How to Cope With Panic Attacks
A panic attack can happen anytime anywhere, even when you feel that you are not stressed out.
Most often, we have already numbed ourselves to stress, undergoing extreme stress every single day, and not even realise that we're under stress.
We're multi-tasking, dealing with daily chores, juggling a career, caring for children, on top of worrying about finances, global economies, worrying about the security of our jobs and businesses, wondering what the future holds for us in this bleak state.
Prolonged continued stress on our body might trigger a panic attack at the most unusual, inconvenient times! It could be anywhere, anytime, while doing the most mundane things! If you have ever suffered from a panic attack, you know it when it happens.
The symptoms are familiar.
Your heart seems to be leaping out of your chest, and your stomach is knotted in a bunch.
Your hands feel cold and clammy, trembling and shivering, as panic and death thoughts race through your mind.
You may even feel difficulty in breathing.
The good news is, if you recognize these symptoms to be merely a panic attack, with practice, you are able to will yourself to relax.
Mentally will yourself to take slow deep breaths, and allow your body to relax, while the pain is searing in your chest and traveling down your arms.
At this point, it is very important to get a clean bill of health from your medical doctor, as the symptoms of a panic attack is very similar to that of a heart attack.
One is particularly fatal, while the other relatively harmless.
Once we can rule out a heart condition, you can then breathe easy.
When you know how to control your mental reactions in the midst of pain, and not panic, the pain will subside in a few minutes.
Move your thoughts over to positive ones, think of God's grace in your life, and trust that somehow, things will work out for you in the end.
It is really not easy to do this especially when you don't see anything positive to be thankful about.
It does take practice and effort to exercise faith in God and count your blessings on a continual basis.
With practice and determination, you will find that these panic attacks occurrences will diminish over time, becoming lesser in frequency.
Eventually, you will have won over the panic attacks, when you no longer fear an occurrence because you know how to manage it well.
Most often, we have already numbed ourselves to stress, undergoing extreme stress every single day, and not even realise that we're under stress.
We're multi-tasking, dealing with daily chores, juggling a career, caring for children, on top of worrying about finances, global economies, worrying about the security of our jobs and businesses, wondering what the future holds for us in this bleak state.
Prolonged continued stress on our body might trigger a panic attack at the most unusual, inconvenient times! It could be anywhere, anytime, while doing the most mundane things! If you have ever suffered from a panic attack, you know it when it happens.
The symptoms are familiar.
Your heart seems to be leaping out of your chest, and your stomach is knotted in a bunch.
Your hands feel cold and clammy, trembling and shivering, as panic and death thoughts race through your mind.
You may even feel difficulty in breathing.
The good news is, if you recognize these symptoms to be merely a panic attack, with practice, you are able to will yourself to relax.
Mentally will yourself to take slow deep breaths, and allow your body to relax, while the pain is searing in your chest and traveling down your arms.
At this point, it is very important to get a clean bill of health from your medical doctor, as the symptoms of a panic attack is very similar to that of a heart attack.
One is particularly fatal, while the other relatively harmless.
Once we can rule out a heart condition, you can then breathe easy.
When you know how to control your mental reactions in the midst of pain, and not panic, the pain will subside in a few minutes.
Move your thoughts over to positive ones, think of God's grace in your life, and trust that somehow, things will work out for you in the end.
It is really not easy to do this especially when you don't see anything positive to be thankful about.
It does take practice and effort to exercise faith in God and count your blessings on a continual basis.
With practice and determination, you will find that these panic attacks occurrences will diminish over time, becoming lesser in frequency.
Eventually, you will have won over the panic attacks, when you no longer fear an occurrence because you know how to manage it well.
