Panic Attacks Support Group

What if? what if? what if? Yes, we scare ourselves

anxiety disorder. Panic attack is characterized by

with all the "what ifs" and worry ourselves to death!

uncontrollable episodes of fear, heart palpitations,

We worry about a hundred things and of all the things

sweating and dizziness, You will throw up, feel jittery,

that we worry about only 10 do actually happen. We

tense, irritable and agitated.

have the tendency to catastrophize! We tend to

Here are some tips on how to cure anxiety or panic

imagine a situation as being worse that what it actually

attacks:

is.

1. Recognize that you are having anxiety or panic

As Winston Churchill said, " When I look back on all

attacks and decide to confront them head on.

these worries, I remember the story of the old man

2. Analyze why these attacks happen. Identify what

who said on his deathbed that he had had a lot of

situations trigger your attacks. Basically it your fear of

troubles in his life, most of which had never

the situation and the fear that you are going to have

happened". We worry more than we need to. We

an attack that actually make the attack happen. Once

worry even when things are going well - fearing that

you realize this - that fear of having a panic attack is

something wrong or bad is eventually bound to happen.

what basically causes it, then you are on your way to

We find it difficult to believe that good things can

recovery.

happen to us and that something bad is lurking around

3. You must confront this fear and learn how to

the corner just waiting to come down on us.

approach these triggers situations with less anxiety -

Worry is very common and at some point in our lives

by not fearing the situation and more importantly, not

we all suffer from it. Even successful people worry

fearing the attack that may or may not occur.

excessively on occasion. A medical doctor my worry

Overcoming this fear - of the situation and of the

endlessly of the possibility of being sued for

attack - will lessen if not stop your panic attacks.

malpractice. Take a break from worrying - walk, see a

4. The final step is to belittle the effect of the attack if

movie, go out with friends, dance and be merry! As

it occurs. It does not cause your death so why do you

the saying goes, "don't worry, be happy". Stop

have to fear it! Panic attack is not a matter of life or

worrying!

death so there is no need to fear it. This is what I

Worry is a very treatable condition but if left to grow

personally always tell myself whenever I am faced

can lead to more serious anxiety disorder which have

with a difficult or tense situation - if it is not a matter of

serious effects on your health. People with anxiety

life or death then I need not fear it.

disorders are more likely to have hypertension and at

Panic disorder can be cured. The key ingredient is not

greater risk for cardiac problems, gastrointestinal

medication, lifestyle changes, or relaxation exercises. It

disorders, respiratory illness, asthma, diabetes, angina,

is only when the individual no longer fears the thought

back pain and arthritis. Anxiety can impede your

of having a panic attack that he can free himself of

capacity to think. It can have crippling effect on your

anxiety and panic disorder. There is a powerful

body. When we allow anxiety to really go bad it can

technique to achieve this - break the cycle of fear,

lead to a full blown panic which is the worst kind of

without the use of any medication!

http://www.clubsperanza.org/cure-anxiety/social-phobia/how- to-stop-worry-anxiety-and-panic-attacks-without- medication.htm