Help! I"m Having an Anxiety Attack - Make it Stop, Quick
"My heart is racing, I'm sweating and I feel like I'm about to lose control and go mad.
What does it mean? I've never had an anxiety attack like this before.
" Every anxiety attack sufferer reports the same symptoms.
They can have a few or a lot, depending on the individual.
Generally, they include sweating, palpitations, mind racing, fear and panic.
Perhaps the most terrifying feeling is that you are about to lose control of your mind, your body and your actions.
People with milder anxiety attacks do not feel overwhelmed by this symptom.
In severe cases of anxiety, however, this is more prominent.
You truly do feel like you are about to do something that you cannot control.
How do you cope with such a symptom? It's scary.
It's not easy gaining control when you feel so close to losing it.
That's what makes this symptom so threatening.
Change Your Thinking Pattern When you are struggling to maintain your sanity, you are focusing on the problem, rather than on a solution.
You can't stop thinking about that uneasy feeling which, of course, just makes it worse.
The key is to change your thinking to something else entirely, despite how difficult it might be.
The sooner into your anxiety attack that you implement this solution, the more effective and immediate will be the result.
Here's the process: 1.
You begin to feel uneasy.
You start sweating and your heart pounds.
You question where that eerie feeling is coming from and what will happen to you.
Some people identify this as a sense of dread - fear that something bad is about to occur.
2.
At this moment, stop thinking about the uneasy feeling.
Instead, focus on what you were doing prior to the event.
What were you thinking about or worrying about.
Maybe you are about to be challenged in some way.
There's a very good chance that whatever just passed through your mind scares you, most likely because it threatens your self-confidence.
While we go about our day, we all let our minds wander.
On a conscious and subconscious level, we work on problems much like when we are asleep.
When something pops into our head that we cannot handle, we can have an anxiety attack.
3.
Turn your attention to solutions rather than the episode.
Forget your fears and look at all your options.
Go through them until you find the right or best ones and think about how you will use them to resolve whatever issues caused your attack.
You might have the tendency to wave off this possible cause and cure for your attack, but quite often, generalized anxiety is directly linked to self confidence and self esteem.
If your confidence is threatened, your mind also feels threatened, which triggers anxiety.
The solution is to take back control in the fastest and most direct way.
Once you regain control through this method, you will notice a rapid reduction in your anxiety levels.
What does it mean? I've never had an anxiety attack like this before.
" Every anxiety attack sufferer reports the same symptoms.
They can have a few or a lot, depending on the individual.
Generally, they include sweating, palpitations, mind racing, fear and panic.
Perhaps the most terrifying feeling is that you are about to lose control of your mind, your body and your actions.
People with milder anxiety attacks do not feel overwhelmed by this symptom.
In severe cases of anxiety, however, this is more prominent.
You truly do feel like you are about to do something that you cannot control.
How do you cope with such a symptom? It's scary.
It's not easy gaining control when you feel so close to losing it.
That's what makes this symptom so threatening.
Change Your Thinking Pattern When you are struggling to maintain your sanity, you are focusing on the problem, rather than on a solution.
You can't stop thinking about that uneasy feeling which, of course, just makes it worse.
The key is to change your thinking to something else entirely, despite how difficult it might be.
The sooner into your anxiety attack that you implement this solution, the more effective and immediate will be the result.
Here's the process: 1.
You begin to feel uneasy.
You start sweating and your heart pounds.
You question where that eerie feeling is coming from and what will happen to you.
Some people identify this as a sense of dread - fear that something bad is about to occur.
2.
At this moment, stop thinking about the uneasy feeling.
Instead, focus on what you were doing prior to the event.
What were you thinking about or worrying about.
Maybe you are about to be challenged in some way.
There's a very good chance that whatever just passed through your mind scares you, most likely because it threatens your self-confidence.
While we go about our day, we all let our minds wander.
On a conscious and subconscious level, we work on problems much like when we are asleep.
When something pops into our head that we cannot handle, we can have an anxiety attack.
3.
Turn your attention to solutions rather than the episode.
Forget your fears and look at all your options.
Go through them until you find the right or best ones and think about how you will use them to resolve whatever issues caused your attack.
You might have the tendency to wave off this possible cause and cure for your attack, but quite often, generalized anxiety is directly linked to self confidence and self esteem.
If your confidence is threatened, your mind also feels threatened, which triggers anxiety.
The solution is to take back control in the fastest and most direct way.
Once you regain control through this method, you will notice a rapid reduction in your anxiety levels.
