Attack Release Made Simple

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December 27th, 2008 Subscribe To Our Feed

Anyone who’s ever suffered a panic attack or a severe anxiety disorder knows the extreme distress it causes, both physical and emotional. The panic can seem overpowering while the physical sensations that go with it make many people think that they’re going to die.

They feel as if they’re trapped and would give anything to find release from their fear.

Even worse is living with the fear that another episode of panic might suddenly come suddenly, anytime,anywhere.

That fear can lead people suffering from panic attacks to into isolation. They want to avoid situations where they feel at risk.

Gradually their life constricts around them.

Obviously anyone in this situation wants release.

When they seek help from a health care professional that help often comes in the form of a pill. There’s no doubt that {drugsmedications} are helpful, especially in the short term. However, ideally they are only temporary measure, something to ease the symptoms while the underlying cause is addressed.

A Mistake Most People Make

Since panic attacks feel so overwhelming, people almost automatically assume that they need to fight against these feelings and the experience they’re having.

This is very understandable. The physiology that drives a panic attack is the fight or flight response - the response that prepares us to respond to physical danger by either fighting for our life or running like crazy.

The physiology is getting us ready us for to defend our very existance, so understandably we feel like we should fight.

However with these episodes, that’s exactly the wrong response. By resisting them, we’re giving them more power that they really have.

How To Avoid This Trap

The clever response in dealing with panic attacks is to go with their flow, even challenge them to do their worst.

That may seem too easy. Or maybe it seems simplistic.

The key is that with a panic attack, there’s no terrible consequence.

If you’re about to be run over by a bus and just sit there, you’ll die.

In contrast, you won’t die as a consequence of a panic attack. The sense of danger insn’t based on anything real. It’s a paper tiger.

The way to see that is to open yourself to the the panic attack and all the sensations that go with it and even welcome them. Dare them to do their worst. It’s scary at first, but less so as you do it more often.

What you’ll likely find is that this actually reduces the symptoms of fear, sometimes almost immediately. As the saying goes “What we resist persists”. Accept a panic attack for what it is and it loses its power.

Although this approach is straight-forward, it doesn’t come automatically. Practice and coaching help to become proficient at it. But the beginning is realizing that the risk from a panic attack is more illusion than real.

If you want to find out more about panic attacks Panic Attack Release is a great site.

And there’s a good review of a product that teaches this type approach at Panic Away Review

As Dorthy found out when she got to Oz, the man behind the curtain is not very frightening once you see what’s really there.

You can find out about a great way to get beyond Panic Attacks by clicking that link.

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