I am 36 years old male and I am facing anxiety issue from last 2 years. From last 2 years taking treatment with doctor aswel but till now not recovered from that problem, please do suggest me what to do.

Dr. Sajeev KumarGeneral Physician34yrs exp

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An important step in managing anxiety involves facing feared situations, places or objects. It is normal to want to avoid the things you fear. However, avoidance prevents you from learning that the things you fear are not as dangerous as you think. The process of facing fears is called exposure. Exposure involves gradually and repeatedly going into feared situations until you feel less anxious. Exposure is not dangerous and will not make the fear worse. And after a while, your anxiety will naturally lessen. Starting with situations that are less scary, you work your way up to facing things that cause you a great deal of anxiety. Over time, you build up confidence in those situations and may even come to enjoy them. This process often happens naturally. A person who is afraid of the water takes swimming lessons every week and practices putting their feet and legs in the water, then the whole body and, finally, diving underwater. People with a fear of water can learn to love swimming. The same process occurs when people learn to ride a bike, skate or drive a car. Starting with the situation that causes the least anxiety, repeatedly engage in that activity (e.g. Saying ?hi? to the bus driver everyday) until you start to feel less anxious doing it. If the situation is one that you can remain in for a prolonged period of time, such as standing on a balcony, stay in the situation long enough for your anxiety to lessen (e.g. Standing on the balcony for 20 to 30 minutes). If the situation is short in duration, try ?looping? it, which involves doing the same thing over and over again for a set number of times (e.g. Repeatedly driving back and forth over a bridge until you start to feel less anxious or making consecutive phone calls until you feel more comfortable doing it). If you stay in a situation long enough (or continue engaging in a specific activity), your anxiety will start to reduce. This is because anxiety takes a lot of energy and at some point it ?runs out of gas?. The longer you face something, the more you get used to it and the less anxious you will feel when you face it again.  

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