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the house of wellness wellbeing this month how to talk to someone with anxiety words dilvin yasa ria's story after experiencing anxiety and panic attacks in her final school health activist recently graduated is a sane peer ambassador and hopeless for not being able to shake the anxiety off - a feeling that can leave them feeling a lot worse than before you entered the picture nce upon a time a princess was vocalising to her confidant an issue causing her over the issue causing her distress and she lived happily ever after if there's anything the one in seven australians the history of anxiety disorders has just relaxed" because they were told to like most mental health conditions - is the illness is largely invisible to others." psychologist amanda ferguson explains people don't understand anxiety isn't something you just get over' or that telling them to do so is not only unhelpful but can exacerbate whatever it what is anxiety? humans were built to have a certain amount of anxiety - essentially a survival mechanism evolved over thousands of years to identify potential threats and prepare the body's fight or flight defence but the panic response can get stuck in some without a credible threat in sight symptoms varying widely between people from excessive worry and difficulty concentrating to hyperventilation and heart palpitations - but exact causes on why anxiety happens at all are not fully known certain neurotransmitters in the brain have all been shown to play their part doesn't make it any less real how you can help the most important thing you can do for anyone experiencing anxiety is to be present when they speak and to listen carefully so they are reassured they are being heard equally important is they understand your role is trusted friend or family member "you will need to draw a line between 'i can't help you but i'm here for you and i can help you get help' dr ferguson says "you can do this through a number of ways whether it be asking if they d like you to of the homework they would have been given in cases where a panic attack is in full swing you may need to move to crisis management side of caution and take them to either a medical centre or to the emergency department of your it's hard to say if everyone will live happily ever but anything is possible with the support and understanding of loved ones the first few days of my last year of wasn't really sure what it was there was a lot going on for me at the time - my sibling was pressure at school and things were not great at home it reached a point where i had things on my own anymore in the early stages i didn't have happening in my body and my to consciously slow my breathing when i noticed i was starting to have a panic attack i'd me know how to coach me through moments when i am panicking doing things that ground me in the present is also really helpful also talking to people about my worries or things that i'm anxious be to not be afraid of it - reach out and talk about it honestly with the people around you." what not to say dismissing a person's anxiety or ignoring it in the hope that it will disappear without air-time is up there with 'would you just relax "often we minimise anxiety in others because we either don't understand it or we're scared it when they're expressing their distress is "it can leave them feeling that they're weak or “telling an anxious person to get over it' when they're expressing their distress is incredibly undermining."