A Breathing Exercise For Panic Relief

I thought I would write a very short article today on a breathing exercise that really worked for my daughter.

My daughter has not had a panic attack in months she has been doing really well with the programme she has been working on.

So she came home from school today and said she had, had her first panic attack in ages. She forgot to take her mp3 player into school so she didn't have her normal backup of listening panic track, but she did remember a panic attack breathing exercise that I had told her about a few weeks before.

When I had told her about it I got the usual "yes right I'm not really listening" response that you get from a teenage daughter.

But to my surprise she had listened to me and she said it really worked and I even got a "THANK YOU" mum.

This controlled breathing technique is really easy and also very effective.

So all you need to do is breathe in through your nose and count to 7 and then breathe out through your mouth and count to 11.

Do this until you to start to feel calmer.

She said "I don't Know why it worked but it did"

When you are doing this breathing exercise I think you are so focused on counting and breathing that it takes your mind off what it happening.

It also makes sure you are breathing and you are getting the much needed oxygen into your body.

I hope this helps.

As I said my daughter tried this today and she found that her attack stopped really quickly.

I hope it works for you.