| Cure panic attacks - this may seem like a dream | | | | quickly rise and your sympathetic nervous |
| to you but it is actually possible and there are | | | | system will kick in the "fight or flight" response. |
| many ways to do it. In this article, I'll describe to | | | | Your heart rate will increase, you will sweat more |
| you 3 different approaches that you can use to | | | | and you may feel faint. Then you may see this |
| cure panic attacks. | | | | reaction as confirmation of your suspicions and |
| Avoiding Triggers | | | | panic even more. |
| If your triggers are very simple and easily | | | | CBT works to get you to recognize the original |
| identifiable and nothing else affects you then it | | | | symptom as nothing of any significance and to |
| may be worth trying to avoid them. For example, | | | | therefore not exaggerate it. |
| some people get panic attacks only when they | | | | Self Study Therapy |
| eat specific foods. It is quite easy for them to | | | | This is a newer but highly effective treatment. |
| avoid such foods and never again have a panic | | | | The problem with CBT is that you may literally |
| attack. | | | | not believe the therapist when she says that you |
| However, if your attacks are triggered by multiple | | | | are overreacting and you have irrational fears. |
| things or you cannot easily avoid them e.g. | | | | Even though you are aware of this irrationality, |
| triggered by social situations, then I do not advise | | | | just because someone tells you may not actually |
| you to take this route. Not only will it be incredibly | | | | help you to change your patterns of thought. |
| difficult but such avoidance can even increase | | | | Alternatively, there are some natural techniques |
| your likelihood of suffering from panic attacks. | | | | that you can use which will have the same effect. |
| Cognitive Behavioural Therapy | | | | For example, you can use a coping statement |
| This is one of the more popular treatments | | | | such as "no one has ever died from an anxiety |
| prescribed for panic attacks. It works by trying to | | | | attack" - a kind of internal monologue. Ever heard |
| reconstruct your thought processes. | | | | the phrase - "the more you say something, the |
| Your therapist will sit you down and get you to | | | | more you will believe it" - it is totally true and this |
| talk about what you are thinking before and | | | | is how coping statements work. |
| during a panic attack. She will want to totally | | | | Another example is to stop yourself from asking |
| break apart your exact thought processes while | | | | "what if" statements and to live more in the |
| having one. | | | | present - use statements such as "what is |
| Because often panic attacks come from | | | | happening now". Distracting yourself can work |
| exaggerated thought processes then the therapist | | | | very well. |
| will work with you to reconstruct them. | | | | Over time, you will start to feel less and less |
| For example, currently whenever you feel some | | | | anxious about possible triggers until eventually |
| slight chest discomfort, you may exaggerate it as | | | | they fail to trigger any panic attacks at all. |
| the early signs of a heart attack. Your anxiety will | | | | |