I also have severe anxiety. I've tried all of the above methods. The one that works the best for me, so far, is also the simplest. I force myself to breathe through my diaphragm. That's it. It works great. It's hard to breathe through my stomach when I'm highly anxious, but I make myself do it, and it helps a lot. I believe it will eventually cure my anxiety. I thought of it while doing intensive research on things that help people with anxiety - the one thing that struck me is that when we're anxious, we breathe shallowly through our chest, our back, neck and shoulders tighten up. I think the simple stomach breathing, resolves all that, which is also probably why meditation helps as well.
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