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Friday, December 01, 2006

Panic Attacks and Fearful Thoughts

Panic Attacks and Fearful Thoughts: "Panic Attacks and Fearful Thoughts
Do ever suffer from a fearful thought you can't seem to be rid of?
Having visited my site on panic attacks I can almost imagine what your fear might be.
Maybe it's a fear of :
- an illness
- fainting in public
- a breathing problem
- or a fear of losing control
My name is Joe Barry and I have successfully taught scores of people how to be free of anxiety and panic attacks through my course Panic Away. What ever your fear is I want to share with you some tips and techniques, over the next four days that will not only help you snap out of these fears but also for reducing your overall anxiety significantly.
You will find some interesting things here, that will come in very useful for you on a day to day basis.
I have worked with many people who continually worry about some issue. For example many fear for their health and even though their doctors have given them the all clear they still feel powerless to stop the repetitive worrying thoughts! So what can be done for people who suffer from fearful thoughts?
To begin lets look at how a fearful thought is powered, and then how to disempower it quickly.
Say for example you are going about your daily business when a scary thought enters your mind. Maybe you fear you are about to have an anxiety attack? Maybe it's a thought about your health?
Whatever the fear the pattern that follows is usually predictable. You instantly feel a knot in your stomach as you contemplate the thought and you get sucked into a repetitive thinking pattern of fear. You may even continue to spend the rest of your day thinking about that fear. It can become very obsessive and stop you concentrating on whatever is at hand.
SO how can you eliminate these unwanted anxious thoughts?
When you"

The Anatomy of a Panic Attack and Related Panic Articles

The Anatomy of a Panic Attack and Related Panic Articles: "The Anatomy of a Panic Attack
One morning at work as a waitress, Adrian became sick to her stomach. She’d always had a rather sensitive stomach, and the night before she’d thought she might be coming down with something. After a few moments of queasiness the idea struck her that she might vomit uncontrollably on one of her tables while they ordered. At the thought of this her hands started to shake violently. She held them out to show the other waitresses how much she shook, and their eyes widened in amazement. She felt like there was a huge weight on her chest and she couldn’t seem to breathe. Her hands were sweaty, and she felt as if she just wanted to drop her tray and flee out the door to safety. She couldn’t handle it; she had to get out.
What Adrian was experiencing was a panic attack. Unexpected panic attacks can come on suddenly for no apparent reason. They can also, as in Adrian’s case, be brought on by situations. Adrian frequently has panic attacks when she gets nauseated in public, and these are called situationally predisposed panic attacks. The other type of panic attack is situational, and always occurs when a person is put in a certain situation. A person with social anxiety disorder might always have a panic attack right before a meeting with an authority figure.
A panic attack is characterized by the immediate onset of at least four of the following symptoms:
immense sweating
heart palpitations
shortness of breath
dizziness
chest pain
feeling of choking
intense need to flee
trembling
nausea
tingling
chills and/or hot flashes
fear of death
feeling of certain danger
Panic attacks can be extremely debilitating. Adrian ended up having to call someone"