| What if? what if? what if? Yes, we scare ourselves | | | | anxiety disorder. Panic attack is characterized by |
| with all the "what ifs" and worry ourselves to death! | | | | uncontrollable episodes of fear, heart palpitations, |
| We worry about a hundred things and of all the things | | | | sweating and dizziness, You will throw up, feel jittery, |
| that we worry about only 10 do actually happen. We | | | | tense, irritable and agitated. |
| have the tendency to catastrophize! We tend to | | | | Here are some tips on how to cure anxiety or panic |
| imagine a situation as being worse that what it actually | | | | attacks: |
| is. | | | | 1. Recognize that you are having anxiety or panic |
| As Winston Churchill said, " When I look back on all | | | | attacks and decide to confront them head on. |
| these worries, I remember the story of the old man | | | | 2. Analyze why these attacks happen. Identify what |
| who said on his deathbed that he had had a lot of | | | | situations trigger your attacks. Basically it your fear of |
| troubles in his life, most of which had never | | | | the situation and the fear that you are going to have |
| happened". We worry more than we need to. We | | | | an attack that actually make the attack happen. Once |
| worry even when things are going well - fearing that | | | | you realize this - that fear of having a panic attack is |
| something wrong or bad is eventually bound to happen. | | | | what basically causes it, then you are on your way to |
| We find it difficult to believe that good things can | | | | recovery. |
| happen to us and that something bad is lurking around | | | | 3. You must confront this fear and learn how to |
| the corner just waiting to come down on us. | | | | approach these triggers situations with less anxiety - |
| Worry is very common and at some point in our lives | | | | by not fearing the situation and more importantly, not |
| we all suffer from it. Even successful people worry | | | | fearing the attack that may or may not occur. |
| excessively on occasion. A medical doctor my worry | | | | Overcoming this fear - of the situation and of the |
| endlessly of the possibility of being sued for | | | | attack - will lessen if not stop your panic attacks. |
| malpractice. Take a break from worrying - walk, see a | | | | 4. The final step is to belittle the effect of the attack if |
| movie, go out with friends, dance and be merry! As | | | | it occurs. It does not cause your death so why do you |
| the saying goes, "don't worry, be happy". Stop | | | | have to fear it! Panic attack is not a matter of life or |
| worrying! | | | | death so there is no need to fear it. This is what I |
| Worry is a very treatable condition but if left to grow | | | | personally always tell myself whenever I am faced |
| can lead to more serious anxiety disorder which have | | | | with a difficult or tense situation - if it is not a matter of |
| serious effects on your health. People with anxiety | | | | life or death then I need not fear it. |
| disorders are more likely to have hypertension and at | | | | Panic disorder can be cured. The key ingredient is not |
| greater risk for cardiac problems, gastrointestinal | | | | medication, lifestyle changes, or relaxation exercises. It |
| disorders, respiratory illness, asthma, diabetes, angina, | | | | is only when the individual no longer fears the thought |
| back pain and arthritis. Anxiety can impede your | | | | of having a panic attack that he can free himself of |
| capacity to think. It can have crippling effect on your | | | | anxiety and panic disorder. There is a powerful |
| body. When we allow anxiety to really go bad it can | | | | technique to achieve this - break the cycle of fear, |
| lead to a full blown panic which is the worst kind of | | | | without the use of any medication! |