Saturday, December 6, 2008

10 List of What To Do And Not To Do During An Anxiety Attacks

By Zul Rahman

Almost everyone of us once or twice in our lifetime experience an anxiety attacks. Sometimes we don't even know why it happens. Let's look at what are the things that we should and should not do under anxiety attacks.

1) Don't tell yourself that you are dying because you are not.

Unnecessary fear will make your anxiety even worse. So under this circumstances, calm yourself down and tell yourself that you are going to be fine when the attack is over.

2) Take a deep breath from your abdomen. Breathing from your chest under this condition will make your anxiety attacks even worse.

During an anxiety attack, breath deeply from the abdomen. Try not to breath from the chest since this may cause dizziness and numbness in certain body parts.

3) Think positive. There is no place for negative thinking.

It is natural for you to have negative thought during the attack such as I am fainting now or I cannot breathe. Try to turn the situation around since negative thinking will breed fear and worsen your situation.

4) Keep feeding your mind with positive thinking

Keep telling yourself that you are going to get through this soon. Anxiety attacks is indeed temporary. By thinking positively the whole experience is easy.

5) There are health care professionals that are ready to help you.

Your own family doctors, counselors, psychologist, psychiatrist and mental health professionals should be able to advise you on how to cope with anxiety attacks.

6) People who are close to you like your spouse, children or trusted friends deserve to know and share your problems.

It is very important for you to share your problems with trusted people around you such as spouse and good friends. Sharing problems with them will make it easy for you to cope with your situations.

7) It is very important to strictly follow your health care providers professionals advice. Take your medication on time and follow all the program that was scheduled for you.

8) Don't feel despair

Be energetic. Charge up your confidence level. Take a challenge to tackle the anxiety problem that you have. Remember as the saying goes, nothing to fear but the fear itself.

9) Be happy. There are others that are with you.

Support group is a great resources to learn from as well as contribute your opinion and share your experience. I'm sure you could find many support group that suit you in your locality.

10) Continue the learning process. Knowledge is power.

There are many educational materials that you can get such as books, audio and video materials. The more educated you are about panic and anxiety attacks, the less fear you have. With more knowledge you are able to manage your problems wisely.

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