Panic Attacks

I could write a lot about panic attacks. I have suffered so many of them. At first, 8 years ago I thought I would die from it, but then I learned that they can not kill you, they only scared the living hell out of you. If you are reading this you might have suffered a panic attack or know somebody who has. I am going to explain what they are very briefly. Imagine you are flying in a plane in the middle of the ocean and the airplane starts falling down, you think that’s it, you are going to die. You would experiment shortage of air and a feeling of dizziness. This is because you are hyperventilating. The difference is that you would get the feeling of a panic attack in a bus going to work or in the car  when is a queue. Our brain responds to a stressful situation like if it was a life or death matters.  What it happens is that perhaps over a period of time you have being under a lot of stress. Our brain releases adrenaline when we are under stress, if the situation is not corrected the level of adrenaline can rich the alert limits in our brain who would interpret a normal situation of stress as a life threaten moment and send out all the alarm signs, like sweaty palms, fast heart beat, quick breathing and all the rest.

The first time I had a panic attack I thought I was dying because I couldn’t breathe. I ended up having a huge fear of the panic attacks for years. Now days, I have learned how I am doing this to myself and I have taken the power of that fear. How? Well, most of this web site is dedicated to help other reach at least this same stage. But I found that the main key to win over a panic attack is talking to yourself through it and realizing that it can not kill you. Be strong and think of the things that you like, your hobbies the people that you love and they love you,  and concentrate into something that is not going to let your brain to go back to the panic ways. For example, in my case I used to have panic attacks in the motorway going into the city with my husband. Well, I had a bad car accident a long time ago and among other thing I don’t feel comfortable driving. But just being inside the car in the motorway used to be enough to give me the worst panic attacks imaginable. I leaned from Charles Linden that diversion of the mind was the best in those cases. So I looked for some hobbies I could do in the car during the hard times. One of my friends introduce me to patchwork, so I would take a bag with a hand sewing project half way through that I could keep sewing and be entertained in the way. I founded that by the time I did a few stitches and got into the patchwork work I was comfortable and not panicking. If my brain was wondering about towards the panic attack I would put the STOP sign in my brain and keep sewing. It was good because without realizing we would have arrive at our destination and I was very proud of the achievement. I usually sew a bit the way back, but feeling really proud and happy.

Well, I like sewing and doing hand crafts. You might prefer photography, coloring or writing. Whatever it keeps your mind and hands occupied during the time you are most likely to have a panic attack. Don’t give in. Face the situations you are scared off. Otherwise, you might ended up giving too much power to the panic attacks and losing some of your freedom.

Triumph over the fear.
Don’t let the panic attack take control over your life.
It takes some courage and wishes of your life back, but when you win it, it’s great.
I found some very good books from Amazon and some products to try to avoid panic attacks.
If there is anything that you have tried and it worked well, please share it with us in the forum.

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