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Are Home Remedies for Anxiety the Answer ?

Please don’t laugh but there is a research foundation based in Chicago known as ‘The Smell and Taste Treatment and Research Foundation’. This has come up with the idea that one of the most effective home remedies for anxiety is to smell baby powder!

Not so crazy as it looks at first sight. Our sense of smell can be used to increase or reduce our fears, worries and emotions and very often are based on childhood and even infancy experiences. Well, we were all given baby powder and we associate it with motherhood and serenity. I know that many anxious people swear by this simple method. Isn’t that better than taking medication which can leave you feeling like a zombie with no interest in sex and lethargic, with the possibility of becoming suicidal?

Which brings us to the area of aromatherapy whereby certain scents will help us to calm our anxiety. There is a whole range of oils, scents and candles to choose from. Lavender, pine, orange blossom and rosemary are the favourites for calming people down. Lavender is actually used in many nursing homes for elderly Alzheimers patients who are upset. It is also used as a sleeping aid. You can just put a few drops of lavender oil under your pillow.

Other home remedies for anxiety can range from doing exercise to deep breathing. This latter technique which you can easily find on the Internet, can help to reduce this mental condition and lead to a happier, calmer person who feels more in control.

Looking at the causes of anxiety, it seems that children who were subjected to traumas in their infancy who were bullied at school are more likely to suffer from anxiety. This was certainly true in my own case. Add to that a stressful job and you are bound to become an anxious person and start looking for home remedies for anxiety.

Actually, seeking out anxiety home remedies such as lifestyle changes in diet, exercise, sleep and finding time to relax are easily the best ways to come to terms with this debilitating mental disorder. Water therapy in the form of baths which can be hot or cold, thermal springs. Saunas and steam baths also can have a soothing effect.

As well as all these simple home remedies for anxiety, you may like to get a helping hand from herbal remedies. There are herbs which have been shown to reduce anxious thoughts and help you get off the worry treadmill. Why not click through and find our what they are and how these can help you through a difficult patch.

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