Panic attacks: how to fight on your own.

On the Internet, there is a huge amount of information on the topic of VSD, neuroses, various phobias, and, finally, panic attacks. However, not all the material is presented in an accessible language, and most importantly – few people will be able to understand the very essence of this issue. And in this article, I'll tell you my personal experience with this problem, and then how I got rid of it.

What is a panic attack?

PA is an acute fear of death or madness that lasts 15 to 30 minutes. This information is written on almost any site, and so I will not dwell here. It will be much more important to know what causes a panic attack?

This extremely painful condition occurs due to the sharp release of a huge amount of adrenaline into the blood. In fact, it's the same as if you were next to a hungry and angry lion. Only, the fear of this predator would be quite natural, in the case of PA things are a little different.

Remember when you started your first panic attack? Here is an example of the most common case – a trip in public transport. One day you were driving on their business, and suddenly you have a strange heart began to beat. From that moment on, you began to create your panic attack with your own thoughts and assessment of these heart failures.

To make it clear that I want to say this, try to remember your first thoughts when you have any interruptions, or, for example, you have a dizzy head. Usually these are the following thought forms “ " I have something wrong with my heart, and suddenly it's a heart attack (or stroke) and I'm going to die? But I have a lot of unfinished business, I was still quite young....”

As soon as you think so – you immediately released adrenaline into the blood, because your brain believed that you are in danger. Only unlike a hungry lion, this "danger" is caused exclusively by your irrational assessment. Thus, you have a panic attack, and you confirm your thought form “ " Exactly! It's heart attack!” And you're getting worse.

Can you die of a panic attack?

No. Moreover, you can not harm your health or go crazy in this way. Because no such case has been registered yet. And to think, that you will find yourself the first will quite foolish. Think of yourself – how you can die from getting into your blood is thrown adrenaline? This is a natural reaction of fear, which is absolutely normal.

Why did I feel something wrong with my heart?

This is a very good question, and now I will try to answer it as clearly as possible for you. Since childhood, you have been brought up in such conditions where your life was too one-sided and inflexible. For example, you are often told by parents: "do not play around in the bus, and then that's the uncle will take you to him!"Or “" You're a bad boy, what will other people think of you?”

And you get used to things that you might feel bad about simply because you're acting wrong. And even when you grow up, your stress will remain on this occasion. And if there are those situations where it will be too strong (the same ride in a crowded bus), then this tension is sure to find a way into the body. This can be in the form of echange heart or other symptoms. Such as tachycardia, dizziness, a sense of unreality of what is happening and so on.

The fact that the voltage goes into the body - it is also not dangerous. But you don't know that it's just tension, because you think it's a terrible disease or a heart attack. That's why you interpret heart failures as something terrible, and so you have a panic attack.

Why don't all people have panic attacks?

Because we were all raised differently. Some grew up to be anxious, while others remained more calm. This is a very long topic, and in a few words it can not be described. But one thing is for sure: if you are often put in a rigid framework from childhood (do not change her husband, sleep with men only after the wedding, study for one five), and your life has developed in such a way that had to break these limits – then you will have problems with the release of tension in the body. Especially if you will feel a strong blame before parents for what they've done. (failed in school, lost my virginity early and the like) Although in principle is absolutely fine.

How to cope with a panic attack once and for all?

So, and now remember, and better write down. The next time you feel like you're about to have a PA, say to yourself, “Well, stop! It's just the tension that comes out of my body. This is not any terrible disease because my tests say I'm healthy! My condition poses no danger, and I give him the right to be!”

And really give the right to your body some time to feel tension and discomfort. But in any case you can not think: "Not this....again now will begin! Man, I'm gonna die right now!"Because your brain will again accept such thoughts as a threat, with known consequences in the form of another PA.

But if you say that, say, Yes, I'm not very good, but I understand that this is just my tension caused by life's contradictions and circumstances, then you will never develop a panic attack. Because you're not going to interpret your heart rate as a danger. And from now on, you'll forget the problem of panic attacks once and for all.

Roughly speaking, let yourself die, and you will never die. Allow yourself to experience a panic attack, and you will never experience it. I remember how often I used to make fun of myself like this: "Ha! More tension? And like you're gonna kill me now? Come on, get started! And come quickly, and then th-then I don't die horribly!”

I said that because I knew for sure that a panic attack would never kill me. And as soon as I started to think that way, in a sarcastic way, my tension was quickly gone. And even more so I did not have any panic attack.

So if you really believe that your condition causes absolutely no threat, then you will quickly forget your panic fear. However, when you get rid of this, do not think that this is your problem will end. Now I do not mean the problems of panic attacks, but the issues with your stress that comes out in the body.

To get rid of these problems, you need to find a good therapist! Not a psychiatrist, not a neurologist, much less a cardiologist. I know perfectly well how after the first PA people start running to doctors who send them to other doctors. I'm just as aware of how much it's exhausting that you can't get any real information.

Therefore, I recommend you to look for good psychologists or psychotherapists. If one doesn't fit, look for another. In our country, there are very few such specialists who really understand this problem and which is generally called neurosis! It's not vascular dystonia! Such a diagnosis is not even in ICD-10! Your problems are referred to as neurosis and only neurosis! And a panic attack is just a tiny symptom, like the tip of an iceberg.

I will finish this article. I hope that I was able to give you the information that you really lacked. You may have a lot of questions left, and I understand. I recommend that you do not look for answers in various forums, as you are likely to be misled there. Always subject to critical evaluation, what you read.

This also applies to my article – in any case do not take my word for it. And just use this information in practice, and then you will understand, it brought you the result or not. But I will tell you that I myself got rid of panic attacks in this way, and I have not experienced them for 2 years. In addition, I know thousands of people who have also successfully passed through this problem.

And I wish you a speedy recovery and more practice! Copy this article to your phone or print it, and then start acting right now. Go to the subway / cafe / bus and wait for your voltage. Do not be afraid. And then just follow what I told you. And you will quickly see the result.