Guide to deal with panic attacks

Experience

Reactions

Remember that panic feelings are only normal reactions that are exaggerated.

Conequences

Panic attacks are not harmful, and nothing worse will happen.

Grounding

Notice what is happening in your body, stay in the present. Name one thing you can see, one thing you can hear and one thing you can feel.

Acceptance

Accept the feelings, let them run through you. Allowing the feelings rather than resisting means that they will subside more quickly.

Educate

Monitor

Check in with your level of anxiety. 0 being the least and 10 being the worst, observe the level decreasing

Relaxation

Consciously relax your tense muscles. Do a body scan starting at the top of your head, running through each part of your body. Try to relax each part as you go. 

Breathing

First Scan Your Body For Tension
Place on hand on your abdomen, one on your chest
Inhale deeply and slowly for a count of four
Exhale for a count of five
Continue to take long, slow, deep breaths

Act

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