Sunday, December 14, 2008

Top 10 List Of Do's And Don'ts During An Anxiety Attacks

By Zul Rahman

Most of us came across an anxiety attacks at one time or another in our life. Strangely enough we didn't even know that we were under anxiety attacks. What are the do's and don'ts when we are under attacks?

1) Please calm yourself since you are not dying.

Sometimes under a severe anxiety attacks you may feel like you are dying. Just calm down because you are not dying. When the attacks is over everything is back to normal.

2) You are not suppose to breathe from the chest. Under this condition your breath should come from the abdomen.

Breathing from the chest during an anxiety attacks will make you feel dizzy and also numbness in certain parts of the body. You are supposed to take a deep breath from the abdomen.

3) Think positive. There is no place for negative thinking.

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

4) Keep feeding your mind with positive thinking

Keep telling yourself that you are going to get through this soon. Anxiety attacks is indeed temporary. By thinking positively the whole experience is easy.

5) Get help from the health care professionals

There are a lot of help available from health care professionals in many area of expertise relating to mental health. Professionals in this area includes psychologist, psychiatrist, social workers and counselors.

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) It is very important to strictly follow your health care providers professionals advice. Take your medication on time and follow all the program that was scheduled for you.

8) Don't feel despair

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) Start educating yourself about anxiety and panic attacks.

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 - 16928

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