Anxiety Attacks Treatment.DIY

Janco Vorster-My Afib Heart
6 min readJun 11, 2020

Manage your anxiety attacks without medication. Take control!

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My Quest.

I was born with a CHD called Tetralogy of Fallot, operated on at 5 years old, parents divorced at about 10 years old, and diagnosed with Atrial Fibrillation at 23. Anxiety and panic invaded my life.

Feeling how your heart races too over 200 beats per minute while you just sit messes with your head! You feel life going out of you, it sucks!

I went to a psychologist and psychiatrist. I received therapy, medication for a short while but knew that I could not lead a fulfilling life relying on them for the rest of my life.

The guidance and therapy I received helped me a lot and I believe psychologists and psychiatrists are very important. I used their therapy, guidance, and knowledge to forge my own happiness.

My quest for sanity brought me here.

THOUGHTARREST…. WHAT?

Thoughtarrest is my way of examining and evaluating my thoughts. It is not something that I came up with but thoughtarrest is my term for it. You will agree with me that panic attacks, Generalised Anxiety Disorder(GAD), or plain anxiety can paralyze you.

This thoughtarrerst has not only helped me with my panic attacks but its use and understanding has had a big impact on my life.

The inspiration is from 2 Corinthians 10:5 King James Version (KJV), Bible Gateway:

“and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ”

WHY MUST YOU ARREST YOUR PANIC AND ANXIETY THOUGHT?

The Police will arrest someone for a few reasons: To prevent that person from doing more harm, to investigate the person, and to bring that person before a court of law.

Now why can't we do that with our panic and anxiety thoughts!

Just imagine how wonderful it will be if you could arrest your Panic thoughts before they made your life a living hell! Many of us have wasted hours, days, or even months on panic and anxiety thoughts.

Here’s the deal.

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Janco Vorster-My Afib Heart

www.myafibheart.com Blogger, Tetralogy of Fallot(TOF), AFIB(Atrial fibrillation) and panic! survivor. Weight & Body tracker notebook https://amzn.to/3hVGCUd