4 Steps to Cure Panic Attacks While Driving
If you've suffered a panic attack while driving then you know how terrifying it was.
The problem is that you're now more likely to have more attacks.
So you need to know how to handle them.
Here are 4 steps to help you 'cure' panic attacks while driving...
The first thing to think about is what actually causes a panic attack in the first place? By understanding this you'll be better placed to handle them when they occur.
At the root is higher than normal anxiety or stress levels.
You could have these without really knowing.
However, should you experience a particularly stressful event or situation, this can add to your already high anxiety levels, pushing them 'over the top' so to speak.
When this happens, your body can 'mis-read' this as you being in some sort of danger.
Now, your body has a built-in defense mechanism that, when it senses you may be in mortal danger, it switches on its 'flight or flight' response.
This causes massive and very fast chemical and other changes in your body which helps to give you more strength, speed, even vision, etc.
The objective being to help you fight or run away to safety to the best of your ability.
The problem is, of course, that you know you aren't in danger and so the symptoms that you experience during an 'attack' -- as a result of the bodily changes -- puzzle and alarm you because they seem to have come out of nowhere.
This is why a panic attack can be so terrifying.
But now that you understand how panic attacks are triggered, you can see that they cannot harm you.
And this is backed up by the experts: it's a medical fact that they cannot do you any harm.
Nevertheless, these attacks are really scary; especially while driving.
So here are 4 things you can do during an attack...
4 SIMPLE STEPS TO CURE PANIC ATTACKS WHILE DRIVING Step #1.
This is the most important in many ways.
You now know that panic attacks can't harm you; you aren't about to die! So at the first signs of an attack, repeat this fact to yourself with confidence.
Step #2.
Stay calm and don't do anything rash.
Start regular, slow, deep breathing and start looking for a safe area you can park in.
Remember, stay calm, keep breathing regularly and repeat in your head that you know you aren't in danger.
Step #3.
Once parked up, apply the handbrake and switch off the engine.
Release your seat belt.
Lower the windows for good air.
Don't think about your symptoms, concentrate on something outside the car.
Continue controlling your breathing whilst repeating to yourself that you know that this won't harm you and will soon pass.
Step #4.
Get out of the car if it's safe to do so and lock it.
Now walk up and down the sidewalk concentrating at all times on physical things around you, keeping your head up, not down at the ground.
Continue with your controlled breathing.
Gradually, you'll find that the symptoms will alleviate.
The key in all this is to realize that panic attacks won't harm you.
In fact, it helps if you meet them head-on, even 'daring' them to 'do their worst.
' If you follow the 4 simple steps above then you can help to stop a panic attack while driving in its tracks.
Now the above can take care of an attack situation, but wouldn't it be better to discover how to prevent them in the first place?..
The problem is that you're now more likely to have more attacks.
So you need to know how to handle them.
Here are 4 steps to help you 'cure' panic attacks while driving...
The first thing to think about is what actually causes a panic attack in the first place? By understanding this you'll be better placed to handle them when they occur.
At the root is higher than normal anxiety or stress levels.
You could have these without really knowing.
However, should you experience a particularly stressful event or situation, this can add to your already high anxiety levels, pushing them 'over the top' so to speak.
When this happens, your body can 'mis-read' this as you being in some sort of danger.
Now, your body has a built-in defense mechanism that, when it senses you may be in mortal danger, it switches on its 'flight or flight' response.
This causes massive and very fast chemical and other changes in your body which helps to give you more strength, speed, even vision, etc.
The objective being to help you fight or run away to safety to the best of your ability.
The problem is, of course, that you know you aren't in danger and so the symptoms that you experience during an 'attack' -- as a result of the bodily changes -- puzzle and alarm you because they seem to have come out of nowhere.
This is why a panic attack can be so terrifying.
But now that you understand how panic attacks are triggered, you can see that they cannot harm you.
And this is backed up by the experts: it's a medical fact that they cannot do you any harm.
Nevertheless, these attacks are really scary; especially while driving.
So here are 4 things you can do during an attack...
4 SIMPLE STEPS TO CURE PANIC ATTACKS WHILE DRIVING Step #1.
This is the most important in many ways.
You now know that panic attacks can't harm you; you aren't about to die! So at the first signs of an attack, repeat this fact to yourself with confidence.
Step #2.
Stay calm and don't do anything rash.
Start regular, slow, deep breathing and start looking for a safe area you can park in.
Remember, stay calm, keep breathing regularly and repeat in your head that you know you aren't in danger.
Step #3.
Once parked up, apply the handbrake and switch off the engine.
Release your seat belt.
Lower the windows for good air.
Don't think about your symptoms, concentrate on something outside the car.
Continue controlling your breathing whilst repeating to yourself that you know that this won't harm you and will soon pass.
Step #4.
Get out of the car if it's safe to do so and lock it.
Now walk up and down the sidewalk concentrating at all times on physical things around you, keeping your head up, not down at the ground.
Continue with your controlled breathing.
Gradually, you'll find that the symptoms will alleviate.
The key in all this is to realize that panic attacks won't harm you.
In fact, it helps if you meet them head-on, even 'daring' them to 'do their worst.
' If you follow the 4 simple steps above then you can help to stop a panic attack while driving in its tracks.
Now the above can take care of an attack situation, but wouldn't it be better to discover how to prevent them in the first place?..
