Overcoming Panic Attacks in the Comfort of your Home
Thursday, May 27th, 2010Overcoming panic attacks is possible and from personal experience I can tell you there is a way . Panic attacks can be one of the most intensely uncomfortable experiences the human organism can have. Take all the fear you’ve ever experienced in your lifetime and squeeze it into the space of a few minutes and double it. It can be a hugely wounding thing to endure and leave you feeling very shaken! Some may even question their sanity and be left feeling vulnerable , spending much time feeling concerned another episode will occur.
If you’ve been tirelessly searching for methods that teach you how to stop panic attacks , there is much information around.Much of it is approached by changing your behaviour such as adjusting what you eat and drink, including more exercise etc. All these can help, but here I’m going to provide you with a step-by-step guide to reprogram your mind to retake control over the main reason you are panicking , and that is, stress.
If stress is the instigator of panic and our thoughts can maintain a level of surplus anxiety, then it stands to reason, we can reduce that stress using our mind.
The steps you are about to follow are quite easy . When you imagine something in your mind , it feels very real and your physiology will react accordingly. This is because your subconscious mind does not know the difference between something that is remembered, imaginary, or actually happening now, because in each instance, to the mind, it is very real and current.
- Find a quiet space so that you will not be troubled and shut your eyes.
- Remember a time and place where you felt so free of stress and worry, instead feeling relaxed, happy, calm. This may very well be a holiday you’ve been on which you enjoyed thoroughly.
- Select a specific day you felt the most relaxed or happy in this memory and pay attention to what you see. Do you notice anyone else there? What are they wearing? What colours do you notice? Pay attention to the different sounds, do you hear laughter, the wind, is it quiet? And as you do that, be aware of just how much more relaxed you’re becoming .
- Begin to expand everything in a way that means the colours are richer, the images larger, the sounds louder which means you can feel those relaxing feelings becoming more intense .
- If you get to the end of this memory, start again from the beginning and just enjoy existing in this place as you continue to relax automatically .
- Spend 5-10 minutes enjoying this experience .
Don’t be put off by the simplicity of this method , the mind is programmable and this approach is used time and again at the hypnotherapy bristol practice to help people who are stressed to begin to re-experience calm.
Keep practicing this daily, and it soon becomes habit to feel relaxed and less anxious (less fuel for panic).
