The panic attack - what to do?

Panic is a fear of the fact that to you surely there will be something terrible, and you will not be able to escape and avoid this event. In principle, the panic attack is a fear of death, as well as all our fears, panic pulls the root for this most ancient fear. However if most of people cope with the fears without serious consequences and independently, there is a certain share of people who experience fears with special sensitivity.

For a victory over panic, the main thing is to own a complete set of information. Therefore we will consider what to do if there was a panic attack and also what measures should be taken that it did not repeat any more.

Symptoms

Manifestation of the panic attacks is very similar to a heart attack (that frightens people even more):

• fever;
• shiver and pricking of extremities;
• shortage of air;
• tachycardia;
• nausea;
• sweating;
• feeling of other reality;
• fear to go crazy, die;
• goes hot you, during cold;
• pain in a breast.

First aid

The panic attacks can happen in any place, at any time, even if just, you felt like the happiest and successful person on the earth. It is very important to be able to provide itself first aid at the panic attacks:

• think that the panic attack will not lead to death and madness, you have to realize that it is only the exaggerated reaction of your brain;
• have at yourself the printout with the text similar to the following: "The panic attack will not do much harm to me, nothing the worst to happen";
• concentrate on the feelings, stay the foreign observer;
• remain in those conditions in which there was an attack, think of what was with you to panic;
• if soothing are ordered you by the doctor, accept them;
• if goes hot you – wash a face cold water;
• if extremities grow numb – you can lower them in hot water.

On average, the panic attacks last not longer than 30 minutes.

It is possible to avoid panic!

The worst in the panic attack the fact that there is it once you will spend all subsequent time with fear for a repeated attack. Therefore, occupy the mind with how to avoid the panic attacks.

1. Visit of the psychologist or psychotherapist are those doctors who can help with treatment of the panic attacks. Neuropathologists, cardiologists will look for "the" diseases and to write out to you in the preventive purposes the long list of tranquilizers.
2. Greedy look for and absorb information on the panic attacks. It is informed, means it is armed.
3. Hypnosis is the best method of treatment of panic.
4. Self-hypnosis and autotrainings are those methods which you can independently apply.
5. Practice relaxation methods – respiratory technicians, massage, yoga, chi kung.

Remember: the panic attack does not do you to mentally ill people and you should not hesitate and have complex because there was it to you. You have a hypersensibility which it is possible and it is necessary to overcome.

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