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Anxiety is a state of mental distress that does not let you live a normal life. You keep struggling to calm yourself while you overthink situations and probable outputs. It is a difficult situation for people around you as well as they do not understand your condition and don't know how to react.

It is, therefore, best that you first understand what triggers anxiety for you and what works in calming it down. 

Sometimes unknowingly, we could be triggering anxiety with some of our practices. Make a note of the incidents, when you have a panic attack and try to figure out a pattern that could be the reason triggering your anxiety.

The probable anxiety-causing habits could be:

• Stress: When you overthink situations over and over again and anticipate results. 
• Eating disorders: Unhealthy eating habits like having meals late in the night or skipping meals could be affecting your overall health as well as your anxiety.
• Sleeping disorders: Staying awake late in the night or not completing the required adequate sleep could be disturbing you mentally.
• Inactive lifestyle: Exercises are essential for any person in general. A sedentary lifestyle could lead to many problems in the human body.
• Social media: Too much social media could be taking away your happiness, and it could be reminding you of all the things that you have not been able to achieve, leaving you unhappy.
• Allergic reactions: Your medications could be having side effects. It's best to consult a doctor in such a case.
• Caffeine overdose: Caffeine acts as a stimulant to add to the freighting reaction. It has proven to have a negative impact on mental health if taken in large quantities.
• Negativity: When you think of all the negative things that have happened to you in the past or may happen to you in the future, you are more at risk of triggering anxiety.

When a friend is getting anxious, it is often difficult to understand how to react and how to help. Some things could also instigate the anxiety attack further. These are some sentences that one must completely avoid in such a situation.

• You are overthinking about it.
• You need to relax.
• A drink could help!
• It's all in your head.
• Do not let it affect you.
• You are overreacting.
• It's a phase. It will get over soon.

Anxiety is not a controllable situation. It requires both time and patience to come out from that painful zone. These are some suggestions for how you can help your loved one's battle anxiety.

• Understand the person. You might not be able to help but be there to show that you are there as a support.
• Do not give unnecessary advice as it could aggravate the mental pain. 
• Just ask if they need anything. Avoid unnecessary talking as it increases the stress on the brain. 
• If the person concerned is close to you, maybe your family or friend, then help to identify the pattern to understand what is triggering the anxiety in him or her.
• Once they are calm, counsel them to seek professional help or therapy.

Anxiety could make the person anti-social. Continuos attacks of anxiety could also lead to depression and loneliness. If you are suffering, then do not hesitate to seek help, and if someone you know has this fear, help them conquer anxiety as soon as possible.