Monday, January 25, 2010

Overcoming Panic Attacks

By Harry Constantine

Panic attacks are often a major issue for the individuals who are suffering from them. In the more serious cases individuals become housebound and terribly lonely because of their panic attacks.

Once you have overcome your panic attacks you'll get on with your life. Many folks who have regular panic attacks solely want to be in a position to get on with their lives.

There are some simple techniques you can use to assist you overcome panic attacks and stop them from happening as frequently.

Whenever you enter a state of panic, your breathing naturally becomes shallow and rapid. When you're in a relaxed state your breathing and teach yourself to breath deeply and evenly from the bottom of your stomach. This type of breathing desires to become second nature to you.

When you're feeling a panic attack beginning you need to instantly turn your attention to your breathing and begin breathing in this deep and regular manner. If necessary stop what you're doing, sit down and shut your eyes and turn your attention to your breathing to make it regular. Sometimes this is often all it takes to stop a panic attack.

As this becomes second nature to you, you will automatically breath in this relaxed manner when a panic attack starts. You may need a reminder to breath this way initially, maybe write it on your hand or ask your friends to remind you.

If you are more relaxed then you will often realize it easier to deal with panic attacks. You can teach yourself self hypnosis or attend yoga or meditation classes.

Panic attacks come from the sensation of being out of control, fear and not being able to cope. These all create stress in you and stop you from thinking straight. With these simple relaxation techniques you'll be able to prevent the stress and panic attacks from taking over.

By gaining an understanding of what triggers your panic attacks you can begin to avoid any of those situations. There are always going to be triggers you cannot avoid therefore you need to alter how you feel about them. You could use one of any variety of techniques, but a nice 1 is to visualise a relaxed and calm you just before you enter the situation. Hold on to that feeling of relaxation and calmness as you expertise the situation in your mind.

As your sub-conscious mind doesn't understand the difference between what you imagine and what is real (simply imagine one thing that hurt from the past to check the reality behind this) you will change how you are feeling regarding those situations.

If you are doing this visualization enough, the situations that previously caused panic will only make you relaxed and calm. It can be an odd feeling when this happens, but it's a great one.

With the techniques you have got just read you'll be able to overcome panic attacks. Be gentle on yourself and be patient and you'll see a big difference in your levels of panic attacks.

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