Controlling Panic Attacks With Meditation
Controlling panic attacks is no easy task.
You may have all the techniques in the world, ready to take on the next attack that hits and still suffer a panic attack just as bad as the last.
This is the exact thing so many people complain about, they say the relaxation exercises they have just don't work.
There are two things that are usually missing, it's a real mastery of the relaxation technique through repetition and practice, and it's also the practice of relaxing and removing anxiety outside of a panic attack in every day life.
The regular practice of meditation can cover both of these aspects and can be a great method of controlling panic attacks.
So you want me to sit around all day with my legs turned all around humming some sort of chant? How, exactly, will that help me control my panic attacks? Seems to me it will only give me more time to dwell on them and all the possible ways they can ambush me! If you're unfamiliar with meditation, it doesn't really have much to do with deep thought, in fact, it's just the opposite.
And with proper practice and mastery, you can learn to have a more relaxed and peaceful mind in everyday life, as well as be able to focus and relax yourself in the event of an attack.
How exactly does meditation accomplish this? Well, not only does meditation change your breathing patterns, but it refocuses your attention away from the tension and stress you feel and onto your consistent breathing.
Meditation not only calms your mind by redirecting those former nervous "what if" thoughts into more calming "all is well" thoughts, but it will also change your thinking, taking you farther from a panic attack mindset.
Meditation also helps you to understand that you really are in charge of those elusive things called thoughts.
But more important than that, meditation can help you realize that you can handle any situation life may decide to throw your way.
Through the careful, continued and consistent practice of meditation, you'll learn to take your time and to think things through.
In this way you realize that you don't necessarily have to respond with your initial knee-jerk reaction when you feel a panic attack coming on (which is usually fear).
Think about that for a moment.
Just the thought of that is somehow liberating.
With enough deliberate consideration, you can improve your confidence, your self esteem and eventually start to recognize the signs of a panic attack building inside of you.
But more importantly, through your training in meditation, you'll be able to slow your breathing and control the way you think and most importantly, control your panic attacks.
You may have all the techniques in the world, ready to take on the next attack that hits and still suffer a panic attack just as bad as the last.
This is the exact thing so many people complain about, they say the relaxation exercises they have just don't work.
There are two things that are usually missing, it's a real mastery of the relaxation technique through repetition and practice, and it's also the practice of relaxing and removing anxiety outside of a panic attack in every day life.
The regular practice of meditation can cover both of these aspects and can be a great method of controlling panic attacks.
So you want me to sit around all day with my legs turned all around humming some sort of chant? How, exactly, will that help me control my panic attacks? Seems to me it will only give me more time to dwell on them and all the possible ways they can ambush me! If you're unfamiliar with meditation, it doesn't really have much to do with deep thought, in fact, it's just the opposite.
And with proper practice and mastery, you can learn to have a more relaxed and peaceful mind in everyday life, as well as be able to focus and relax yourself in the event of an attack.
How exactly does meditation accomplish this? Well, not only does meditation change your breathing patterns, but it refocuses your attention away from the tension and stress you feel and onto your consistent breathing.
Meditation not only calms your mind by redirecting those former nervous "what if" thoughts into more calming "all is well" thoughts, but it will also change your thinking, taking you farther from a panic attack mindset.
Meditation also helps you to understand that you really are in charge of those elusive things called thoughts.
But more important than that, meditation can help you realize that you can handle any situation life may decide to throw your way.
Through the careful, continued and consistent practice of meditation, you'll learn to take your time and to think things through.
In this way you realize that you don't necessarily have to respond with your initial knee-jerk reaction when you feel a panic attack coming on (which is usually fear).
Think about that for a moment.
Just the thought of that is somehow liberating.
With enough deliberate consideration, you can improve your confidence, your self esteem and eventually start to recognize the signs of a panic attack building inside of you.
But more importantly, through your training in meditation, you'll be able to slow your breathing and control the way you think and most importantly, control your panic attacks.