THE SYMPTOMS OF A PANIC ATTACK

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Jim Friedmann

I was a sufferer and it ruined my life more and more until it came to the point I was unable to get out of my home in fears of having another episode. But I was able to cure myself and now I am the most relaxed guy I know.

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Quite rightly, a lot of people go to the doctor when they have a panic disorder. I went to a doctor too � several, in fact. However, I was nowhere near �cured� of my panic attacks. And I know of quite a few people who complain about the same issue. When you go to the doctor, he does one of the two things:<br>
<br> 1. Prescribing drugs<br> 2. Advising self relaxation techniques<br>

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The first option nets you some drugs that supposedly suppress your panic attack symptoms. But you have to continue using them to the rest of your life, and they have a lot of serious side effects. Drugs don�t cure panic disorder � they merely treat the symptoms.<br>
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The second option is all about saying how it�s actually �all in your head� and you need to relax and do away with bad, anxious thoughts. To treat panic disorder, the doctor then goes on to guide you into some breathing techniques to ease your anxiety when it�s pushing on you. However, this method doesn�t cure the causes for panic attacks. Again, it�s merely a distraction. What I realized was that I needed something to cure the causes. Not merely suppress the symptoms.<br>
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Luckily, panic attack treatments don�t end here. There is indeed a way to completely cure your anxiety and to overcome anxiety attacks permanently. But first we have to understand the fundamentals behind it.<br>
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Let me summarize an example of a panic attack:<br>
<br> 1. While you were doing some everyday stuff, a bad � anxious thought enters your mind.<br> 2. You react to this horrible thought. The reaction is fearful and affects your body (especially your stomach)<br> 3. You then react to the reaction and feel compelled to examine this anxious thought, which has made your body react so desperately, even closer.<br> 4. The result is that the fear gets more intense. Every time it gets more intense, you feel that you must examine it closer, and the cycle gets worse every time.<br>
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So, what makes the situation bad is the reaction your body gives out. Your reaction is the cause of panic attacks. Having an anxious, horrible thought is not uncommon. Everyone has such thoughts! But they don�t react to it like you do. So no harm comes to them for having such anxious thoughts. You, on the other hand, react so much that things go bad and you have an anxiety attack. So, it�s the reaction that has to be fixed to get rid of a panic attack, not the thought!<br>
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You can�t prevent bad thoughts popping up in your mind every now and then. But you can prevent yourself from reacting strongly (or reacting at all) to it. This is the only panic attack treatment, and this is what I have been taught in the course.