Anxiety Therapy
Panic Attacks and How to Treat Them
What is a panic attack?
Panic disorders are conditions in which episodes of intense fear, worry and discomfort reach a disturbing level. It feels as if you have no control over your feelings or actions.
What you’re feeling during a panic attack is the fight-or-flight response in overdrive, so it’s easy to mistake it for being out of control. You’re not having a heart attack or mental breakdown – what you are actually experiencing is quite common and doesn’t require any emergency treatment.
They can be easily cured by finding something pleasant to divert attention to, like listening to music or reading something light. The idea is just replacing the bad thoughts with good ones, until the bad one has gone on long enough that it loses its power over you.
Can Anxiety Or Panic Attacks Feel Similar To Being High?
Yes, maybe not in the way you might expect though. It’s not uncommon for people to experience the psychological phenomenon known as “derealization.”
Things just don’t look, feel, hear or taste normal and your experiences are intensified in a variety of ways which is likened to being in an altered state.
Is it common to go to the hospital for panic attacks?
The answer to this question is that it varies from person to person, however these attacks can be a sign of where you are in terms of your health and mental clarity.
While panic is common, it may not need outside intervention. Seek medical advice when symptoms persist or worsen. A panic attack most often happens because a part of the body (lungs, heart) isn’t working properly or there’s too much mental pressure on one area (such as anxiety). Panic attacks have been linked with spasms in the heart muscle – meaning that, psychologically and physically speaking, you’re going through an intense emotional experience all at once like something bad has happened and you don’t know how to cope/cope with this feeling
Can you have both anxiety and panic attacks?
Yes. Anxiety is a feeling of worry, nervousness, and unease about upcoming events or activities that might potentially go wrong; whereas panic attacks are instances in which one experiences intense fear with simultaneous physical symptoms such as shortness of breath, chest pain or pressure to the point where they feel like they’re dying.
What we might call simple anxiety is just a general sense of unease that has no specific cause and remains unresolved over time without serious attention having been given to it.
A panic attack would be considered an extreme form of anxiety because it is an acute episode in which the person interprets what would otherwise be thought of as harmless triggers as life-threatening situations until
Panic attacks are also associated more with the fight-or-flight response whereas anxiety is related more with the tension or anticipatory anxiety responses.
Why do I have constant panic attacks and anxiety?
The short and complicated answer is that pattern recognition is hard to unlearn, and the brain usually finds new ways of interpreting input as threatening even after you’ve eliminated whatever was actually dangerous.
Why do I have anxiety attacks for no apparent reason?
Anxiety, which is treatable with a vast array of treatments and therapies, is the unified name for a lot of truly different “problem” behaviours.
From social anxiety to performance anxiety to panic attacks, there are many different struggles that share their name.
It’s important not only to look at the symptoms in an individual case, but also to examine which type of anxiety caused it– as that will give vital information on how best to treat it.
If you’re looking for more information on how to deal with anxiety or want some tips on how to get started, check out our website at anxietyunplugged.co.uk!
Why can't I stop having panic attacks?
This is a question with so many possible answers.
One potential answer is that the panic attacks themselves may be causing anxiety, which would spur on more panic attacks and more anxiety.
A person may experience persistent panic attacks because pattern recognition is hard to unlearn and the brain usually finds new ways of interpreting input as threatening even after you’ve eliminated whatever was actually dangerous.
The good news is with NLP pattern interrupts and collapsing unconscious anchors you can help unlearn the internal language patterns and triggers that lead to this behaviour
What should we do when we get a panic attack?
If you feel like your heart is racing, your stomach feels sick and you can’t breathe…and those are just the physical symptoms! What do I need to do if they happen?
Panic attacks can be difficult to manage for a lot of people. They’re sudden, intense episodes that leave some feeling like they’re dying and others feeling completely powerless over what’s happening to them. The good news is there are things we can do when these start-up that will help us ride out the panic attack until it dies down on its own– distraction tactics like watching TV or calling a friend for support; taking deep breaths in through our nose then out through our mouth while visualizing something calming like a beach or sky; and hpynotherapy that helps us learn how to identify the triggers, stay calm in response and think more positively overall.
How To Cope With Panic Attacks At Work?
You will know your situation far more intimately than anyone else. But it is worth noting, especially in this ‘post-ish’ covid world that employers are far more aware and understanding of mental health.
Having a private conversation with your employer about your anxiety can help them take steps to avoid exacerbating the problem and reduce some of the worries you feel when thinking about how you will be treated at work if an attack takes place.
How To Deal With A Panic Attack?
- Breathe deep and slow.
- Take a break from what you are doing to give yourself time for recovery.
- Talk to someone who can help or provide support.
- If its possible get out of the situation that is causing your panic attack.
- Remember that it will pass eventually, even if it feels like it won’t ever end.
- Remind yourself that you are not alone in this situation and there is nothing wrong with feeling this way sometimes.
How To Cure A Panic Attack
Having suffered from anxiety for a long time myself this is something I can personally relate to.
As someone that used to have 5-6 panic attacks a day you can stop them and you can learn to notice the early signs of them and push them back. I help people get the brain out of constant fight and flight and then the attacks stop.
Accept that they will happen in the short, but don’t catastrophize them. People fear the fear.
I’m living proof that anxiety can be cured and I have hundreds of clients that have been fully cured.
I retrain the anxiety response so that you have a healthy response rather than an irratic emotional response.
Anxiety: Panic attacks: is there a way to overcome them?
Everyone’s path will be slightly different and I encourage you to reach out and have a chat.
Sometimes just talking and being heard is the best medicine there is.
How to calm my anxiety until I can see a therapist?
The best way to calm your own anxiety is to take a deep breath in and exhale it slowly and repeat.
Our breathing is closely connected to our thoughts because when we are anxious our brains tell the body that it needs to speed up heart rate, increase blood flow, and reduce oxygen levels.
When you breathe deeply and calmly these processes slow down with the resulting feeling of calmness.
Is hypnosis an effective treatment for panic anxiety?
If you’re looking for a way to reduce your anxiety, then hypnosis may be the answer.
But if you have a physical medical condition that is causing your symptoms, I would advise that problem is addressed first through your doctor.
I know that the fear of being in a situation where you might have an attack is one of the most difficult things to deal with. It can be hard to go out, or even leave your home.
Hypnosis has been shown time and time again as an effective treatment for panic anxiety because it helps change how our brains process these thoughts and feelings so that we can feel better about them.
If you’re finding things difficult. Please don’t hesitate to reach out (link).