Do you have an irrational fear of a panic attack, experience anxiety or panic frequently, fear losing controls to panic or anxiety or experience bodily sensations that make you feel like you are about to die or pass out? If so, this article discusses two easy steps on overcoming panic and anxiety attacks.
It does not matter what your fear is.
These techniques and tips are sure to reduce or eliminate your panic and anxiety attacks dramatically when you implement them whenever the panic or anxiety comes upon you.
Panic and anxiety attack sufferers usually experience the occurrence of frequent anxious thoughts that leave them with feelings of doom.
The resulting bodily sensations such as sweating and heart palpitations cause them to think that they are about to die or pass out.
Anxious thoughts are a way for doubt to take root in your psyche whether the fear is irrational or rational.
When an anxious thought comes upon you, your first impulse is to react in fear as you think over the anxious thought.
When you react in fear, this sends a shock wave though your body which is why you feel a reaction in your stomach.
When you examine the thought over and over, it intensifies the experience and leads to other shock waves throughout the nervous system and a lack of peace of mind.
This fear then leads to flight from the situation that is causing the panic and anxiety attack.
Reacting to fear in this way keeps you in bondage to the fear.
The harder you try to shake the fearful thoughts, the more anxious thoughts you dwell upon and the vicious cycle continues until you become paralyzed by fear and anxiety.
This is no way to live.
How to Eliminate Panic and Anxiety 1.
When anxious thoughts overtake you, it is important not to try to force the thoughts away.
A key step to overcoming the panic and anxiety is to embrace the anxious thoughts.
The thoughts will probably never go away in their entirety but you need to alter your reaction to the thoughts.
Let the thoughts in and become more and more comfortable with them.
When you change you reaction and quit trying to force them away, you will gradually become free of them.
The only way out of a bad situation is to change your reaction to it.
Embracing the anxious thoughts and even inviting the anxious thoughts may seem scary at first but if you keep at it, the occurrences will slowly but surely dissipate.
2.
Observe, label, watch and move your attention.
When an anxious thought comes upon you, the first step is to observe the thought and see it what it really is which is a random thought which is part of the millions of thoughts that we have a day.
The next step is to label the thought.
Is it fear based? Is it rational or irrational? Ask yourself what the chances are of the fear or anxiety occurring.
The third step is to watch it wash over you without reacting to it.
The final step is to return your focus or attention to what you were doing or thinking before the panic or anxiety hit.
It is important to practice these steps each and every time that you experience panic and anxiety attacks and the anxious thoughts related to the attacks.
When you embrace the anxious thoughts and let them wash over you, you will be empowering yourself and not the fear.
You will be asking yourself "what is the worst that can happen?" when you embrace the fear.
You can experience the life of your dreams free from the paralysis related to panic and anxiety.
Have the courage to practice, practice and practice the steps required to overcome anxious thoughts.