10 Things To Do And Not To Do During An Anxiety Attacks

Many of us don’t even know that we are under an anxiety attacks even though a lot of us had that experience at one point or another in our life. We will see the top 10 list of what to do and what not to do during an anxiety attacks.

1) Please calm yourself since you are not dying.

If you are thinking that you are going to die, then it will aggravate more fear which lead to more anxiety. It is going to make your situations worse rather than solving it.

2) Do not breathe from your chest. Take a deep breath from the abdomen.

Even under normal circumstances, chest breathing would means that you are in fear. Chest breathing could lead to increase in dizziness and numbness during anxiety attacks.

3) Please keep negative thought out of your mind.

Negative thinking such as telling yourself that you are going to faint or you cannot breathe will worsen your condition.

4) Be on the positive side.

Just like negative will breed negative, positive will breed positive as well. If you keep feeding your mind with positive thing, it will help you to go through this experience easier.

5) Get help from the health care professionals

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) Share your problems with the loved one and with people whom you can trust.

Getting your problems out of your chest would relieve half of your burden. People who are close to you could provide comfort and help to alleviate your problems.

7) Follow your doctor’s advice. If you have been prescribed with medication, then take your medication on time and follow the routine that has been scheduled by your health care professionals.

Don’t feel hopeless

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.

There are many people out there who have the same experience as yours. Find a support group in your area. You will be surprised to find that there are many people in your shoes. Support group will help to support you emotionally and exchange ideas and experience.

10) Continue the learning process. Knowledge is power.

There are abundant of learning materials that you can benefit from. Countless to say from printed materials such as books and magazines to electronic materials such as CD’s and DVD’s

Tags: Psychology