How does one overcome anxiety?

Many ways: On your own: meditation; breathing exercises; yoga; tai chi; qi gong; guided visualization. Soothing music. Calming baths, massage. Herbs like passion flower, lemon balm, kava, theanine (from green tea) and chamomile. With help: cognitive behavioral therapy and other psychotherapies. Psychiatric medicines like lexapro, celexa, zoloft, effexor (venlafaxine). Facing your fears, and not letting them contain you.

Relaxation technique: Strategies to overcome Anxiety include all those things that relax you and feed you as a person. Outdoor activity (even just walking), taking time to be with friends and family, prayer/meditation, breathing exercises, journaling your feelings, Eating healthy, whole foods and drinking enough water daily. If your anxiety is interfering with your daily activities, seek help from a Dr or therapist.

Therapy?: Have you yet tried any form of psychotherapy? Typically, the optimal combination of things to treat emotional issues such as anxiety or depression is medication (which, on your best day, is supposed to take the edge off symptoms) but the real gruntwork takes place in psychotherapist's consulting room.