| I Feel Like I'm Going To Die | | | | instinctively conditioned to respond to our built in alarm |
| Have you ever suddenly found it nearly impossible to | | | | system in two primitive ways: the flight or fight |
| take a breath? Has your body ever started shaking | | | | response. Panic attacks are the result of our flight or |
| uncontrollably to the point that you were drenched in | | | | fight response going haywire, causing us to over react |
| sweat? Has your pulse ever raced so fast and heart | | | | to internal false alarms. |
| pounded so hard in your chest that you could hear it | | | | Our unwarranted fear and panic stems from a lack of |
| beating loudly in your ears? Have you ever felt an | | | | understanding what it is that we're supposed to be |
| eery, unsettling sense of detachment take over all | | | | afraid of, and more importantly, how we're supposed |
| your thoughts? If you've had terrifying moments where | | | | to react to it. Because we don't know whether to flee |
| you felt you were on the verge of going crazy, losing | | | | or stand and fight, we feel vulnerable to and confused |
| all control, and about to die, then you know what it's like | | | | by our fear, completely oblivious to the reality that |
| to experience anxiety panic attack symptoms well on | | | | there is actually no true threat. |
| the verge of a full-blown panic attack. | | | | Often, after the terror of a first attack, many panic |
| Despite What You Feel, The Truth Is You Will NOT | | | | attack victims will believe a subsequent attack to be |
| Die | | | | their greatest fear - one that they utterly obsess over. |
| If you've recently experienced a panic attack, then the | | | | Ironically, it's this obsessive fear that dooms them to |
| first thing you need to understand is that you are NOT | | | | experience next the attack, since the surest way to |
| going crazy. And you're not alone! There are many | | | | another panic attack is to be terrified of experiencing |
| others just like you, who've also gone through anxiety | | | | one. |
| panic attack symptoms at least once in their lifetimes. | | | | But It Is The Fear That Is The Problem |
| The second thing you need to understand is that | | | | The fear of experiencing a panic attack makes us all |
| despite what you feel or what others may have | | | | the more susceptible to having another one because |
| caused you to believe, you will NOT die from another | | | | we dwell on and blow the fear of having another one |
| attack. | | | | out of proportion, causing a hair trigger internal panic |
| Panic attacks can leave you feeling bewildered, | | | | alarm. Conversely, by refusing to dwell on the fear of |
| confused and alone. Suffering a panic attack for the | | | | again finding ourselves victim to those dreaded anxiety |
| first time is truly a traumatizing experience. The trauma | | | | panic attack symptoms, the likelihood of falling victim to |
| of that first panic attack is so profound that many | | | | another panic attack falls considerably. |
| victims become crippled and consumed with an | | | | Knowledge Leads To Understanding |
| irrational fear of suffering from another attack. | | | | The best tip for panic attack avoidance is to not fear |
| We Have Nothing To Fear But Fear Itself | | | | having one to begin with. Forget medication and the |
| It's this devastating fear, more so than the panic attack | | | | other so-called anxiety attack panic treatments. |
| itself, that can cripple the victim, preventing them from | | | | Anyone can put panic attacks behind them by |
| being able to function and enjoy life to the fullest. | | | | knowing they're prepared to take them on and deal |
| Sometimes the fear of another attack can be so | | | | with them. |
| consuming that the panic attack victim retreats to | | | | Another good tip for panic attack avoidance is to not |
| isolation, shutting off all contact with the world, choosing | | | | concern yourself with finding the "perfect" anxiety |
| instead not to live at all. These victims can be so | | | | attack panic treatment that will magically reduce the |
| profoundly affected by the trauma of their first panic | | | | frequency of your attacks, but instead to look for |
| attack that they fail to understand that in reality there is | | | | effective methods of facing the panic attack head on. |
| really nothing at all to be afraid of. | | | | Knowledge leads to understanding. Ability to cope |
| Everyone has a built in and innate sense of well-being | | | | leads to confidence, then to the absence of fear, and |
| and security that alerts and protects us from | | | | eventually to the loss of all anxiety panic attack |
| impending danger. It is this awareness of the perils that | | | | symptoms. |
| surround us that enables us to survive. We are | | | | |