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Anxiety Treatment Without Medication The  Merriam-Webster  dictionary defines anxiety as “an abnormal and overwhelming sense of apprehension and fears often  marked by physical signs  (such as tension, sweating, and increased pulse rate), by doubt concerning the reality and nature of the  threat , and by self-doubt about one’s  capacity to cope with it .” There are some key points I would like to point out in this definition. The first would be that anxiety is “marked by physical signs.” If you have experience with anxiety you know that anxiety will show its ugly face several minutes before or hours before an attack occurs. Either way, an anxiety attack will let you know that it is coming. This concept is what my therapist loves to refer to as “fight or flight mode.” It’s a very common phrase and refers back to our very own primitive instincts built into our very own brains. Rick Hanson , Ph. D. explains that “the amygdala (as you know, there ar...