Panic Attacks & Worry – How Your ‘Fear’ Is The Important To Stopping Stress Attacks

Panic attacks commonly onset in people when they are between 18-30 years of age. They can affect anyone in any stage of life and are an intense onset of crippling fear that can last for about 10 minutes. Women are twice as likely to be affected by panic attacks than men. The reason for this isn’t known. A panic attack is the body’s mental response to a feeling of threat or fear. Understanding panic attacks and what causes them is a good way to begin the healing process.

The best way I have found to stop panic attacks and anxiety is through an eBook I researched titled Panic Away. It took a long time for me to convince myself to try this, but I’m glad I let myself do the right thing. I was in complete control of myself. I had online coaching and so many different techniques to stop my panic attacks and anxiety.

But there is a very simple technique that does work, in my opinion called it Paradoxical Intention. Basically, you can take control of your mind and body by not trying to take control – by going with the panic attack – by wanting to have one.

The key difference between someone who is cured of panic attacks and those who are not is really very simple. The people who are cured no longer fear panic attacks. I’ll try to show you how to be one of these people as well.

Ducking the issue seems the right thing to do, but repeating this avoidance behaviour over time will just heighten the fear. The angst will remain, waiting for the right trigger.

Anxiety attacks can happen when you least expect them to. And the symptoms are so terrifying that you don’t ever want to have to repeat them. So you hide away from situations that you are fearful of. And it’s this very ‘fear’ of having more attacks that raises your already high levels of general anxiety. So that a stressful event — that you would normally have coped with before — can actually ‘trigger’ another attack.

When you have an anxiety or panic attack, it is like an alarm going off in your body saying this…”Warning! Warning! Warning! There is a threat to your well being!” Your body is actually trying to protect you, not harm you when your mind races and your heart beats a thousand miles per hour. Your body is simply in a state of “fight or flight response” meaning, it wants to either “fight” the enemy or “flee” to get away to protect you. Bottom line is this: it feels threatened. The trigger in the case of panic attacks are your thoughts. Your thinking creates irrational fears and beliefs, and guess what, your mind does not know the difference.

When you have an anxiety or panic attack, it is like an alarm going off in your body saying this…”Warning! Warning! Warning! There is a threat to your well being!” Your body is actually trying to protect you, not harm you when your mind races and your heart beats a thousand miles per hour. Your body is simply in a state of “fight or flight response” meaning, it wants to either “fight” the enemy or “flee” to get away to protect you. Bottom line is this: it feels threatened. The trigger in the case of panic attacks are your thoughts. Your thinking creates irrational fears and beliefs, and guess what, your mind does not know the difference.

You know the saying that “what you resist, persists.” Well that saying applies perfectly to fear. If you resist a situation out of fear, the fear around that issue will persist. How do you stop resisting-you move directly into it, into the path of the anxiety, and by doing so it cannot persist. At this point, the adrenaline is really pumping throughout the body, and it is tingling with unpleasant emotions.

Quiet your mind by listening to the sounds in your surroundings. Truly and intentionally listening to the sounds around you is a way to stay in the moment. If your mind wanders, just come back to listening. Your mind wants to tell you that you’re in trouble because your body is experiencing adrenalin overload. You’ll be amazed by what you hear when you really listen to all the sounds around you. See if you can pick out individual sounds. Then listen to all the sounds together. Go back and forth between individual sounds and the orchestra of sounds. Continue this for five minutes and your mind will calm.

But, whichever route you take, there is one critical issue that can hold back your eventual cure, and that is your fear of panic attacks, either subconscious or realized. As long as you have this, it can be difficult to deal with your underlying general anxiety, because your fear feeds your anxiety. It is a vicious anxiety cycle that you need to break out of.

For now, just concentrate on holding your chest down, so that you learn to do this diaphragmatic breathing. Practice getting all of this right. In a short time, you don’t need to use your hands.

If you find that dedicating 15 minutes of your time to this is unbearable, then at least try for 5 minutes. You won’t realize it now, but this will help you later when you REALLY need it most.

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No one cares is a common statement from young people who may be going through difficult times and friends can often tease rather than help. Anxiety can lead to loneliness and the child then becomes more alone. He or she may spend more time in the room watching TV or playing games by him or herself. As the panic attacks increase the child may not want to leave the room at all. Understanding the cause will lead to the solution.

If you are experiencing them, and want to cure panic attacks, Panic Away offers the most powerful technique for overcoming anxiety and panic attacks without the use of medication. While the above techniques can help you get through a panic attack, Panic Away will help you become completely free of anxiety and you never have to experience another attack.