panic attack symptoms : The Anxiety/Panic Attack Journal

Anxiety Questions As you might imagine, we receive lots of questions about anxiety and panic attacks here at EasyCalm.com. Some of the most common questions we get are about the nature of panic attack symptoms, and if a particular sensation is actually caused by panic and anxiety, or something altogether different.

The truth is, panic attacks can have all kinds of symptoms. Some of them are very common (upset stomach,unexplained sense of terror, hyperventilation, lightheadedness and dizziness) but others are more unusual (fear of eating in public, obsessive thoughts, frequent yawning, feeling of being “unreal” or detached from reality, flu-like symptoms and muscle soreness).

But regardless of which panic attack symptoms you are having, there is one characteristic that is common to all panic attacks, and that is a feeling that the uncomfortable emotions being experienced are somehow “permanent.” The fact is, anxiety and panic attack symptoms are fleeting–they come and go, sometimes almost inexplicably.

Of course, when you’re in the middle of a panic attack it can be difficult to remind yourself that these feelings are fleeting, and that they will pass just as quickly as they came on. Still, it IS possible to learn to view panic attack symptoms as temporary things, and just allow them to fade naturally on there own.

It takes time to develop this “overview”of panic attack symptoms, but it is a skill anyone can build with consistent effort. Many people find it helpful to simply “observe” the symptoms in an analytical sort of way. This allows you to detach from them to some degree, and the more detachment you can obtain, the less severe the attacks tend to be.

The EasyCalm Video Series teaches methods to develop this “overview” of anxiety and panic attack symptoms. This quickly allows you to view the attacks in a very different way– a way that does not seem nearly as “personal” or severe. This level of detachment builds as you go through the series, creating a greater sense of confidence that you CAN deal with the attacks.

The irony is, once you begin to be confident that you can handle panic attacks (should they occur), they tend to dissipate on their own. Why is this? Because panic attacks feed off of fear –YOUR fear. Once your level of fear about the attacks is decreased, so is their power over you. This is one of the central points of the EasyCalm method, and it has helped thousands of people to regain control over panic attacks and anxiety.

Take care,
Jon Mercer
www.easycalm.com