Have you ever gone through any panic attack? Are you living in a constant fear after that attack? If you would have ever gone through any of them, then it would be like something unusual that would have ever happened to you. If you have not, then you must read so that you can help yourself or anyone else in the future. Educate yourself today, so that you can gain control over your attacks in the future. No need of living in any irrational fears anymore. Let your body know how to tackle these silly attacks.
Reasons for panic attack
Getting familiar with the reasons of panic attacks will help you gain control over your body while you are experiencing one. After recognizing the type of attack you have got, you can focus on the procedures to calm it down. The most probable reason to get any of the panic attacks are disturbed heartbeat, whirling sensations, uncomfortable breathing, choking, heartburn, nausea, shivering of hands, sweating, fatigue, weakness, chest pain and muscle spasms.
Understand your body to overcome such shocks
These attacks are reaction to fears irrespective of the nature of your body. In reality, you are reacting to this fear in many ways. Some people react in anxious and abnormal ways, here you need to understand the functioning of mind and body, which could really help you develop a better response to these attacks. Some of the common attacks are given below:
Transition of body in alert mode
As soon as you experience any attack either in conscious or unconscious mode, first you try to protect your body from any danger because your body had already sent signals to mind against perceived danger.
At this time, when you are actually feeling the fear, you try to improve your vision by dilating your eyes. You may experience heartbeat at a very faster rate, increased breathing to get more oxygen and response in muscles to defeat the fear.
Not responding
Instead of protecting yourself or solving the cause of the attack, you keep on reminding the fears and remain unable to overcome over your fear.
High breathing rates
In general, we all take oxygen and produce carbon dioxide. At the time of attack, breathing process gets high and starts absorbing oxygen at a faster rate to fight back perceived threats.
After inhaling the oxygen, your body releases more and more carbon dioxide, which lowers the concentration of carbon dioxide in brain and blood, which may result in more panic attacks.
How to overcome panic attacks
- Count up and down to ten while taking slow breaths.
- Sit in a comfortable position and let your muscles relax.
- Concentrate on your feet or any point where you can focus solely.
- Exercise to feel better.
