Three steps against panic attack

Shortness of breath, chest pain, profuse sweating, numbness in the extremities - all classic symptoms of a panic attack. At some point in their lives faced with this every tenth inhabitant of our planet.

At such moments one feels that is going crazy or dying. Very often even the doctors in the first minutes of taking panic attacks   patients for the symptoms of a heart attack or some other dangerous diseases. Experts from the British Royal College of Psychiatrists argue that panic attacks   You can handle therapies. Here's how this can be achieved.

Step one   - To identify the cause. Some of us have no idea where they occur panic attacks . But all this - the body's reaction is a response to any danger (in this case, non-obvious or non-existent). The brain is released into the blood portion of adrenaline to give strength to the struggle for life. Panic attacks   last intermittently for 20 minutes. Most likely, they occur against the background of a mental condition known as anxiety disorder.

Step Two   - Start treatment. The gold standard in the treatment of anxiety disorders is cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), which is effective in 70-90% of patients. Using it reduces the number of panic attacks   due to their control in the early symptoms. In contrast to classical psychotherapy specialists in CBT did not focus on the past, patients, and dealt with the difficulties in the perception of the present.

Step Three   - Exercises of suggestion. This is the most difficult period. Experts teach you how to act at the first sign of panic. This proper breathing belly, and one form of anger management, with the ever-recurring thought, "I will not die, I will be able to overcome it," and search for the "safe position", and maintaining a good mood between episodes.

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