The phrase Panic Attack itself explains a very dangerous and hostile situation where the person suffering is under "attack".
This attack is a psychological one and it appears very real to the sufferer.
It is as if the world will end or is ending.
The good news is, there are many cures and methods to lessen the impact of panic attack and also permanent fix.
Below are several quick and easy to use methods to instantly and effectively reduce the negative result of panic attack.
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Relaxation Technique - breathing and muscle relaxation When you feel the onset of panic attack, use this method to slow your heart beat and worries thoughts down.
Divert your focus from the panic feeling to your breathing.
Focus on your nostril and count the breaths you take and let go.
In...
Out...
In...
Out.
Feel the air going in from your nostril to you airways down to your lungs and the follow it out.
Do this for ~5 minutes and you will start to feel calmer and more relaxed.
You can enhance this relaxation technique with another method that helps to relax your muscle.
When panic attacks, your muscle involuntarily becomes stressed up and tensed.
What you will do now is to make it worst! Yes! Make it worst by intentionally tense your muscle groups from head to toes in sequence.
Tighten the muscle in your eyes by opening your eyes wide for 5-10 seconds and then relaxed the muscle.
Do this for every muscle that you can control and relaxed the muscle right after.
You will feel the tension leave you like it's been swept away by wind.
This will make you feel more refreshed and relaxed.
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Sweat it off! If the above method consider passive, this method is the active one.
Our mentality or thoughts is directly linked to our physiology or our bodily functions.
When we feel slightly down or negative, a good run on the treadmill and a good session of sweat producing exercise will release happy hormones called serotonin.
This helps greatly in reducing the feeling of anxiety naturally.
The rise in serotonin that is experienced with moderate intensity exercise seems to be similar in nature to the rise in serotonin that is experienced when one is surrounded by good friends and family.
In general, when one engages in positive experiences, including exercise at low moderate intensity levels, we see a rise in serotonin levels.
So if you don't want to get off the couch, and will still want to feel better, mix around with people you like, and Presto! You will feel better.
Imagine you are a bystander looking in the situation Another great method to reduce the negative impact of panic attack is the Neuro Linguistic Programming Method (NLP).
In this, you will use the only power that human has but not other mammals.
Mentally take yourself out from your being.
It is the ability to see yourself from a third person point of view.
Try this and when you view yourselves from the outside, try to see how you look and also try to see how different you are.
Remember you are still you when you monitor yourself from the outside in.
Do you notice that you cannot understand why you are feeling panic? Do you see that the problem is not as big as it is? With all these 3 methods, you can reduce or even throw away the negative impact that panic attack is doing to your life.
I hope that these tips are helpful to you.