Why do you breath into a paper bag when you have a panic attack?!


Question: Why do you breath into a paper bag when you have a panic attack.?
wouldn't that make it worse since you're breathing into a little tiny bag while you can just breathe in a big room or something.? or go outside.?Health Question & Answer


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what happens is that when you breathe out, you breathe out carbon dioxide, and the bag just traps the carbon dioxide in, when you breathe in again, you're actually breathing in carbon and dioxide and that helps stimulate your brain and gets out of that panic attackHealth 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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It supposed to stop you from breathing as hard cos, you exhale CO2 into the bag which you then breath in again which makes the body want to take in air less... Health Question & Answer



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