A close family member of mine suddenly started suffering from panic attacks that were leaving them locked in their rooms for hours or even days. Initially I was looking for anxiety counseling near me, however because of the lockdown I couldn’t find anyone. I did find an anxiety specialist who worked via conference calls and I put them in touch with my relative. Within a few days the panic attacks were subsiding. And only a few sessions later they were feeling stronger, much more resilient and hopeful that this difficult episode had passed.
That experience changed my thinking on how we treat anxiety and panic attacks. The family member with panic disorder was never taught how to face his panic attacks. He learned to hide under a rock because if he showed up in public there would be an attack. The anxiety specialist helped but the real solution is psychological and not medical.
How we look at anxiety and panic disorder needs to change. One of the most effective treatments is the psychological technique called cognitive restructuring. acCognitive restructuring works because it gives a feeling of control to our mind. It gives us a feeling of security to our cognitive capability.
We must find a way to look at our anxiety and panic attacks in a way that allows us to learn new skills to reduce or eliminate the anxiety that causes the attack. A simple method is to learn how to face our panic attack in a way that allows us to use the techniques I’ve written about in my Panic Away books.
By learning the techniques for coping with anxiety I’ve written about in my Panic Away books, a person with panic disorder and the panic attack is helped in more ways than one.
There are simple techniques for coping with anxiety and panic attacks that work. It’s not complicated to learn these techniques, but it takes effort on the part of the person learning them and a willingness to practice them. I’ve written about that in my Panic Away books. One of the most effective things about these techniques is that they work on nearly everyone.
Learning these techniques allows a person with panic disorder to learn new skills to reduce or eliminate the symptoms of panic attacks. The simple technique to cope with anxiety works for almost everyone, however they require effort on the part of the person learning them and a willingness to practice them. The techniques are simple to learn but require an intense effort to practice. For one of these techniques it’s best to try these techniques in conjunction with the techniques that worked well for you before throwing anything away. The two alone are an investment in your future wellbeing. I’ve written about this in more detail elsewhere on the site and I encourage you to peruse those as well. You’ve learned that these simple techniques for coping with anxiety and panic attacks work. These simple techniques don’t eliminate panic attacks or help you get through an attack. I’ve written about this extensively elsewhere on the site. These techniques can help to reduce the symptoms of panic attacks but they’re not a cure for panic attacks. I’ve written about this elsewhere on the site too. These techniques can reduce the symptoms of an attack but they’re not a permanent solution. A long term solution to your problem is a combination of the techniques that helped you to get through your panic attack safely. These techniques should be used with the Panic Away books that you’ve learned to live with anxiety and panic attacks.
I’ve written about the relationship between these techniques for coping with anxiety and attacks and the Panic Away books that you’ve learned to live with anxiety and panic attacks. I’ve advised you on how to get over anxiety, but have cautioned you against using these methods alone. You need to learn the Panic Away techniques in combination. The combination works best if practiced consistently. That’s why the techniques teach you how to find your triggers. They teach you how to cope with attacks and make you less likely to have another panic attack.
* The routines in the Panic Away books help you cope with panic attacks so that you don’t need to use the combination of the techniques that get you through attacks.
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The information I’ve written helps you to cope with a panic attack. I also teach the techniques that will help you to cope with anxiety and attacks, in combination, while preventing the need to use the combination. They provide you the key to reduce the anxiety and panic attacks without having to keep on using the combination. My techniques are easy to apply but very effective. I’ve provided a practice with Panic Away techniques ebook to help you get started.