Panic attack can be a very frightening and disabling condition, thus it is essential that you learn how to stop a panic attack before it severely affects your personal life.
In order to stop a panic attack, you would first need to understand the causes and implications. Panic or anxiety attack is the body's natural "fight or flight" response to danger. When a person perceives a threat or danger, the body nervous system will be stimulated automatically - releasing adrenaline to help the person escape from danger. During the entire process, the heart rate and breathing rate will increase, muscles will also contract and tense up to prepare for the escape.
However, during a panic attack, this defense system is triggered for no apparent reason - causing you to feel a variety of symptoms that is associated with panic attack.
The important point to note is this: no matter how uncomfortable these symptoms are, you will NEVER die or be harmed in anyway. All this is part of your body's natural panic response and given enough time, they will fade away eventually.
The main and biggest problem for most sufferers however, is that they are unable to accept this truth. They are convinced that they MUST be suffering from "heart attack" or "stroke" and that they are about to die soon. Furthermore, many panic attack sufferers are completely unaware of their condition, which only serve to strengthen their misconception and belief that they are stuck with some "mysterious illness".
Thus, in order to stop a panic attack, you will need to accept these feelings as a natural body response. You need to reassure yourself that you are NOT suffering from "heart attack" and you are not going to "die", "faint" or have this notion that "something terrible is about to happen". If you are able to come to term with these feelings, I can safely say that you are well on your way to complete recovery.
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