for primal threat is a bit overactive than usual. It means that when I am hungry, thirsty, socially isolated, under thermal stress (hot days/too cold) or sleep deprived, my brain seems to be firing this panic signal excessively
I figured that all I need to do is to have a snack/meal, drink a glass of water, go somewhere where I can see/talk to people and go to an AC room on hot day makes this anxiety vanish almost **instantly**.
Taking a nap (only if I was sleep deprived the night before) works really great as well.
So yeah, I hope that this can help others. Next time you are on a spiral, your brain might just be misinterpreting signals like low blood sugar to be existential threat.
Eat, drink, see/talk to a human, go to a cold/warm room, take a nap if required.
Sometimes you brain just freak out more than it needs to