A Panic-Attack
Your Mind Convincing You a Catastrophe is Happening
and You Have no Power to Stop It.
A panic-attack can throw your mind into overload. It can cause you to feel as though you are into total devastation.
I am told our ancestors used fear to produce high levels of adrenalin when they confronted danger. It is part of the 'fight or flight' program in our mind. When danger, such as a wild animal, was close the adrenalin would give the extra energy to either fight or run away.
It is said we still carry the lessons of our ancestors and when our mind perceives a danger or an overload of stress or something triggers our mind to switch into the 'fight or flight' mode we react in the same way as our ancestors did. But today it is not common to encounter wild animals in our daily lives. Other invisible life stresses such as workload, finance, technology or any of the many day to day pressures can trigger the adrenalin rushes.
When this happens and there is nothing for you to fight or run from fear can happen. When the mind is thrown into a condition of fear time after time and there is no known reason that you are aware of Panic may be the next sensation you encounter.
The overwhelming fear experienced during a panic-attack has no equal.
The fear can come into you without warning and there may be no apparent or logical reason.
Please, do not disregard the sensation.
If you have experienced more than one such occurrence and you have not already consulted a professional person about your experience please do so now.
Talk to someone you trust, talk to Family members, talk to your closest friend, talk to your family Doctor, talk to someone about your feelings.
The feelings and effects of a Panic Attack are totally overwhelming and should not be ignored.
I am coming to grips with the feelings associated with my Depression.
Anxiety Attacks I am learning to handle,
But my Panic attacks scare the pants off me. They will hit without warning so I have no ability to prepare myself. Fortunately my Panic attacks are not striking me as often now.
Please do not allow Panic to control you, it is a totally negative mind set. Sometimes you feel as though the sky is falling in on you. Trust me, the sky will not actually fall on you.
A panic-attack may be associated with something that you know is very minor, but for some reason this time you fear it.
You fear this time that your fear of it will destroy you!
It can be a thought - an image - a sound - or just a ‘feeling’.
Stop.
Breathe.
Breathe slowly - draw each breath deep down, allow yourself to feel the energy of each slow full breath as it comes into your body.
Relax your thoughts.
Stand tall and hold a good posture - breathe deeply - feel your lungs filling with strength and keep breathing.
Remember - You can take charge of your fear.
I have found talking quietly to myself and slowly reinforcing myself of my safety helps to move me through the worst of the beginning of a panic-attack.
If I am with people I may quietly excuse myself and retreat to a quiet area for a moment or two and allow my emotion to settle.
You will know when it is a good time to do that.
I would feel myself thinking the world was watching me and everyone was laughing at my reactions.
Actually, if you think about that feeling you should be able to laugh because most people are too full of their own thoughts and fears to care about anyone else.
In reality there were only a very few friends who ever noticed any change in me and they were there to help when I needed them.
How did I get away from my Panic Attacks?
I concentrated on reducing my Depression and my Anxiety. I worked solidly on those two areas and I believe I have taken out their overwhelming influences that may had been triggering my Panic Attacks.
Fortunately I have not had a panic-attack for several months.
I have worked on my life-style.
I now indulge in good meditation - light exercise - and I have improved my nutritional values.
Relax - Breathe.
Meditation has helped me control the effects the Three Brothers had on my mind. I have found enormous strength and self control through listening to specifically designed and managed Meditation recordings.
I have increased my light physical exercise program.
I am more open in my communication.
Cognitive therapy and natural emotional stimulants have helped me open up and redevelop my self-esteem.
Developments in these areas of previous emotional turmoil have encouraged me and now allow me to relax and even out my stress levels. My panic-attacks remain very strong in my memory and I am alert to their symptoms.
Yes, I have given myself permission to relax.
There were many months in my life where I feared the idea of leaving the safety of my home. I had to eat so I had to go to work and every day filled with the haunting fear of doom.
BUT now; I not only smell the flowers - I actually turn down side roads looking for new flowers.
How many times have you said to yourself, “not today, not now, I do not have time”?
I use to say things like that. One day a friend made a comment that struck home. My friend said “A moment of pleasure in life is like a heart beat “We are only given a limited number”. “We should enjoy every one to its maximum”.
Think about it, Next Time may be a long time coming, start telling yourself, this is for ME right here, right now.
Nobody is going to notice you are a few minutes late. If your detour takes you into a new world of pleasure, most people will probably ask themselves, “Why didn’t I do that”.
At the end of the day it really is a scary world that we allow ourselves to be controlled by. Panic-attacks take away too much of your personal energy.
Sit back for a while and think to yourself and laugh as only the insane can, because really everyone is naked under all the bull shit they wear to hide within. Whether they drive a VW or a Lamborghini, they all stop at the red traffic light. They - we are each the same inside.
Please, click on the associated links, read how other people have found their solutions.
At the end of the day it is YOU and the new power of your re-energized mind, which will stop the
Three Brothers
Depression, Anxiety and Panic
from controlling and ruining your life.
This is Your Life. You deserve it to be a Good Life……….
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