Treat Panic Attack Symptoms Before Your Fear Starts Running Your Life

If youve been through a panic attack you already know the symptoms can be terrifying

. In fact youve probably developed a very real fear of having another attack. But did you know it is this fear of having another attack that keeps the endless loop of attacks coming? If you knew how to treat panic attack symptoms, if you can lose the fear because you have the confidence you can handle it, then the severity and frequency of attacks will drop dramatically. What follows are some quick strategies on how to treat panic attack symptoms. General Feeling Of Uneasiness Panic attacks usually come in waves starting with a sense of uneasiness and developing into a sense of doom. It can be an unspecified disaster or something absolute but regardless youll be convinced that it cant be avoided. Whats happened is your brain has sent an incorrect message to your body that there is an immediate threat. The body has responded by preparing itself to fight or flee from the threat. That response involves kick starting the heart lungs and muscles by producing adrenalin and cortisol. The objective here in treating this symptom is to turn off the brains incorrect message and get rid of the stress hormones that are causing the body to gear up. If its appropriate, scream stop loudly four or five times. The idea is to give a new command to the brain. If youre in public, scream stop in your mind over and over. Exercise is the fastest way to burn off adrenalin and cortisol. Go for a brisk walk or jog if you can. If exercise is not an option start deep breathing. Breathe in through your nose slowly and exhale through your mouth. Try to keep it to 8 to 10 breaths per minute. There are some powerful dynamics at work here but the biggest one regarding panic attacks is you are slowing down the heart and thereby slowing down the distribution of adrenalin. Racing Heart, Difficulty Breathing, Tense Muscles, Sweaty or Clammy Skin First its important to know youre having a panic attack and accept it as that. You arent having a heart attack and you are not going to die. Panic attacks can not hurt you physically, it just feels that way. Its your brain that is causing this. It has been triggered to send an incorrect message to the body that you are in immanent danger. Your body is simply responding to the message. The first objective is to distract the brain. If you can task it with something other than the message that is causing the attack, then the attack ends. Most of these strategies work best if you can speak out loud but if you cant, just speak inside your mind. Name that thing. Start looking around and focus on an item and start asking questions and giving answers. For example if your in your office when the attack starts you can ask and answer; what is this keyboard, what color is it black and silver, how many keys does it have, and so on. The more you can engage your brain the less ability it has to send the panic message. Breathing. Again start the deep breathing as this eliminates the hyper ventilation symptoms, slows down the lungs and heart and reduces blood pressure. You are taking back control of your body. Muscle relaxing. This takes some practice to do right. During the attack you may notice that muscles begin to tense up. What you want to do is work on relaxing specific muscle groups one at a time. If you can tense the muscles in your neck and shoulders do so and hold for 10 seconds. Then slowly release the tension and feel it flow out of your body. Next the chest and arms. Then work your way to the abdomen and finally the legs. Fear The first big attack you experienced was probably the closest thing youve ever had to a near death experience. Fear is whats driving these attacks. More specifically, its the fear of having another attack. That may sound odd but its the fact. You fear the possibility of having an attack more than you do the actual attack. In fact you probably have changed the way you live to avoid having another attack. The root cause of the panic is the trigger that sets your brain sending the incorrect signal to the body. Discovering what that root is will take some time and research on your part. But ending the attacks and more importantly, ending the fear so you can live your life normally all depends on your confidence that you can handle an attack. I know this sounds counter intuitive, but you should try to have another attack. You should want to will one to come along. The more you want it, the less likely it will occur. And even if it does happen, if you are prepared to treat the symptoms your confidence in controlling the attack will increase. There are other techniques you can use to treat the symptoms of a panic attack but the crucial objective is to end the fear. The more you learn and the more you work at it the sooner you can live a panic free life.

Treat Panic Attack Symptoms Before Your Fear Starts Running Your Life

By: Rachel Willson

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