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Tips For Overcoming Panic Attacks and Agoraphobia
Life on this planet is short. If you suffer from panic attacks
and agoraphobia, I am betting that you have spent a lot of time in the
house and very little exploring the joys that life has to offer. Let's
get you out into the world again!
What do you gain from having panic attacks? What a ridiculous question this seems! Let's take a deeper look though and see if any of these apply to you.
1. Are you able to avoid being an empowered grown up and all the responsibilities and freedom that go with that?
2. Do panic attacks enable you to be the controlling force in everything your spouse or family do...even if it is a negative thing?
3. Are you able to justify your lack of motivation or energy on panic attacks?
What is your currency? What would get you moving again? Let's say that you won the lottery, started a new relationship, took a tropical holiday, would that get you moving again?
What I am suggesting is that we all have a personal currency and what you need to find is something that is of more value to you than panic disorder. I was housebound with it for many years and my currency was getting a dog.
I loved my new dog, Murphy, a great deal. At first, I could only go a few feet from home with him before I would have to run back to the safety of my front door.. He must have been very bewildered as to why he took such short walks when the other neighbourhood dogs went around the park! As time went on, however, my love for this dog and his needs for a daily walk of substance became more important to me than the panic.
Each day we would venture further and further. My goals grew every day, for the sake of my dog. This dog 's needs cured me of agoraphobia. He has passed away but he has left a parting gift of freedom with me.
What have you got that means more to you than panic attacks? I remember reading once about a man who was housebound with panic attacks. He and his wife had tried all sorts of therapy but with no success. Finally, his wife packed a suitcase and called a taxi.
While she waited for the taxi, she told her husband that she had no choice but to leave him as her own health was suffering from his panic disorder. When he saw that he was about to lose the wife he adored, he jumped into the taxi beside her and never looked back. They went on to a new life that was panic free because he realised that she was more important to him than the panic. In his future, whenever he felt panic coming on, he let it do it's worst and quickly lost the fear of the sensations of fear.
I am in no way suggesting that leaving your spouse or family is the way to manipulate a spouse to get over panic disorder. I am only pointing out that we all have a currency that works better for us than panic disorder.
Do you have an orange in the house? When we over breathe (hyperventilate), we can bring on a panic attack. We tend to breathe from high up in our chest and breathe in a shallow rhythm. Lie down on the floor and place the orange about belly button height. Now practice breathing slowly and at an even pace from your diaphragm.
As you watch the orange move slowly, up and down, up and down, you will know that you are doing this exercise correctly. This tip alone will cut down your panic attacks. Practice, practice, practice.
You are better off cold than hot if you have panic disorder. Studies have proven this. Invest in a personal cooler that fills with water and sprays a fine cold mist around your neck or wrist. Another way to feel cool is to always carry mints with you.
When you feel a panic attack coming on, chew several of them. The burst of cooling mint will ease the panic. Another tool is to carry a small freezer gel block, the sort that you would use for a cooler. If you feel hot and about to panic, place the block wherever it will soothe and cool you. It works!
Watch out for the second fear. When we feel a panic attack coming on, if we let it whoosh through us, it will go quite quickly. It is when we add a second fear, such as, "O, no, what is going to happen next?" or " I can't stop it! I'm going to make a fool of myself in front of these people".
" What if I pass out?" These second and third and fourth fears are what gives the panic attack more energy. Rather, sit or stand quietly, try to make your mind blank, breathe slowly and rhythmically, and the panic attack will go away. It is the fear of the sensations of fear that keep us bound.
Once your brain sees that you do not attach undue importance to these feelings, it will stop trying to protect you by going into the fight or flight mode. Of course, we want this protection if a hungry lion is sitting beside us but we don't usually need it when we are standing in a line at the grocery store!
What we focus on, expands. If we fill our mind with negative or frightening images, that is what our mind will hold on to. Focus instead on happy and uplifting things. Re-evaluate the movies, magazines and video games you play.
Focus on seeing yourself panic free. Where would you like to see yourself panic free, on the beach watching the clouds roll by, playing games with your children or grandchildren, watching their happy faces? Your imagination can transport you anywhere and is better than any television or movie.
Practice day dreaming scenes where you are panic free and enjoying yourself. It might be hard at first but please persevere. Your life is too precious to waste in panic attacks. If you can't imagine being panic free just yet, imagine being in beautiful surroundings, having a mild panic attack that goes quickly. When you see that it's gone, quickly return to having fun again in your day dream.
Are you eating well? Most panic attack sufferers could improve their diet but often lack the energy to cook. Easy peasy! Start the day with a delicious, nutrient packed smoothie. Most supermarkets will deliver the ingredients to your door or ask a friend to shop for you. Beg or borrow a blender.
Each morning, put in one cup of milk, one scoop of protein powder, (vanilla or fruit flavour), a cup of frozen berries or other frozen fruit and a vitamin capsule with the outer case removed. Blend it all together. You will find that the frozen fruit will thicken it so it is like ice cream. Ice cream with nutrition, that is! This tip will set you up for the day and make it less likely that you will have a panic attack.
Do you know that millions of people around the world suffer with panic attacks and agoraphobia? Bet you do. Do you also know that many can recover completely using these tips? Give them a try. You may well be the next.
June Steed
What do you gain from having panic attacks? What a ridiculous question this seems! Let's take a deeper look though and see if any of these apply to you.
1. Are you able to avoid being an empowered grown up and all the responsibilities and freedom that go with that?
2. Do panic attacks enable you to be the controlling force in everything your spouse or family do...even if it is a negative thing?
3. Are you able to justify your lack of motivation or energy on panic attacks?
What is your currency? What would get you moving again? Let's say that you won the lottery, started a new relationship, took a tropical holiday, would that get you moving again?
What I am suggesting is that we all have a personal currency and what you need to find is something that is of more value to you than panic disorder. I was housebound with it for many years and my currency was getting a dog.
I loved my new dog, Murphy, a great deal. At first, I could only go a few feet from home with him before I would have to run back to the safety of my front door.. He must have been very bewildered as to why he took such short walks when the other neighbourhood dogs went around the park! As time went on, however, my love for this dog and his needs for a daily walk of substance became more important to me than the panic.
Each day we would venture further and further. My goals grew every day, for the sake of my dog. This dog 's needs cured me of agoraphobia. He has passed away but he has left a parting gift of freedom with me.
What have you got that means more to you than panic attacks? I remember reading once about a man who was housebound with panic attacks. He and his wife had tried all sorts of therapy but with no success. Finally, his wife packed a suitcase and called a taxi.
While she waited for the taxi, she told her husband that she had no choice but to leave him as her own health was suffering from his panic disorder. When he saw that he was about to lose the wife he adored, he jumped into the taxi beside her and never looked back. They went on to a new life that was panic free because he realised that she was more important to him than the panic. In his future, whenever he felt panic coming on, he let it do it's worst and quickly lost the fear of the sensations of fear.
I am in no way suggesting that leaving your spouse or family is the way to manipulate a spouse to get over panic disorder. I am only pointing out that we all have a currency that works better for us than panic disorder.
Do you have an orange in the house? When we over breathe (hyperventilate), we can bring on a panic attack. We tend to breathe from high up in our chest and breathe in a shallow rhythm. Lie down on the floor and place the orange about belly button height. Now practice breathing slowly and at an even pace from your diaphragm.
As you watch the orange move slowly, up and down, up and down, you will know that you are doing this exercise correctly. This tip alone will cut down your panic attacks. Practice, practice, practice.
You are better off cold than hot if you have panic disorder. Studies have proven this. Invest in a personal cooler that fills with water and sprays a fine cold mist around your neck or wrist. Another way to feel cool is to always carry mints with you.
When you feel a panic attack coming on, chew several of them. The burst of cooling mint will ease the panic. Another tool is to carry a small freezer gel block, the sort that you would use for a cooler. If you feel hot and about to panic, place the block wherever it will soothe and cool you. It works!
Watch out for the second fear. When we feel a panic attack coming on, if we let it whoosh through us, it will go quite quickly. It is when we add a second fear, such as, "O, no, what is going to happen next?" or " I can't stop it! I'm going to make a fool of myself in front of these people".
" What if I pass out?" These second and third and fourth fears are what gives the panic attack more energy. Rather, sit or stand quietly, try to make your mind blank, breathe slowly and rhythmically, and the panic attack will go away. It is the fear of the sensations of fear that keep us bound.
Once your brain sees that you do not attach undue importance to these feelings, it will stop trying to protect you by going into the fight or flight mode. Of course, we want this protection if a hungry lion is sitting beside us but we don't usually need it when we are standing in a line at the grocery store!
What we focus on, expands. If we fill our mind with negative or frightening images, that is what our mind will hold on to. Focus instead on happy and uplifting things. Re-evaluate the movies, magazines and video games you play.
Focus on seeing yourself panic free. Where would you like to see yourself panic free, on the beach watching the clouds roll by, playing games with your children or grandchildren, watching their happy faces? Your imagination can transport you anywhere and is better than any television or movie.
Practice day dreaming scenes where you are panic free and enjoying yourself. It might be hard at first but please persevere. Your life is too precious to waste in panic attacks. If you can't imagine being panic free just yet, imagine being in beautiful surroundings, having a mild panic attack that goes quickly. When you see that it's gone, quickly return to having fun again in your day dream.
Are you eating well? Most panic attack sufferers could improve their diet but often lack the energy to cook. Easy peasy! Start the day with a delicious, nutrient packed smoothie. Most supermarkets will deliver the ingredients to your door or ask a friend to shop for you. Beg or borrow a blender.
Each morning, put in one cup of milk, one scoop of protein powder, (vanilla or fruit flavour), a cup of frozen berries or other frozen fruit and a vitamin capsule with the outer case removed. Blend it all together. You will find that the frozen fruit will thicken it so it is like ice cream. Ice cream with nutrition, that is! This tip will set you up for the day and make it less likely that you will have a panic attack.
Do you know that millions of people around the world suffer with panic attacks and agoraphobia? Bet you do. Do you also know that many can recover completely using these tips? Give them a try. You may well be the next.
June Steed
June Steed is a caring and experienced life coach. She has helped
many to lessen or completely overcome panic disorder and has a special
program for agoraphobics. She coaches worldwide. Contact her at
[http://junesteedlifecoach.com]
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Panic Attacks: Do You Know the Underlying Emotional Issues?
Research suggest that the fight or flight response is the trigger
to panic attacks we all know when we go into that fight or flight mode
for instance, if your crossing the street and you see a bus coming at
you of course you would react instinctively you would feel your heart
rate and your breathing speed up, this is your body's natural defense
mechanism sending you warning signals many of the same reactions occur
when a person is experiencing a panic attack the only difference is that
there is no pending danger to trigger it you may be sitting at home
watching TV and the onset of panic occurs.
The symptoms of panic disorder often start in adolescence or for some it may not be until they reach adulthood; we know from statistics that it will generally affect more women than men. For some, it may be just a passing thing in their lives and once the stressful events have passed the panic attacks are no longer there.
We do however know that certain factors can increase the risk for panic attacks things such as stress, traumatic events, physical or sexual abuse, death or illness, major life changes all of these contribute to the onset of panic disorder and need to be addressed in order to deal with the debilitating effects of panic.
This is not a situation where you can bury your head in the sand folks, left untreated panic attacks can have severe effects on all areas of life. The one factor many sufferers refer to is the anticipatory fear of the onset of panic because you never know when another attack will occur many people live in constant fear which keeps them from fully living the best life they can.
Many will start to restrict themselves from activities, avoiding social gatherings, perhaps developing phobias and of course a high risk for depression.
We don't know the root cause but we do know that it can be associated with external factors going on in our life some of the biggest triggers can be associated to financial problems, alcohol or substance abuser, emotional abuse, sexual or physical abuse but the greatest risk is the increase in suicidal thoughts.
It is imperative that any individual experiencing any of the signs or symptoms of a panic disorder have a medical evaluation you don't have to go it alone there is help in many different areas. So whether it's a psychologist or energy therapist the point is, it needs to be treated! You can recover from panic and return your life to a healthy balance the key word is ACTION, nothing gets done unless you take the first step.
It should be noted that not everyone who has a panic attack is necessarily suffering from a panic disorder only a mental health professional can diagnose a panic disorder based on a criteria that has been set by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). This manual is published by the American Psychiatric Association and is used by mental health providers to diagnose mental conditions so if your situation is severe then seeking professional help is your first step to recovery
While the main treatments for panic attacks are medications and or psychotherapy you may want to explore alternatives to these, one has to be clear on the degree of which the panic is affecting their lives and make informed choices on what can work for any given individual no two people are alike, and what works for one, may not be appropriate for the other so being pro active in our own recovery is crucial in regaining a balance.
There are endless choices out there and once we begin the process of doing the research we will find that medication and psychotherapy is only the beginning for those looking for alternative therapies EFT (emotional freedom technique) has offered a very high percentage of success rate although it's up to each individual to make a commitment to their recovery and like anything else worth while in your life effort has to be put into resolving the underlying emotional issues that are responsible for the panic attacks.
The symptoms of panic disorder often start in adolescence or for some it may not be until they reach adulthood; we know from statistics that it will generally affect more women than men. For some, it may be just a passing thing in their lives and once the stressful events have passed the panic attacks are no longer there.
We do however know that certain factors can increase the risk for panic attacks things such as stress, traumatic events, physical or sexual abuse, death or illness, major life changes all of these contribute to the onset of panic disorder and need to be addressed in order to deal with the debilitating effects of panic.
This is not a situation where you can bury your head in the sand folks, left untreated panic attacks can have severe effects on all areas of life. The one factor many sufferers refer to is the anticipatory fear of the onset of panic because you never know when another attack will occur many people live in constant fear which keeps them from fully living the best life they can.
Many will start to restrict themselves from activities, avoiding social gatherings, perhaps developing phobias and of course a high risk for depression.
We don't know the root cause but we do know that it can be associated with external factors going on in our life some of the biggest triggers can be associated to financial problems, alcohol or substance abuser, emotional abuse, sexual or physical abuse but the greatest risk is the increase in suicidal thoughts.
It is imperative that any individual experiencing any of the signs or symptoms of a panic disorder have a medical evaluation you don't have to go it alone there is help in many different areas. So whether it's a psychologist or energy therapist the point is, it needs to be treated! You can recover from panic and return your life to a healthy balance the key word is ACTION, nothing gets done unless you take the first step.
It should be noted that not everyone who has a panic attack is necessarily suffering from a panic disorder only a mental health professional can diagnose a panic disorder based on a criteria that has been set by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). This manual is published by the American Psychiatric Association and is used by mental health providers to diagnose mental conditions so if your situation is severe then seeking professional help is your first step to recovery
While the main treatments for panic attacks are medications and or psychotherapy you may want to explore alternatives to these, one has to be clear on the degree of which the panic is affecting their lives and make informed choices on what can work for any given individual no two people are alike, and what works for one, may not be appropriate for the other so being pro active in our own recovery is crucial in regaining a balance.
There are endless choices out there and once we begin the process of doing the research we will find that medication and psychotherapy is only the beginning for those looking for alternative therapies EFT (emotional freedom technique) has offered a very high percentage of success rate although it's up to each individual to make a commitment to their recovery and like anything else worth while in your life effort has to be put into resolving the underlying emotional issues that are responsible for the panic attacks.
Olga Sotomayor is a Life Coach, and EFT Practitioner Adv.
She invites you to visit her web site: http://www.stressfreewitheftsite.com for more tips and strategies on using EFT.
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She invites you to visit her web site: http://www.stressfreewitheftsite.com for more tips and strategies on using EFT.
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