Overcoming Anxiety and Panic Attacks

Common Triggers of Anxiety

Hey guys,

While scouring the Web the other week, I found a bunch of typical triggers of panic attacks and thought I’d combine them for you in my own way. You can check out my article on common triggers of panic attacks here. Being able to identify and understand these triggers will help you to reduce an attack.

Jenny

Check Out This Video of a Panic Attack

This is so true!

You can find out more about how I overcame my anxiety attacks!

Jenny

How to Stop a Driving Phobia

Hi guys,

If have a driving phobia, then you don’t drive much – if at all. You get anxious because you feel trapped, agoraphobic. (Many times agoraphobics have cluster phobias such as fearing standing in lines, going under bridges or to a dentist – any place they feel “trapped.”)

Here is a helpful article: 9 Steps to Driving Fearlessly. If you give it a try, drop me a line and let me know how it works!

Good luck!

Jenny

Using Mind/ Body Techniques to Unwind

Hi, guys, how are you doing?

I got to thinking recently how easy it is for stress to build up in our nervous system. We have so many “triggers” throughout the day … from hitting every traffic light red when we’re already late for an appointment to having to take Johnny or Susie to the doctor unexpectedly. When you come right down to it, we are pretty stressed out creatures!

Mind/body relaxation techniques are perhaps the easiest and most enjoyable ways to reduce stress. Here are three techniques I like. Do you have others that work for you?

I’d love to hear from you, and thanks for reading my post.

Jenny

How to Overcome Anxiety & Panic Attacks

Exactly What Happens in My Brain When I Have an Anxiety Attack?

Do you ever suffer from…

Palpitations?
Sweating?
Trembling?
A racing heartbeat?
Shortness of breath?
A sense of choking?
Chest pain?
Nausea?
Dizziness?
A feeling of being detached from the world?
A fear of dying?
A feeling of numbness or a tingling sensation?
Chills or hot flashes?

(Source: American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision (DSM-IV-TR) 2000 Washington, DC.)

…then you’ve experienced firsthand the possible symptoms of a panic or anxiety attack. If you have suffered an anxiety attack than you know how scary it can be. If you are reading my blog to understand what a loved one is going through so that you can better support her, then you will have to put yourself in her shoes, so to speak.

Imagine that you are just heading over to a checkout queue at your favorite chocolate store in the shopping mall. Your hands are full of special chocolates – hand-dipped caramel nut clusters and cordial cherries – for your friend’s birthday. After a rather long wait, you finally have just one person ahead of you. Great.

Just then you feel a lump forming in your throat. Your chest tightens, and your heart stops a second. “Oh no – not here!” You think to yourself as you scan the room to size things up. Is it threatening? Who’s around you? That’s when you see two unpleasant faces behind you and one in front. Your heart begins racing, and you feel dizzy. You are going to experience an anxiety attack.

You have several options. There are two methods that your doctor has been working with you to overcome anxiety attacks. The first is controlled breathing.

You inhale deeply through your nose and exhale through your mouth. Again. Inhale, think “Relax,” and then exhale. Again. Again. But this doesn’t seem to doing anything good. Now all you’re doing is focusing on your breathing. Your heart is still racing, and to make matters worse, you feel more self-conscious.

Okay, not to worry – on to coping technique number two: gradually relax your muscles. You do this by tensing your shoulders for ten seconds and then releasing them. You do this again and yet again. But nothing good happens. Nobody knows the terror that you are experiencing inside, but now you are really anxious because prescribed “solutions” are not working, and you fear that you are about to lose control.

It’s now your turn at the checkout counter but instead you instinctively turn to option three: leave. You can’t explain why you’re leaving your items at the counter with a bewildered-looking cashier. Your only goal is to GET OUTSIDE! By the time you leave the mall and get buckled into your seat, your anxiety attack subsides. Now all you are left with is the fear of when the next one will hit.

Now if you’ve suffered from an anxiety attack before, then this all probably sounds pretty familiar. Anxiety attacks are terrifying because you feel like you are trapped and your heart is going to stop completely. When they become frequent, doctors label them an anxiety disorder.

But the good news is that you are not alone. Millions of other people around the world are experiencing exactly what you are…and some of them are curing their anxiety for good. They are overcomers!

You can begin your recovery process by browsing this site. While many of you have probably read a ton of anxiety information, I promise you that this site offers you something very effective.

For instance, did you know the difference between someone who is cured of her anxiety attacks and someone who isn’t? It’s simple: the person who no longer fears a panic attack is cured. While this may sound crazy, the trick to not having an anxiety attack is actually…to want one. You see, as long as you are fearing a particular situation, you are giving that situation power over you to control you because what you resist will persist. The moment you stop resisting and actually move right into the pathway of anxiety, your fear will cease. It must. It can’t continue without resistance.

Learn more here.

Jenny

Have an Anxiety Success Story?

Guys and gals,

Have you tried Panic Away? I’ve found it to be the only thing that has stopped my anxiety attacks for good. Has it worked well for you? I’d love to hear from you! Feel free to email me with your results, and I’ll post them on my site! If you’ve also found another program that works well for you, feel free to share that too.

Jenny