People who have experienced panic attacks often go around with a grave sense of unease that at any moment, they will experience a major panic attack. It's a fear of the ultimate panic attack that would finally push them over the edge. This leads people to make changes to their behavior in order not to do anything that might trigger a panic episode.
When people feel this way, simple daily tasks can become big challenges. Some people start to fear driving their car in traffic. Others fear leaving their safe zone or simply any situation where they have responsibilities to perform.This state of apprehension keeps a person's anxiety level high, leading to feelings of general anxiety.
If you are such a person I hope to put your mind at rest. Panic attacks as well as general anxiety
(even when not accompanied by panic disorder) can be eliminated in simple steps regardless of how long the anxiety has been a problem.
What if I told you the trick to ending panic attacks is to want to have one!That sounds strange but let me explain. A simple trick to ending panic attacks is wanting to have one because the wanting causes an immediate diffusion of the anticipatory fear.
Can you have a panic attack in this very second? I doubt it!
You know the saying "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 the path of the anxiety; by doing so it cannot persist because you process the fear out through your emotions. In essence what that means is that if you voluntarily seek out a panic attack you won't have one.
Saturday, October 26, 2013
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
Why most anxiety treatments still fail to get results in 2013
So why is it most anxiety treatments still fail to get results even today in 2013?
2. Then you have medication. Anti-anxiety medication also does not address the real problem. Instead it band-aids the anxiety and just gets you through the day. Yes, that can be useful to get a person through a difficult period (I see genuine value in that), but all too often medication become a crutch that you feel dependent on. Many people end up taking such medication unnecessarily for years simply because no one has offered them a good alternative.
3. Lastly there is therapy. This can be very hit and miss. You can get lucky and find a great therapist, but more often than not when it comes to treating an anxiety problem, you will be taught the same coping techniques discussed above.
Worse still you might end up with a therapist who has been trained to solve all your problems by exploring everything that happened to you in the past!
You could spend thousands of dollars on therapy only to find that you are still as anxious as you were before you started,-sorry no refunds.
(Please note, I am not against therapy per se. It has its place; I just think you need to be sure you find a therapist who is a good fit for the issue that you need to address).
1. It is frustrating but almost all
of the information and advice out there on treating anxiety is ineffective. People are not being taught how to empower themselves and end their problems; instead they are taught coping exercises to 'mange anxiety' and get on with it.
Everywhere you look, you find 'coping' techniques and 'distraction' exercises. I am sure you have come across many of them already in books and online. These approaches keep the person feeling like a victim of anxiety and never go to the HEART of the problem (the fear of the fear).
Simply 'coping' with anxiety is not good enough. You should be LIVING your life as freely as possible, -not living in fear of another panic attack. People who use my program are the type of people who want nothing less.
Everywhere you look, you find 'coping' techniques and 'distraction' exercises. I am sure you have come across many of them already in books and online. These approaches keep the person feeling like a victim of anxiety and never go to the HEART of the problem (the fear of the fear).
Simply 'coping' with anxiety is not good enough. You should be LIVING your life as freely as possible, -not living in fear of another panic attack. People who use my program are the type of people who want nothing less.
2. Then you have medication. Anti-anxiety medication also does not address the real problem. Instead it band-aids the anxiety and just gets you through the day. Yes, that can be useful to get a person through a difficult period (I see genuine value in that), but all too often medication become a crutch that you feel dependent on. Many people end up taking such medication unnecessarily for years simply because no one has offered them a good alternative.
3. Lastly there is therapy. This can be very hit and miss. You can get lucky and find a great therapist, but more often than not when it comes to treating an anxiety problem, you will be taught the same coping techniques discussed above.
Worse still you might end up with a therapist who has been trained to solve all your problems by exploring everything that happened to you in the past!
You could spend thousands of dollars on therapy only to find that you are still as anxious as you were before you started,-sorry no refunds.
(Please note, I am not against therapy per se. It has its place; I just think you need to be sure you find a therapist who is a good fit for the issue that you need to address).
Saturday, October 19, 2013
3 things NOT to do during a panic attack
1. Do not fear you are going to lose control or die from a panic attack. Panic attacks have a way of making us feel out of control and close to death but this is nothing more than the biochemical reaction of the fight or flight reaction. You will not lose it nor will you die from a panic attack. You are safe and your body can handle so much more than you think it can.
2. Do not fear the panic will escalate to the point of no return. Panic attacks come in waves. The moment when you think it is going to get so bad that it might kill you is actually the peak of the wave. It then subsides naturally. Panic attacks tend to re-occur when you do not know how to handle them as they start to peak.
3. Do not EVER feel ashamed for having panic/anxiety. I know you keep your anxiety problem hidden like a shameful secret because you fear what others will think. Forget what they think. Most people have no idea what it feels like to have a panic attack or all day anxiety. You are so brave already just dealing with this problem.
2. Do not fear the panic will escalate to the point of no return. Panic attacks come in waves. The moment when you think it is going to get so bad that it might kill you is actually the peak of the wave. It then subsides naturally. Panic attacks tend to re-occur when you do not know how to handle them as they start to peak.
3. Do not EVER feel ashamed for having panic/anxiety. I know you keep your anxiety problem hidden like a shameful secret because you fear what others will think. Forget what they think. Most people have no idea what it feels like to have a panic attack or all day anxiety. You are so brave already just dealing with this problem.
For just a moment close your eyes and let the weight of anxiety fall from your shoulders... relax and know that this is going to be OK. You are going to be OK.
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