Ways to Overcome Panic Attacks

By Harry Constantine

Anyone who has had a panic attack knows just how huge a issue they can be. In some cases individuals become too scared of going outside since they suffer from panic attacks.

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

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

Firstly, when you begin to panic your breathing becomes quicker and shallower. When you're in a relaxed state concentrate on your breathing and teach yourself to breath deeply and evenly from the bottom of your stomach. You want this type of breathing to become natural to you therefore you do it most of the time.

As soon as you feel a panic attack starting, concentrate on breathing in this deep, regular manner. If necessary stop what you're doing, sit down and close your eyes and concentrate on your breathing to make it regular. Sometimes this can be all it takes to prevent a panic attack.

This will become second nature to you with some practise and you'll find yourself automatically breathing this way when you begin to panic. To start with you'll need to ask your friends to remind to you breath this way or produce another cue to prompt you.

Practising relaxation or self hypnosis techniques will also help you deal with panic attacks. You can learn yoga or meditation or self hypnosis to help you relax more.

Panic attacks happen for all sorts of different reasons. All of those induce stress in the body and stop rational thought. With these easy relaxation techniques you will be in a position to stop the strain and panic attacks from taking over.

If you can learn the triggers for your panic attacks then you can start to avoid them. For the triggers which you simply can't avoid you would like to vary how you're feeling concerning 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 quietness as you expertise the situation in your mind.

Your sub-conscious mind doesn't recognize the difference between reality and imagination (just imagine one thing painful and you will understand this is true) so you may change your feelings regarding these situations

Do this visualisation enough and you'll notice that the things that used to cause panic only cause you to be relaxed and calm. It is an odd sensation when this happens.

With the techniques you have got just read you can overcome panic attacks. Be gentle on yourself and be patient and you'll see a huge distinction in your levels of panic attacks. - 32513

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