When a panic attack strikes you tend to focus on the symptoms you feel. Your body enters fear response mode and you feel your heart pound and other symptoms. Once you feel those symptoms you get more scared and feel even worse symptoms and the cycle continues for hours or even an entire day.
To break that cycle you need a tool that can help you work through your anxiety without focusing on the symptoms and that tool is visualization
What is Visualization
Anxiety can be very difficult to ignore, especially if your having a severe panic attack, but by leaving your body and thinking about a more calm, more relaxing environment you can overcome any attack. Basically, visualization is a form of relaxation that requires you to close off your senses and become completely involved in a different environment in your mind.
How do you use Visualization
First, close your eyes and start taking deep breaths. Make sure to exhale fully first and hold for 5 seconds before you start taking deep breaths or you will pass out. When you feel more relaxed take a seat and relax your arms, legs, and anything else that feels tense. Also make sure to relax your face muscles because most people I see doing this usually still have a scared uptight face. Once your sitting think about the safest and most relaxing place you can think of. This works better if you can remember a safe relaxing time in your life, but if you don't just do some research quickly before you begin on nice vacation spots and watch the commercials. Use those commercials for your purpose.
Hopefully your panic attack will subside. Unfortunately, this is not a cure for anxiety and you will need to find the true reason why you suffer from panic attacks in the first place.
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