I've had some intense anxiety issues, though not as intense as the thread parent. I too found that changing my diet and exercising helped. One of the most eff

I've had some intense anxiety issues, though not as intense as the thread parent. I too found that changing my diet and exercising helped. One of the most effective methods for me is meditation. Ironically, during meditation, you also accept the anxiety. Or to be precise, you accept the experience of anxiety. The thing is, I also know that all things are transient. That includes anxiety. If you mindfully observe anxiety as it arises, you can literally see it created, come into full force ... and then start fading away. When the mind starts avoiding the experience of anxiety, it tends to get stronger. Further, the avoidance itself triggers secondary waves of anxiety, so you enter this feedback loop of anxiety. Ultimately, anxiety is the feeling of avoidance. If you've gained the skill where you direct your awareness at the anxiety itself, you start being able to see things more clearly. You can learn about this through http://www.urbandharma.org/udharma4/mpe.html http://www.urbandharma.org/udharma4/mpe.html or participating in a Vipassana retreat. There is also the method described by this book: http://www.amazon.com/Feeding-Your-Demons-Resolving-Conflict/dp/0316013137 http://www.amazon.com/Feeding-Your-Demons-Resolving-Conflict... There are also carefully conducted entheogen sessions that can help treat this.