What causes anxiety? Stress on the mind and body. Effective and natural anxiety treatments for relieving stress are to include more laughter in your day. Here are 5 points about the power of adding laughter to your life and some ways to add laughter without taking away from your busy schedule.
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Does laughter seem really effective though? There are scores of people who have healed cancer by changing their attitude about cancer and deliberately adding laughter to their day. The power of the mind is tremendous. People looking for natural anxiety treatments can do this same thing to eliminate anxiety.
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When was the last time you had a really good laugh? Maybe you noticed how the laughter heals the body and relieves the nervous system from dis-ease which is defined as "a body not at ease". So laugh a little more everyday. Feeling better physically makes you happier which relieves stress. And in reverse, being happier heals the body. It works both ways as natural anxiety treatments.
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Instead of watching suspense, war or violent movies at night, get your favorite comedy movies to watch each night as natural anxiety treatments. Find the ones that really get you rolling. Get family and friends to join in the fun. While enjoying the laughter notice the release and relaxation that is going through your body with each chuckle.
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There are always those 2 to 5 minutes spans where you are waiting for a meeting or waiting in line or sitting in the drive through. Use them for anxiety treatments time. If you have a cell phone with video or audio features, you can download a funny video clip from the web to watch or listen to while you are waiting. Or use your I-Tunes or mini-recorder to do the same. Search your favorite comedians on YouTube.com and watch for 5 minutes while waiting, or find short clips from literally any funny movie on YouTube or Hulu.
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Hang out with friends that make you laugh as anxiety treatments. Even better is to try to make others laugh. Getting your attention out on others is great medicine for people with anxiety. Having attention on helping others will take away stress.
Here are some ideas to get you started on a YouTube search as effective anxiety treatments:
Monty Python movie clips
Police Academy series movies
Stand up comedians
The Evian Skating Babies
TV's Bloopers
Funny Cats and dogs
