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Behavioural Factors |
| Avoidance |
| Avoidance of feared situations or situations in which you have experienced high levels of anxiety or panic in the past is a common coping mechanism. The more you avoid situations in which you experience high levels of anxiety, the more you convince yourself that what you are avoiding is scary and that you won’t be able to handle it. |
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| Recreational drugs |
| High intake of caffeine, nicotine and using stimulant drugs such as LSD, cocaine, amphetamines and marijuana have been seen to increase anxiety in a person who has a predisposition to it. |
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| Poor nutrition |
| Everything we put in our bodies will affect us in certain ways. Stimulants such as caffeine and nicotine and other drugs will increase our level of anxiety and perpetuate panic attacks. Deficiencies of certain vitamins such as calcium, Vitamin B6, and magnesium can also increase our anxiety. |
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| Lack of exercise |
If you experience high levels of anxiety or panic attacks over a long period of time it will start to build up as tension in your muscles, making you feel tense and agitated most of the time. If you do not engage in any regular exercise you will not rid your body of the build up of tension. A good recovery program will train you in beneficial ways to release this built up tension and create a more relaxed state physically and emotionally. Some of these include cariovascular exercise, massage, progressive muscle relaxation techniques and yoga, stretching, etc. |
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