Wednesday, January 27, 2010

How to Overcome Panic Attacks

By Harry Constantine

Panic attacks are often a serious issue for the folks who are suffering from them. In the more serious cases individuals become housebound and very lonely due to their panic attacks.

Once you've got over your panic attacks you'll get on with your life. Many sufferers of panic attacks solely need to be able to live a normal life.

Here are some straightforward techniques that can help you to beat panic attacks and stop them from being so frequent.

Firstly, when you start to panic your breathing becomes quicker and shallower. Once you are relaxed focus on breathing deeply and evenly from your stomach. You need this kind of breathing to become natural to you thus you are doing it most of the time.

When you feel a panic attack beginning you have to instantly think about your breathing and begin breathing in this deep and regular manner. You could wish to stop what ever you're doing and sit down to concentrate on making your breathing regular again. 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 way when a panic attack starts. You might would like a reminder to breath this way initially, maybe write it on your hand or ask your friends to remind you.

If you're more relaxed then you will usually find it easier to cope with panic attacks. You can teach yourself self hypnosis or attend yoga or meditation classes.

Panic attacks come from the feeling of being out of control, concern and not being able to cope. You end up not thinking straight because of the stress these induce. Through these relaxation techniques you'll release the stress and stop the panic attack from taking over.

By gaining an understanding of what triggers your panic attacks you can begin to avoid any of these situations. For the triggers that you only cannot avoid you would like to change how you're feeling regarding them. Visualizing yourself being calm and relaxed before you enter the situation could be a nice technique for this. Hold on to that feeling of relaxation and tranquility as you experience the situation in your mind.

As your sub-conscious mind does not know the difference between what you imagine and what is real (simply imagine something that hurt from the past to check the reality behind this) you will amendment how you feel concerning those situations.

From this visualization you'll find that situations that made you panic now only make you feel relaxed. It can be a strange feeling when this happens, but it's a nice one.

Using these techniques you'll be able to overcome your panic attacks. Be prepared to be patient and to provide yourself some time and you will see great results.

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