Posts Tagged ‘mental-health’
The Well of Loneliness
Posted on: November 30, 2012
Coping with Panic Attacks and really, any degree of anxiety attacks or constant level of anxiety – or all three at the same time is…..
well.
it’s really comes down to a pass or fail
and let’s face it. most of us fail at it most of the time.
so. here is what I have learned – which I was sharing with a penpal last night.
I observed something very interesting. I was in a relaxed state and sharing my coping mechanism
with a pen pal of several months.
and as I wrote out the words, I felt a sense of calm and confidence.
when I wrote out my mantra for her, there was a whole new level of calm – so having a positively affirming mantra that you run through the word thoughout the day
will certainly help with general anxiety – as well as reinforcing the mantra during panic or high stress events.
Anyway, now that I have explained the intermediate level – this is my part of the conversation with my pen pal – walking her through the process of taking herself out of a panic attack.
okay
so the thing to do is to focus on breathing
so when you are having a panic or anxiety event
the first thing is to calm your breathing
what I found helped was a mantra
you are safe
you are protected
you are loved
you might want to start with just
safe, protected, loved
then do the fuller sentence one
it depends on the severity of the attack
and which words you can wrap your mind around
once you have that first shot of calm
then it’s about untangling the thoughts you are having
mostly
you have a thought, then worry about a consequence
so instead of the conseqence
focus on the thought
how reasonable is it?
how probable
what other consequences are possible or more likely
don’t accept the thoughts – your brain is just storming
so
from storming you shift to norming and from there, performing.
consider the Harry Potter – Ridiculous – and laughing at the dark thoughts is a means to banish them
laughing at the improbable, less likely chances of the outcome you dread
the anticipation of a thing or event is generally worse than the actuality of it
and so it is with thoughts
thoughts are not deeds and they are not even words
sometimes just saying them aloud
is the best way to see how falsely they ring in the ear
see also:
Living with social anxiety and panic disorder
Questions
Posted on: November 19, 2012
Stop Sit Think
Posted on: November 16, 2012
Health is pandimensional
Posted on: November 10, 2012
Sleeping and Waking
Posted on: November 9, 2012
The To Do List
Posted on: November 9, 2012
there and back again
Posted on: November 5, 2012
Living Well 