The first thing you need to understand is that anxiety is an emotion . You are not combating the feeling, . What you are really fighting is the issues that cause the anxiety.

You see anxiety is extremely healthy and useful. In our past anxiety was used to help us get away from danger, yet circumstances for mankind have altered drastically in a short space of time .

So the primary move in fighting anxiety is to work out what is producing the overwhelm. Is it people/places/things?

When you have worked out exactly what is causing it you have to look at exactly where the initial point is thats causing the issue, the point where the negative sensations are starting to form. Is it months before when you think about it? Is it when other people start getting fired up about it? Is it right in the moment when you are faced? (Usually this last one is the most preferred answer however its almost never true, usually when you are right in the moment is the point when you face having a panic attack).

OK so youve worked out whats the first trigger, now is there anything you can do to get past or avoid that trigger completely?

Personally I find that if you look at the values you have about yourself in that moment and find a way to transform those, that is the most successful method. You see personal beliefs are the human minds way of filtering the world around it, if you change the filter you change the fundamental building blocks that make your problem a problem.

This advice is from my own personal experience and should not be taken as medical advice. Advice should always be sought from a doctor first.