Panic Attack Treatment Natural

Panic Attack Treatment Natural

When looking for Panic Attack Treatments it's a common mistake to think of the problem as a mental health issue.

The good news is that treating panic attacks successfully is about calming down an overactive mind and not about mental health. They can be cured in a matter of hours and certainly don't require months of therapy.

To understand why let's get a better understanding of what panic attacks are. That way the treatment will make more sense.

Two important realizations

I'd like to share with you a couple of things that helped me on the road to curing my own panic attacks.

The first was realizing that I wasn't alone - that in fact there are many other sufferers. The second was realizing that having panic attacks did not mean that I was going crazy (even though sometimes that's just what it felt like). One of the most awful things about panic attacks is feeling out of control. I often felt very dizzy and worried I might faint. And my breathing would get tight and my heart would race, which made me fear I'd have a heart attack - of course this made things worse.

Not being able to control the attacks made them all the more worrying. When would the next one come? Where would I be? Would I be able to cope? These worries helped make the next attack a self-fulfilling prophecy.

I began to feel that there must really be something wrong with me. Everyone else could get on with their lives, but not me. Perhaps I really was a bit crazy?

1 in 20

The reality is that around 1 person in 20 suffers panic attacks (National Institute of Mental Health figures). This may even be an underestimate, because lots of people either don't get properly diagnosed or don't seek treatment. It helped just to know that I wasn't alone, but that was only a first step to treating my panic.

Not a "mental health" issue

The next was to understand that, while it's hard to believe, panic attacks are a natural response to events in our lives and I wasn't going mad. Panic attacks happen when the body's "fight or flight" mechanism is triggered. Usually a person's first attack is caused by something particularly stressful or during a particularly stressful period in their life.

The problem is that the sub-conscious mind has overreacted to a perceived threat. It triggers the "fight or flight" mechanism to protect us. In the past this might have helped us escape from a saber toothed tiger.

Unfortunately, our minds aren't good at telling the difference between a build up of day to day stress in our lives and a life or death situation.

Once a person has had one panic attack another is more likely, as the mind may react to "triggers" that remind them of the original attack.

For example, your first attack might have happened while driving. It wasn't necessarily the driving that was the real cause - more likely the stress had been building for some time and something that happened while you were driving was just the final straw. But your mind remembers that you were driving when the attack happened and links the two.

Now driving has become a "trigger" for the next attack.

Panic attack treatments

Being aware of this certainly helped, but what really turned things around for me was discovering a treatment that broke this cycle of attacks. The amazing thing is that the treatment is so simple. It interrupts the "fight or flight" hijacking of your brain while it is actually happening, which immediately puts you back in control.

Within a few days I was able to use the technique to stop panic attacks before they even began.

The treatment is called the "One Move" and was pioneered by Joe Barry. To learn more about how the "One Move" works visit my blog http://www.OvercomingPanicAttacks.org.uk.

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Does anyone know of a good natural over the counter treatment for mild depression and panic attacks.?

I tried St. Johns wort but It did not work for me.

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Ok, I have successfully overcalmed panic-attacks. Though my site has a few tips, let me give you a few new ones.

The best way to stop having panic-attack is to distract yourself. I'm sure you tend to think of your attack when you have "nothing to do". Not offending you here, what I meant by that is.. when your mind is idle or have nothing to do, you tend to start thinking about your problems and that is how panic-attacks start to come in. So how do you break that pattern?
The solution: Keep your mind busy.

You can try hypnosis but daydreaming is the best one. Imagine the person whom you fallen for is right beside you, caressing you and patting you to calm you down. Imagine your future life with him/her happily. Think of positive thoughts.

As for your depression, you need to also break the habit. I am sure your depression is caused by your panic-attacks - it has ruined your self-confidence and esteem. I recommend you do what you like - do your hobbies and interest. And most importantly, set a goal in your life - say to earn $1 million by a certain age. Go wild in your goal-setting, believe in yourself. Remember, you are NOT alone.

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