subject: How To Cure Panic Attacks Top 13 Tricks [print this page] Panic attacks are alarming and can be crippling. They usually occur to people who are prone to stress, whether from home, work or emotional.
You are not alone. There are thousands of people around the world, just like you - that suffer from anxiety and panic attacks.
The first thing your must understand is the nature of this disorder. Having a better understanding of what panic attack is will lead you to discovering the most effective ways to cure your panic attacks.
For the mean time, here are a few techniques that will help you effectively disempowered panic or anxiety attacks.
1. Splash your face with cold water. This will send a signal to your brain that your are going underwater which will slow your heart rate down along with the rest of your body.
2. Distract yourself by counting down from one hundred as fast as possible. Repeat this over and over again. You might also try to calculate a few math problems. Do anything that will occupy your mind without thinking about the panic or anxiety
3. Sing along with your favorite music out loud, a track you can really get into and zone out.
4. Repeat out loud to yourself This can NOT hurt me, it have never hurt anyone and never will.
5. Tell yourself that these are just sensations and nothing more. They can not and have never hurt anyone.
6. Watch a comedy and laugh out loud. Maybe even some funny videos on YouTube. If you can laugh out loud, you win!
7. Do not examine yourself in the mirror you must look outside into the world. I would take a camera and take some pictures and zone everything else out.
8. Keep a few cold apples in the fridge. Have one when feeling anxious.
9. Gently slap your cheeks and dance around to confuse your thoughts and nerve impulses to distract them.
10. If it is late at night. Get out of bed, put on a funny movie, grab a clod apple from the fridge and distract your mind.
11. Call a close friend or family but DO NOT discuss your panic or anxiety with them. That only reassures and empowers it
12. Try to go for a walk and get minor exercise. Dont make it too physical.
13. DONT SIT DOWN! You must keep moving.
Do these tactics SIMULTANEOUSLY if at all possible. It might be hard to do some at the same time, or perhaps physically impossible, but do whatever it takes to keep your mind occupied.
It is recommended to do activities that involve movement since this is important for better breathing and circulation.
These tactics will only help you cope with panic or anxiety attacks, but the real goal is to eliminate it from the root. Read more on the 9 Pillars and how to eliminate anxiety and panic attacks from the root without the use of medication.
