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Eliminate
Anxiety and Panic Attacks For
Good
If you suffer
from...
*
Palpitations
* a pounding
heart, or an accelerated heart rate
*
Sweating
* Trembling or
shaking
* Shortness of
breath
* A choking
sensation
* Chest pain or
discomfort
* Nausea or
stomach cramps
* Derealization
(a feeling of unreality)
* Fear of losing
control or going crazy
* Fear of dying
Numbness or a tingling sensation
* Chills or hot
flashes
...then you've
experienced firsthand some of the possible
symptoms of a panic or anxiety attack. If you
are reading this page because a loved one
suffers from these symptoms and you are trying
to understand or help, it's hard to appreciate
what they go through.
Just try to
imagine what it feels like to experience one,
if you can.
Here is
a typical example:
Standing in a
supermarket queue, it’s been a long wait but
only one customer to go before you make it to
the cashier. Wait, what was that sensation? An
unpleasant feeling forms in your throat, your
chest feels tighter, now a sudden shortness of
breath, and what do you know—your heart skips a
beat. “Please, God, not here.”
A quick scan of
the territory—is it threatening? Four
unfriendly faces queue behind, one person in
front. Pins and needles seem to prick you
through your left arm, you feel slightly dizzy,
and then the explosion of fear as you dread the
worst. You are about to have a panic
attack.
There is no
doubt in your mind now that this is going to be
a big one. Okay, focus: Remember what you have
been taught, and it is time now to apply the
coping techniques. Begin the deep breathing
exercise your doctor recommended. In through
the nose, out through the mouth.
Think relaxing
thoughts, and again, while breathing in, think
“Relax,” and then breathe out. But it doesn’t
seem to be having any positive effect; in fact,
just concentrating on breathing is making you
feel self-conscious and more
uptight.
Okay,
coping technique 2:
Gradual muscle
relaxation. Tense both shoulders, hold for 10
seconds, then release. Try it again. No; still
no difference. The anxiety is getting worse and
the very fact that you are out of coping
techniques worsens your panic. If only you were
surrounded by your family, or a close friend
were beside you so you could feel more
confident in dealing with this
situation.
Now, the
adrenaline is really pumping through your
system, your body is tingling with
uncomfortable sensations, and now the dreaded
feeling of losing complete control engulfs your
emotions. No one around you has any idea of the
sheer terror you are experiencing. For them,
it’s just a regular day and another
frustratingly slow queue in the
supermarket.
You are out of
options. Time for Plan C.
The most basic
coping skill of all is “fleeing.” Excuse
yourself from the queue; you are slightly
embarrassed as it is now that it is your turn
to pay. The cashier is looking bewildered as
you leave your shopping behind and stroll
towards the door. There is no time for
excuses—you need to be alone. You leave the
supermarket and get into your car to ride it
out alone. Could this be the big one? The one
you fear will push you over the edge mentally
and physically. Ten minutes later the panic
subsides.
It’s 10:30 a.m.
How are you going to make it through the rest
of the day?
If you suffer
from panic or anxiety attacks, the above
scenerio probably sounds very familiar. It may
have even induced feelings of anxiety and panic
just reading it. The particular situations that
trigger your panic and anxiety may differ;
maybe the bodily sensations are a little
different. Or maybe it happened to you for the
first time on a plane, in the dentist chair, or
even at home, while doing nothing in
particular.
If you have ever
had what has become known as a “panic attack,”
take comfort in the fact that you are by no
means alone.
A panic attack
always comes with the acute sense of impending
doom. You feel you are either about to lose
your mind or one of your vital bodily functions
is about to cease functioning and you will end
your days right there among the canned goods
and frozen food.
You are by no
means alone; you’re not even one in a million.
In America, it is estimated that almost 5% of
the population suffer from some form of anxiety
disorder. For some, it may be the infrequent
panic attacks that only crop up in particular
situations-like when having to speak in front
of others, while, for other people, it can be
so frequent and recurring that it inhibits them
from leaving their home. Frequent panic attacks
often develop into what medical physicians
refer to as an “anxiety disorder.”
One of the first
steps to regaining control of your life is
getting helpful information. This site will
give you that, and more.
The beginning of
your recovery starts here. What you will learn
is that there is a very good chance you are
about to end the cycle of panic attacks in your
life. You will learn not only to regain the
carefree life you remember once having, but
will also gain new confidence in living. Your
answer to living free from “panic” or “anxiety
attacks” is at hand.
This site
demonstrates that the panic and anxiety that
you have experienced will be the very key to
your courage and success.
Begin the road
to recovery by browsing through the site. While
many of you may have read almost everything you
can possibly read relating to panic and anxiety
I assure you this site offers something very
effective.
Did you
know...?
The key
difference between someone who is cured of
panic attacks and those who are not is really
very simple. The people who are cured no longer
fear panic attacks. I’ll try to show you how to
be one of these people as well.
What if I told
you the trick to ending panic and anxiety
attacks is to want to have one. That sounds
strange, even contradictory, but let me
explain.
The trick to
panic attacks is wanting to have one-the
wanting pushes it away. Can you have a panic
attack in this very second? No!
You know the
saying that "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 it, into the
path of the anxiety, and by doing so it cannot
persist.
In essence what
this means is that if you daily voluntarily
seek to have a panic attack, you cannot have
one. Try in this very moment to have a panic
attack and I will guarantee you cannot. You may
not realize it but you have always decided to
panic. You make the choice by saying this is
beyond my control.
Another way to
appreciate this is to imagine having a panic
attack as like standing on a cliff's edge. The
anxiety seemingly pushes you closer to falling
over the edge.
To be rid of the
fear you must metaphorically jump. You must
jump off the cliff edge and into the anxiety
and fear and all the things that you fear
most.
How do you jump?
You jump by wanting to have a panic attack. You
go about your day asking for anxiety and panic
attacks to appear.
Your real safety
is the fact that a panic attack will never harm
you. That is medical fact. You are safe, the
sensations are wild but no harm will come to
you. Your heart is racing but no harm will come
to you. The jump becomes nothing more than a
two foot drop! Perfectly safe.
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more
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Joe Barry is an
international panic disorder coach. His
informative site on all issues related to
panic and anxiety attacks can be found
here:http://www.panicportal.com
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