If you have ever experienced a panic attack, it can be scary, feeling like you don't even have control of your own body.
There are certain things you can do to ensure that you maintain complete control when they occur.
You don't have to feel the helplessness that comes along with an anxiety attack as well as the discomfort.
Even though there are different types of anxiety disorders and attacks, you can still do something about them.
In order to control your attacks, you must first know what causes the attacks in the first place.
The most common reason someone has a panic attack is the overwhelming feeling of stress.
Everybody feels stress once in a while, but for people who have consistent panic attacks, it's a different story.
Panic attacks happen when your body can no longer bear the emotional burden you have put on it from worrying, stressing, being frustrated all the time.
In order to correct this problem you must come from a place of complete and total relaxation.
Think about whatever it is you do, say, or imagine in order to calm yourself down in a time of worry.
If you don't have anything like that, make one up.
Whatever usually makes you happy will work.
Just imagine those things as if they were really happening to you in that moment.
Of course taking medication for controlling panic attacks can work, but since it is mostly a mental/emotional problem, you will want to use a method that utilizes your brain and imagination.
Repeating certain soothing words or phrases to yourself or out loud could work as well.
Your doctor will also most likely have recommendations as to how to deal with your attacks.
Finding out what sets your attacks off will play a big part in determining how to respond to them when the time comes.