Panic Attacks – The key to dealing with anxiety attacks is to nip them in the bud!
By attacking attacks before they become a real problem, you are not necessarily curing yourself of anxiety, panic, or panic attacks, but you are preventing it from becoming an unmanageable problem. Many people will try to tell you that they can cure your panic, anxiety, depression or any other unpleasant feeling you may have. The truth is that these feelings are not curable; They are natural feelings that are part of our lives. They tend to come up when the situation calls for it.
Your brother dies, you get depressed, you lose your job and you get anxious. That’s how things work. The way they don’t work is that you panic when you’re in the produce section because you’re not sure what to make for dinner or you have anxious feelings when you sit at home with your family or get your nails done at the living room. These are unusual and unnatural times for anxiety to arise and for attacks to hit.
Controlling these kinds of reactions is the focus. There are tools to address some of the physical and emotional reactions that come up at inconvenient times. But first, a little here about some of the disorders, phobias, and conditions that can lead to such overwhelming anxiety and disruption to your life.
A panic attack is a frightening and horrible experience. It takes a physical and mental toll on your life. As her chest begins to contract, her breathing becomes more labored, and her heart begins to pound, she wonders what’s going on. His stomach contracts, his muscles ache, he begins to feel dizzy and lightheaded. The disorientation and physical sensations running through your body are alarming. are you dying? Are you having a heart attack? Is this the end?
These thoughts race through your mind as you struggle to regain control. Imagine if this happened to you frequently or even several times a day. How could you live a normal life? The answer is that you can’t. What’s worse is that the anticipated fear of having a panic attack can be even more paralyzing. They’re so scary that you can spend the rest of the time when you’re not having a seizure worrying about when you’re going to have one.
Fear prevents you from driving because what if this happened in the car? Fear prevents you from going out to dinner with friends because it could happen while you’re away. Fear prevents you from taking your kids to the park because what if you panic while out with your kids? Soon worry interferes so much with your life that your life is unrecognizable. You are scared all the time, you can’t do things, you get distracted when interacting with others, and you can’t concentrate.