Three quick tips for dealing with an anxiety attack or a panic attack
Anxiety attacks and panic attacks come on fast, and quickly rise out of control. Here are three quick tips that you can use in this situation to alleviate the symptoms and help bring your anxiety attack or panic attack under control.
Positive Self Talk:
Remind yourself that anxiety attacks and panic attacks are a natural “fight or flight” reaction and while the symptoms and experiencing one are not pleasant whatsoever, they most certainly are not physically harmful and you will make it through.
Calm and Focused Breathing:
Breath in slowly and deeply from your nose, inhaleing all the way down into your diaphram, and slowly exhale through your mouth. Do this slowly, and repeatedly until you can regain your composure. While doing this, focus on your breathing and feel the air go into your nose, filling up your lungs, and then exhaled through your mouth. This can also take your mind away from the panic attack or anxiety attack and help you refocus as well as relax.
Don’t fight your feelings:
The sooner you can calm down, the more quickly your anxiety attack or panic attack will go away. This might sound like an oxymoron, or obvious, but it’s true. Don’t fight your feelings of anxiety and panic, accept them, and go with them. They are not right or wrong, bad or good, or harmful. They are feelings, and they just are… Accept them, and know that you will get over them, and get past it. Focus on postive self talk and breathing.
These tips are informative only, and have worked for me as well as others in the past. If you are having a medical emergency dial 911 or contact you local emergency response personnel.
Remember, take care of yourself, be aware of your feelings and thoughts, and be good to yourself…