How to help someone with anxiety?

I think the best thing you can do to help his problem is to tell whoever is responsible for his health care, being it a parent or guardian. if he is of age to be responsible for himself then advise him to go to a doctor. once the Doctor is in agreement his problem is anxiety then the Doctor will treat it. you said you have this problem also, so you have knowledge of what it is and what to do about it,ask him to follow your example. when a person suffers from anxiety all we can do is help them get through that time period the they are experiencing the anxiety by talking them down, if you know what i mean, reassure them everything is alright and there is nothing to fear. Have him focus on other things then what he is having anxiety over. or do as I sometimes do, ask yourself, or him, what is the worst possible thing that can happen. this cause one to think about the big picture of things rather then a small boxed in feeling and having no control over. we usually fear what we don't know or what we feel we can't control,and this cause anxiety. i calm my own anxiety in this way i tell myself this you can't change the fact that it is raining you have no control over it, but you can change the way the rain effects you. which give you the control back and the anxiety seems to fade. just apply this to whatever he is feeling anxiety over. no matter what the situation you can control how it makes you feel. i hope i have helped you in some small way :)

I also suffer from anxiety, I have for years, medicine works for some but it hasn't for me. Maybe you can talk to him about ways to relieve his stress naturally. he can go to a quiet room, or if he gets online there are alot of support group and forums where he can just talk about it with people just like him. It can be a really scary thing, and to know other people are out there going through the same thing really helps some times. Best of luck to you and your friend.

Well that is really very bad, but it is very difficult to help such people, but if anyone can make him interested in meditation then naturally person can be helped. Medication is also required but it is definately difficult to convince.

I guess it depends on how close you are to his brother. If there is a way, I'd suggest talking to him about your own experience with anxiety. Not in a way of 'I think this is what you have' but just casually one day, when sitting around, if you start to talk about anxiety, how it effects you, and how you got help - he may see himself in it. I did that with my husband's sister, and it really helped her. I don't think you can directly say 'I think you need help' because that just gets people defensive.