How to avoid a panic/anxiety attack, I can feel it coming, Please help?!


Question: How to avoid a panic/anxiety attack, I can feel it coming, Please help.?
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Deep breaths!

Explain to yourself that these fears are irrational.

If your standing SIT
if you are sitting LIE DOWN

Have a glass of cold water

BEATH AGAIN

and REALISE that the thing youa re paniking because of is not something you can fix.

Understand that this is unconstructive worry and CONVINCE yourself you are better off pushing the thought out of your hea.dHealth Question & Answer

Negative emotions (like sadness, stress, anger, etc.) causes your Serotonin production to be low; when your Serotonin level is low, you are more prone to getting Anxiety, Panic Attacks, Depression, etc.

Medication like Antidepressants (SSRI - Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor) helps to boost Serotonin level.
But there are natural ways to do it without medication. There's this strange herb called "St John's Wort" - it is said to be more effective than Prozac. No, it is not for mild depression only and ignore those sayings. In fact, it does help anxiety and panic-attacks as St John's Wort works like prozac. Other natural ways will be exercise, diet, more exposure to light, etc.

The problem is that, even if your Serotonin is balanced... you have that "learned behavior" in your mind. You need to break that initial cycle to destroy that learned behavior - Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) does this. A technique that you can use without CBT will be Distraction... There are several other techniques to help cope them!
Ok, to use Distraction: Firstly, try to....

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