Cures for Anxiety and how to Deal with Panic Attacks
In order to learn how to deal with panic attacks, its important to know that panic attacks thrive on your fear of them. You can an will stop panic attacks, you just have to learn first that you can’t shy away from them, you have to stand up to them. I know this for a fact because I personally have suffered through many panic episodes before I got a handle on the situation. I can help you.
By being afraid that you will have a panic attack, you are constantly tense and nervous that one will find you any time, but if you relax and tell your panic attack to “bring it on”, you are taking away the very thing that fuels panic attacks and that’s fear.
In fact its fear that fuels all types of anxieties, and the best cures for anxiety are to face it straight on. The best way to attack anxiety and depression, including panic attacks, is to look it straight in the face and demand that a really severe panic attack come to you. As funny as that sounds this is one of the most fundamental anxiety tips I know, it really works.
Try it, right now.
No fear.
Be brave and strong and see if you wind up with a panic attack. For this to really work, though, you need to be 100% committed to not being afraid anymore. You cannot be telling your panic attack to “bring it on,” but be thinking, “oh please don’t come.” Instead, you need to dare it to show it’s ugly face in your presence anymore, then walk tall, because you know that it won’t come anywhere near you anymore.
If you’re nervous about having a panic attack that knocks your socks off, you shouldn’t because the truth is, that the worst panic attacks are the first few, when you don’t know what’s going on.
By now, you are probably pretty used to what’s going on with yourself and you can tell when you’re having a panic attack, so if you are thinking that you are going to have the worst panic attack ever, relax, you probably have already.
Now, whet you need to do is trust that you will always be able to handle your anxiousness every time you feel it, because you already know that you can handle it. All I’m doing right now is giving you the confidence in yourself and your ability to handle your anxiety.
When you’re trying to attack and beat your anxiety and depression, one of the most important things is having confidence. Anxiety can be compared to fog.
Everyone has to travel through the fog, but it’s how well you do this traveling that determines how you deal with anxiety, and how to deal with panic attacks. If you don’t keep moving, then you are stuck in the fog called anxiety and you will be stuck living with your fear.
We all know there is more to life than being afraid, so start living and doing all the things you want to do and stop being afraid.
If you’ve ever suffered from a panic attack you know how frightening they are. Remember, by facing the panic attack head on, you can stomp your panic attacks into the ground before they stomp you.
To learn more about how this is specifically done be sure to visit my anxiety story. I tell you how I did it using something called cognitive behavioral therapy, Sounds scary but its not, its actually really cool and the most effective way to stop anxiety and panic attacks period.
Tips for Overcoming Panic Attacks: How to Deal With Panic Attacks- Part 4 of 4
Follow these steps: Observe, Label, Watch and Move on. Every time you have a fearful thought that makes you nervous, try to see it for what it is: a fleeting, insane thought that every one of us experiences every day. Depending on your interests, you could think of them as clouds passing overhead or a movie that you are watching. You don’t react to everything that you see, you just see it. That is how you should see these thoughts. Find an approach that works for you, but remember to observe, label, watch and move on. This is the key to controlling panic attacks, do this and you will see what I mean.
When you do this, you’ll find that eventually you’ll be able to stop being fearful of every thought you have and you’ll learn to brush it off. When you find that you’re comfortable doing this exercise and you feel like you’re making progress with controlling your physical reaction to your thoughts, you can try to invite one of your scary thoughts in. This is and important exercise in overcoming panic attacks. Call it to you but keep telling yourself that you just want to watch it. Maybe it seems scary, and it is, but if you’re working on this, then you will know when you’re ready for this step. When you take this step, you are really ready to control your reaction to your thoughts and that can give you power.
When you control your reaction to your anxious thoughts, you are able to diffuse the fear surrounding the negative thought. Since the fear was feeding on your resistance to the thought, and you are no longer resisting, you will find that you don’t suffer from the anxiety you had before, because you are now in control of it. When we tell a thought or a fear to go away, we are encouraging ourselves to continue to think about it and allowing fear to take hold of our lives. By acknowledging our anxious thoughts, but not reacting, we are telling ourselves that we can handle that thought, so the thought goes away on it’s own.
As you grow stronger, you should continue to invite the negative thoughts in. Examine them, label them for what they are and don’t react to them. It will take practice, but soon you’ll find that you’re in control of your situation and no longer a victim of fearful thoughts. You are a whole lot closer now knowing how to deal with panic attacks. You are deciding what you will and will not concern yourself with and how you will react to each situation. Of course this will take practice and some days the task will seem daunting, but you can do it. So take a deep breath and get ready to free yourself. You can do it.
PS.Read my personal story on how I cured my severe anxiety. See My Anxiety Story
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