Joined: Jul 07, 2005 Posts: 922 Location: United Kingdom
Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2005 12:03 am Post subject:
I generally just tell myself I'm okay and that it'll pass. I try to think about happier things, concentrating on my boyfriend usually helps alot, or I'll text him and he takes my mind off it, he keeps me strong.
Panic attacks are just something you have to learn to accept really, they only really stop after you have learnt how to cope with them, I rarely get panic attacks anymore
Joined: Apr 07, 2004 Posts: 339 Location: United Kingdom
Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2005 10:56 pm Post subject:
Distraction is the way, but how to distract yourself is obviously different for everyone. I count my breathing, 7 in and 11 out, and I talk to myself in Japanese. It takes enough concentration for me to forget where I am/what I'm doing/the fact that I'm anxious for whatever stupid reason.
I've only been threatened by a panic attack once. Normally i avoid anything and everything that has the potential to make me feel like that - but on this occasion it wasn't an option. What i did was breath very deeply and i circled the room that i had to go into a few times - walking very fast and tried to calm myself down by talking and reasoning with myself. I ended up doing what i had to do without going into a full blown attack - thank goodness. When i got home i had a big cry though.
Joined: Oct 16, 2004 Posts: 166 Location: Australia
Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2005 11:11 am Post subject: Re: Powerful quote
process wrote:
Here is a powerful quote I often use by Ann Landers for many of my troubling situations:
Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life and when it comes, hold your head high, look it squarely in the eye and say, 'I will be bigger than you. You cannot defeat me.'"
Pretend your the leader of the SA's and next time your anxiety comes or when your feel alone and scared noticed your fear and look it in between the eyes and tell it: "I will be bigger than you. You cannot defeat me!"
Thanks process,
That quote is SO good. I will use it myself, not that I have been having many panic attacks of late, they are under control most of the time.
Many thanks.
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